SCLATER'S ANTBIRD 



cheeks, throat and chest tawny buff; breast and 

 abdomen white. 



"The pair I collected March 19 [at Tabernilla] 

 had their stomachs filled with ants and I watched 

 them for some time hopping back and forth 

 along a trail of leaf cutter ants." (Jewel.) 

 Seen at Patillo Point in April, 1926, feeding on 

 the ground along a trail of army ants. 



15. Myrmeciza exsul exsul Sclater 

 Sclater's Antbird 



Length 133 mm. (5.20 in.); tail 46 mm. (1.80 

 in.). 



Male. Head and neck all around slaty black; 

 remainder of upper parts deep chestnut; chest, 

 breast and abdomen blackish slate. Bare skin 

 on the chin and behind the eye bright light 

 blue. 



Female. Resembles male above; chin and 

 throat blackish slate ; rest of under parts vandyke 

 brown. Bare skin as in male. 



A stout-bodied, short-tailed bird found in 

 thickets, climbing around close to or on the 

 ground. One was frequently seen at Quarry 

 Heights on the side of a thickly wooded hill 

 above Balboa during the three years of my 

 residence there. Its common call was a high, 

 rapid, series of whistles descending and re- 

 tarding toward the end, the opening note em- 

 phasized. 



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