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Myiothera Ruficeps, Spix. t, 'J2. f. 1. 



Above olive-green ; beneath blackish ; head above red ; 

 quills reddish brown; tail blackish; ocillae fulvous; 

 hind claw nearly straight. Brazil. 



Myiothera Leuconota, Spix. t. 72. f. 2. 



Above chestnut brown ; beneath reddish ; front of the 

 back with two white bands ; cheeks and tail black ; bill 

 yellowish ; feet brown ; body six inches and a half; tail 

 two inches and a half long. Brazil. 



Alyrmothera Ccerulescens, Vieil. 

 Thamnophilus ? Spix. 



Bluish; wings and tail black, white spotted ; bill brown. 

 Brazil. 



Rocky Mountain Ant Catcher, Troglodites Obsoleta, 

 Say. Myiothera? Pr, Musig. A. O. t. 1. f 2. 



Dusky brownish undulated with pale ; beneath whitish, 

 marked with brown ; tail long, rounded, ferrugineous, 

 yellow tipt ; bill very slender, slightly curved ; tarsi 

 seven-eighths ; tail two inches long. North America. 



Myrmothera Gutta, Vieil. Gal. Ois. 

 t. 155 ; also belongs to this genus. Temminck and 

 Illiger have placed in this genus Pipra Albifrons, which 

 Cuvier treats as a Lanius and T. Auritus and Pipra 

 NiBvia, the latter forming the genus Conophagus of 

 Vieillot, which Cuvier refers to the Muscicapce. Buffon 

 placed here T. Pectoralis Cinnamomeus and Rufifrons, 

 which Cuvier says are Turdi. 



There may be added the genus Grallina ofVieil. 



