32. GHALLARIA. 311 



breast thickly striped with white ; middle of belly white ; flanks 

 covered with lengthened feathers, black with long white stripes ; 

 under wing-coverts and inner margins of wings rufous ; bill light 

 brown; feet hazel: whole length 6 inches, wing 4-1, tail 1-1, 

 tarsus 2-2. 



Hah. Eastern Ecuador. 



a. Ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador (Buckley). Sclater Coll. 



b. Ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador {BucMey). Salviu-Godman Coll. 



(Types of the species.) 



32. GRALLARIA*. 



Type, 



Grallaria, Vieill. Anabjse, p. 43 (1810) G. varia. 



Myrmothera, Vieill. Analyse, p. 43 (1816) G. brevicauda. 



Myioturdus, Buie, Isis, 1826, p. 972 G. varia. 



]\lyiotrichas, Boie, Isis, 1831, p. 542 G. varia. 



Colobathris, Glogcr, Hand- u. Hilfsb. d. Nat. p. 304 (1842) G. varia.' 



Codouistris, Gloger, oj). oil. p. 303 (1842) G. brevicauda. 



Hypsibemon, Cat. Wiegni. Arch. 1847, pt. i. p. 217 G. ruficapilla. 



The genus Grallaria — one of the best-marked forms amongst the 

 Formicariidce, and offering many points of external resemblance 

 to the Pitt(p of the Old-World tropics — may be conveniently divided 

 into four sections, as follows : — 



A. Gir/antes, containing the two species G. squamigera and 

 O. gigantea ; which are easily distinguishable from the rest of their 

 congeners by their large size and strong bill. (See p. 311.) 



B. Eeges, containing the seven representative forms of the G. rex 

 (sive varia), some of which are well defined, while others scarcely 

 deserve specific separation. These I arrange geographically from 

 north to south. (See p. 313.) 



C. Uniformes : those with the plumage generally of a uniform 

 character, without flammulations upon the breast and belly. This 

 group consists exclusively of high-ranging Andean species. (See 

 p. 316.) 



D. Flammulatce : containing the remaining twelve species, all of 

 which have the under surface more or less flamraulatcd, and lead 

 us on to the group of diminutive species which I have separated 

 under the name Grallaricula. (See ]). 320.) 



Grallaria is distributed over the whole area of the subfamily — 

 i. e. from Southern Mexico to Brazil and Bolivia. 



A. GkALLARIzE gigantes. 

 Keg to the Species. 



A. Smaller : front fulvous 1. sqtiamigera, p. 312. 



B. Larger : front rufous 2. yiyantea, p. 312. 



* Refer also to : — 



(1) G.frzewaMii, Tacz. P. Z. S. 1882, p. 33 (N.E. Peru); id. Or?!.. Ph. 



ii. p. S4 (Peru). 



(2) G. intermedia, Eidgw. Proc. U. S. N. M. vi. p. 406 (Nicaragua). 



