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f- 298. Myrmotherula menetriesi d'Orb. 
Two males from Gualea, Western Ecuador, one being 
immature. 
299. FORMICIVORA CAUDATA Scl. 
Two males from Milligalli (6000 feet) and a female from 
Gualea. 
300. FORMICIVORA CONSOBRINA Scl. 
A male from San Nicolas and a female from Gualea. 
301. Terenura humeralis Scl. et Salv. 
Terenura humeralis Scl. et Salvin, P. Z. S. 1880, p. 59. 
A male from Papallacta, Eastern Ecuador. It is apparently 
slightly immature, as the head is not quite so dark as the 
type specimen in the British Museum. 
-/ 302. Myrmeciza exsul Scl, 
Three males from Santo Domingo and Guanacillo. These 
birds frequent the thick undergrowth in the forests, especially 
where the ground is swampy. The bare skin behind the eyes 
is light cobalt-blue, while a much darker shade of the same 
colour appears round the nostrils and at the base of the bill. 
303. Hypocnemis myiotherina (Spix). 
A male from Baeza, Eastern Ecuador (5500 feet) . 
304. Pithys leucaspis Scl, 
A male from Santo Domingo. Perhaps these birds are not 
rare there, but they are difficult to find, as they hop about 
on the ground under the thick undergrowth of the forests. 
Iris dark red. 
305. Phlogopsis trivittata Scl. 
One male only, from near the mouth of the Coca, Rio 
Napo. Shot among the undergrowth on the edge of the 
forest, where these Ant-Thrushes hop about with a jerky 
movement of the tail. Iris dark brown ; bare skin at the 
back of the eyes bright reel. Bill black, but brownish towards 
the tip. In life the neck of this bird is singularly thin, 
which gives it a curious appearance. When it is skinned it 
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