PHLEGOPSIS. FORMICARIUS. 



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Total length 151) niin.^ exposed culmen 17, wing 93, tail 58, 

 tarsus 'U. 



This species is not represented in the IMcConnell collection, and 

 the description is taken from Gould's type, which is now in the 

 British Museum. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



JSes^t. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



l^ijgs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Nauije ill. Jlrififth Guitina. l)eni(M'ara (^GouUl). 



E.rtndhnital Range. Surinam {Penanl), North-west Brazil, 

 Ecuador. 



Ila/'ils. Unrecorded in Bi-itish Guiana. 



Genus FORMICARIUS Bodd. 



Form?' car ins Boddaert, Tahl. PI. Enl. p. 13, 17S3. Type F. colma 

 Bc.dd. 



Fig. 35. — Fonju'cariitii colma. 



Tin's g(;nus is distinouished hy the olive-brown upper surface 

 and gl<jssy leathers on the fore part of the head. The bill is 

 rather narrow and hooked at the tip. The wing is rounded, 

 the tiiird, fourth, and fifth [)i-iniaries longest and equal, the 

 second about equal to the sixth. The tail, which is rather 

 short and rounded^ is a little more than half the length of the 

 wing. The tarsus is seutellated and about a third longer than the 

 <'X[)osed culmen. Coloration : male and ft-male similar. 



h'ci/ lo the Species. 



A. Ci'own of Iit-ad chestnut in eontni.st to the 



liuck ; under lad-coverts like tlie alxlomen... F. coIiik/, p. 7-1. 

 Vi. Crown of liead cliocolatc-browti similar to tiie 



back ; mider tail-coverts chestnut in contrast 



to tho alxlouien F. rrissalis, p. 7' 



