BLACK ANTWREN 



FIG. 42. Myrmotherula fulviventris 

 (Male. Nat. Size) 



without spots; remainder of under parts tawny 

 olive. 



"Found in low wet forest near the ground, 

 creeping about the shrubbery like a warbler or 

 vireo." (Jewel.) Noted at Patilla Point in 

 underbrush, April, 1926. 



9. Myrmotherula axillaris albigula 



Lawrence 

 Black Antwren 



Myrmopagis melana RIDGWAY, Birds of N. and M. 

 Amer., V, p. 68, 1911; STONE, Proc. Phila. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci., 1918, p. 261. 



Length about 91 mm. (3.60 in.); tail about 

 32 mm. (1.25 in.). 



Male. Plumage generally black, the wing 

 coverts spotted with white; sides and flanks 

 with an extensive patch of elongated soft, white 

 feathers. 



Female. Upper parts olive passing to gray 

 on top of head; cheeks, chin and throat buffy 

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