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Memories' F. melanura seems to agree very well with this species, 

 and is perhaps not different. 



Genus VII. Pyriglena. 



Pyriylena, Cab. Orn. Not. i. p. 211 (1847). 



Rostrum tenue, elongatum, compression, apice iucurva : pedes 

 validi, acrotarsiis divisis, paratarsiis integris : cauda mudice 

 tonga, alas subcequans,multum rotundata c remigibus duodecim : 

 statura modica : ptilosis murium nigerrima, fceminarum olivacea 

 aut brunnea. 



1. Pyriglena letjcoptera. 



Turdus leucopterus, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. xx. p. 272 ; Enc. Meth. 

 p. 666. 



Lanius notodelos, Cuv. in Mus. Paris. 



Lanius domicella, Licht. Doubl. p. 47. 



Drymophila trifasciata, Sw. Zool. Journ. ii. p. 152; Zool. 111. 

 1 ser. pi. 27. 



Myiothera domicella, Max, Beitr. hi. p. 1058. 



Formicivora domicella, Men. Mon. Myioth. pi. 7. figs. 1, 2. 



Pyriglena domicella, Cab. Orn Not. p. 212 ; Bp. Consp. p. 202 ; 

 Burm. Syst. Ueb. hi. p. 59. 



Myrmeciza melanura, Strickl. Ann. N. H. 1844, p. 417 ( $)• 



o . Atra : campterio, fascia alarum duplici et macula dorsi celata 

 a I bis. 



2 . Olivascenti-brunnea, subtus dilutior, gutture albicante. 



Long, tota 7'0, alae 3'2, caudse 3*0. 



Hub. South-eastern Brazil. 



Mus. Brit., P. L. S. 



2. Pyriglena atra. 



Thamnophilus leuconotus, Spix, Av. Bras. ii. p. 27. pi. 39. fig. 2 

 (1824). 



Drymophila atra, Sw. Zool. Journ. ii. p. 153 (1825). 



Formicivora atra, Men. Mon. Myioth. p. 505. 



Formicivora maura, lb. p. 506 ? 



Pyriglena atra, Cab. Orn. Not. p. 212 ; Bp. Consp. p. 202. 



Pyriglena atra, Burm. Syst. Ueb. hi. p. 60. 



c? . Atra : macula magna dorsi celata alba. 



Long, tota 7'0, alse 3 "2, caudse 3'0. 



Hub. Brazil, Para (Spix) ; Bahia (Burm.). 



3. Pyriglena ellisiana. 



Pyriglena ellisiana, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1855, p. 109, pi. 100 ( $ ). 

 S . Nigra unicolor, alis eoctus brunnescente tinctis, campterio albo. 

 $ . Fusco-castanea, facie, tnento et regione auricidari cum cauda 

 nigricantibus : rostri nigri, mandibulce inferior is basi alba. 

 Long, tota 7'75, alee 3*0, caudae 3*5. 

 Hub. Interior of New Granada, Bogota. 

 Mus. Brit. 



