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J. Obacurior, fiaveacenttor, ttriis corporis inferi rufeecentibua 



(teste Burmeister). 

 Long. tota 5*0, alee 2*2, candae 2*2. 

 llnh. South-eastern Brazil. 



'.>■ PORMICIVOR \ mai.tr \. 



Myiothera malum, Temm. PI. Col. 353. figs. 1, 2. 

 Formicivora malura, Mriu'tr. Mon. j). 496. 

 Ellipura malura, Cab. Orn. Not. i.p. 228 ; Bp. Consp. i>. '_'<)(» ; 

 Burm. Syst. Deb. ]>. 68. 



J. Plumbea, uropygio schietaceo .- cervice <■/ pectore antico 

 niffro striatis : alarum tectricibus albo marginatia. 

 . Brunneecenti-griaea : cervice et pectore antico nigricante 

 .siriati.s .- alarum tectricum apicibua aordide Jlaoidia. 

 I I<il,. South-eastern Brazil ; S. Paolo, Ypanema (Natterer). 

 Mas. Brit. 



This is a scarce species. The single example in the 15iiti>h Mu- 

 seum has affixed to it the tail of some other bird, and I am. unable 

 to give its dimensions. 



10. Formicivora SQXTAMATA. 



Myiotheraaquamata, Lieht. Doubl. p. 44; Max, Beitr. iii. p. 1070. 



Formicivora macula to, Sw. Zool. Joum. ii. p. 117; Mriu'tr. Mon. 

 p. 494. pi.:,, fig. 1 (*). 



Ellipura aquamata, Cab. Orn. Not. i. p. 229 ; Bp. Consp. p. 201 ; 

 Burm. Syst. Cob. iii. p. 7". 



$ . Supra nigra, superciliis all/is, dorso albo guttulato: alia 

 caudaque nigris, guttis albis tronafaaciatia .■ aubtua cinerea, 

 nigro. aquamata, ventre medio albicante. 



2 • Guttis etfaaciia corporis auperi pallide rufie ; aubtua dilutior, 

 hypochondriia rufeacentibua. 



Long, tota .VI, aloe 2*1, caudae 2*1. 



Hah. South-eastern Brazil. 



Mua. Brit., P. L.8. 



1 1 . PoRMICIVOBA 'V l\ i N8IS *. 



Thamnophilus quixensis, Com. Syn. Vert. p. 12 (J). 



Thamnophilus rufiventria, Coin. ibid. (?). 



Pyriglena quisensis, Sclater, 1'. Z. S. 185 I, p. 1 12 ; el l^."» s . p. 67. 



Pyriglena rufiventria, Sclater, ibid. ( 2)- 



j . Nigerrhna, dorsi past id tot ins plumarum basibua, maculia trc- 

 tricum minorum parvia rotundis et tectricum majorum et vaudtt 

 rectricum apicibua cum tectricibus aubalaribua albia. 



* Nearly allied to F.guixeiuu a Formicivora UmetarH, mihi, ex Mexico, 

 Oaxaca. vide infra P.Z.S. June Bth, 1858 



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