WHITE-BELLIED ANTBIRD 



individuals were seen in the jungle climbing 

 along roots and low stems; never saw one on 

 the ground." 



14. Myrmeciza longipes panamensis 



Ridgway 

 White-bellied Antbird 



Myrmeciza boucardi panamensis RIDGWAY, Birds of N. 

 and M. Amer., V, p. 107, 1911; STONE, Proc. Phila. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci., 1918, p. 261. 



Length 146 mm. (5.75 in.); tail 53 mm. (2.10 

 in.). 



Male. Forehead, sides of head and hind- 

 neck gray, remainder of upper parts bright 



FIG. 43. Myrmeciza longipes panamensis 



(Male) 



chestnut rufous, a light patch and black spots on 

 wings; sides of head, chin, throat and chest 

 black, the sides of the breast gray ; the middle of 

 the breast and abdomen white. 



Female. Forehead gray; top of head brown 

 passing to chestnut on remainder of upper 

 parts; wings mixed and barred with black; 

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