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6. FORMICIVORA BREVICAUDA. 



Formicicora brevieauda, Sw., Zool. Journ. ii. p. \4į,. 

 3. Cinereu8unicolor,plaga ovali in gutture et pectore supenore 

 nigra: alis mgricantihus extus cinereo limbatis, harum mitem 

 tectricibus nigris albo terminatis : cauda brevi, colore niciro- 

 cmerea rectricum macula subapicali nigra, ipsarum autemapi- 

 ciOus albidts : rostro corneo, pedibus nigris. 

 ? . Olivascenti-brunnea, subtus clarior, capite subdnereo mtture 



aįbicantiore: tectricum alarium apicibus colore dilutioribus. 

 Hab. In Brasiha Onentali prope urbem Bahia (Sw ) 

 Mus. Bnt. et P. L. S. ^' 



Obs. Species ab auctoribus cum F. axillari et affinibus confusa 

 sed crassitie minore, cauda breviore, colore corporis cinereo unicolore 

 et plaga gutturali ovali bene definita facUe dignoscenda. 



7. FoRMICIVORA HAUXWELLI. (PI. CXXVI. fig, 2.) 



Plmnbea, subtus paulo dilutior, mento albescentiore : alis niaris 

 tectricibus omnibus albo terminatis, duas lineas albas formanti- 

 bus; secundanis dorso proximis extus caudce guoaue tectrici- 

 bus et rectncibus ipsis omnibus macula terminali alba praditis ■ 

 nropygu plumis laxis, elongatis : cauda brevissima : rostro 

 nigncanti-plutnbeo, pedibus fuscis. 



Long. totą 37, alae 2-1, caudae 9. 



Hab. In Peruv. Orientali (Hauxwell). 



Mus. Brit. 



8. FoRMICIVORA CINERASCENS. 



ViduT'"*'^'*'^ ^^'•"^^^ce"*?, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1654, p. 112 (nec 



Pallide cinerascensfere unicolor, subtus dilutior ; interscapula- 

 rium basibus albis : alis nigricanti-brunneis cinereo limbatis- 

 tectricum apicibus albo guttulatis : cauda nigricante, rectricibus 

 omnibus albo terminatis : rostro et pedibus nigris 



Long. totą 6-0, alse 2*4, caudae 2-2. 

 ^Bab. In PeruT. Orientali, Chamicurros {Hauxwell) et in ripis fl. 



Mus. Brit. 



Obs. Similis F. ctBrulescenti ex Brasilia sed rostro fortiore et lon- 

 giore, cauda breviore et aeąuaUore, colore corporis inferioris dilutiore 

 et camptenis non albis distinguenda. 



I formerly referred this bird to VieiUot's Form. ccerulescens, of 

 which Menetnes has giveu a figure in bis ' Monograph of the Myio- 

 thennae, pi. ti. But a comparison of specimens of both species 

 which are now m the British Museum, has convinced me that these 

 two birds though inuch resemblmg each other in plumage, are essen- 

 tially distinct, and I have given above the characters by which thev 

 may be easily separated. ^ 



The example from Chamicurros, which was part of Mr. Haux- 

 well s fine collection, is not quite mature, and shows brownish colour- 



