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298. Myrmotherula menetriesi d'Orb. 



Two males from Gualea^ Western Ecuador, one being 

 immature. 



299. FORMICIVORA CAUDATA Scl. 



Two males from Milligalli (6000 feet) and a female from 

 Gualea. 



300. FoRMlClVORA CONSOBRINA Scl. 



A male from San Nicolas and a female from Gualea. 



301. Terenura humeralis Scl. et Salv. 



Terenura humeralis Scl. et Salvin, P. Z. S. 1880, p. 59. 



A male from Papallacta, Eastern Ecuador. It is apparently 

 slightly immature, as the head is not quite so dark as the 

 type specimen in the British Museum, 



302. Myrmeciza exsul Scl. 



Three males from Santo Domingo and Guanacillo. These 

 birds frequent the thick undergrowth in the forests, especially 

 where the ground is swampy. The bare skin behind the eyes 

 is light cobalt-blue, while a much darker shade of the same 

 colour appears round the nostrils and at the base of the bill. 



303. Hypocnemis mviotherina (Spix). 



A male from Baeza, Eastern Ecuador (5500 feet) . 



304. PiTHYS leucaspis Scl. 



A male from Santo Domingo. Perhaps these birds are not 

 rare there, but they are difficult to find, as they hop about 

 on the ground under the thick undergrowth of the forests. 

 Iris dark red. 



305. Phlogopsis trivittata Scl. 



One male only, from near the mouth of the Coca, Rio 

 Napo. Shot among the undergrowth on the edge of the 

 forest, where these Ant-Thrushes hop about with a jerky 

 movement of the tail. Iris dark brown ; bare skin at the 

 back of the eyes bright red. Bill black, but brownish towards 

 the tip. In life the neck of this bird is singularly thin, 

 which gives it a curious appearance. When it is skinned it 



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