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/3. Macula loralis nulla, tectrices auriculares omnino nigroe. 



3. Formicarius aualis. 



Myothera analis, d'Orb. & Lafr. Syn. Av. i. p. 14'; d'Orb. Voy. Am. Mer. i. p. 191, t. 6 bis. f. 1'. 



Formicarius analis, Scl. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 68 ' ; Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xy. p. 304 ' ; Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, 



p. 75 " ; 1867, p. 145 " ; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 110 ' ; Tacz. Om. Per. ii. p. 78 ^ 



F. moniligero quoque affinis, sed multo obscurior, capite tota (auriciilaribus omnino inclusis), gutture et pectore 

 nigris, macula lorali alba nulla, neque torque gutturali ; cervicis lateribus vix rufo tinctis ; subcaudalibus 

 sicut in F. hoffmanni rufis. Long, tota 7'5, alae 3*6, caudee 2-0, rostri a rictu 1-25, tarsi 1-3. (Descr- 

 exempl. ex Costa Rica. Mus. nostr.) 



Hab. Costa Eica {Carmiol), Tucurriqui (ArcS^); Panama, Santiago de Veraguas 

 [Arce^). — South America from Western Ecuador to Peru^ and Bolivia^ 2. 



Adult birds of this Formicarius are readily distinguished from F. moniliger and its 

 allies by their dark colour, the whole head, neck, and breast being black, the back of 

 a much darker shade of brown, the absence of a white spot on the lores and of rufous 

 colour on the under surface. 



The range of F. analis is very extensive, as it has been found almost uninterruptedly 

 from Costa Rica and the State of Panama to Bolivia, where it was first discovered by 

 d'Orbigny ^. It also occurs in the valley of the Upper Amazons, but not apparently 

 further east. 



Fraser noted that the irides are hazel, the bill black, the bare space round the eyes 

 flesh-colour, the legs and feet brownish. His specimen was shot near a cane-patch at 

 Esmeraldas in Western Ecuador. 



D'Orbigny says ^ that this bird always lives in the virgin forest on the ground, turning 

 the leaves in search of the insects on which it feeds. Stolzmann adds ^ that it mns 

 quickly, and carries its tail erect like a Water-hen. Its cry is loud, resembling at a 

 distance that of a Cock. 



4. Formicarius rufipectus. 



Formicarius rufipectus, Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 73, t. 8' j 1867, p. 145'; Scl. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. 



XV. p. 306 ^ 

 Formicarius thoracicus, Tacz. & Berl. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 101^? 

 Fusco-niger, uropygio obscure rufo, capite summo et cervice postica quoque rufo tinctis, loris, auricularibus 



omnino et gula nigris, pectore toto et tectricibus subcaudalibus castaneo-rufis, abdomine medio dilutiore, 



hypocbondriis fuliginosis, subalaribus et remigibus sicut in F. moniligero : rostro nigro, pedibus fuscis. 



Long, tota 7-0, alse 3-4, caudse 2-1, rostri a rictu 1-15, tarsi 1-6. (Descr. exempl. typ. ex Veraguas, 



Panama. Mus. nostr.) 



Eah. Panama, Santiago de Veraguas ^ (ArcS). — Ecuadok ^ 



This well-marked species comes next to F. analis in many of its characters, such as 

 the absence of the white spot on the lores and the wholly black ear-coverts. Its 



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