Plate IX. 



PHLOGOPSIS MACLEANNANI. 



(MLEAMAN'S ANT-THEUSH). 



JPMogopsis macleannani 



Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N.T. vii. p. 285. 

 Sclat. et Salv. P.Z.S. 1864, p. 357. 

 Salvin, P.Z.S. 1866, p. 74. 



lulvescenti-brunneus ; interscapulio, alarum tectricibus et secundariis nigris, fulvo latius marginatis ; collo 

 postico anguste castaneo ; cauda nigra : subtus castaneus, gutture toto ad medium pectus nigro ; abdomine nigro vix 

 distincte ocellato : rostro nigro, pedibus flavis : long, tota 3, alae 35, cauda? 3'4, tarsi 1*2, rostri a rictu 1*0. 



Hob. in Isthmo Panama {McLeannan) ; Yeragua (Arce) ; Costa Eica, Tucurriqui (Arce). 



This brilliant species of Ant-thrush has been deservedly named by Mr. Lawrence, after its 

 discoverer, Mr. James McLeannan, lately Station-master of the Lion-hill Station, on the Panama 

 Eailway, who has laboured so successfully in investigating the Zoology of the Isthmus — until 

 recently almost a terra incognita to Naturalists. Mr. McLeannan' s specimens were obtained 

 in the dense forests in the vicinity of his residence. Here this bird is not unfrequently to be 

 met with, associating with the other Formicariidse of the district, and frequenting the ant-runs 

 which traverse the forest in every direction. Besides Panama it is found near Santiago in 

 Veragua, and near Tucurriqui on the eastern slope of the mountain-range of Costa Pica, from 

 both of which localities skins have been sent by Mr. Arce. 



Our figure is taken from a specimen, marked male, from Santiago, now in Messrs. Salvin 

 and Godman's collection. 



McLeannan' s Ant-thrush is a typical species of the genus Phlogojpsis, agreeing with 

 PMogopsis nigro-maculata in the naked space round the eye, the rounded nostril, and the 

 undivided acrotarsia, in all of which characters it differs from Formicarius, as Mr. Salvin has 

 already pointed out. The tail of the present bird is, however, rather longer, and more rounded 

 than in the typical species. The rectrices are twelve in number, the outer pair being nearly 

 an inch shorter than the medial pair. 



We are acquainted with the following species of this genus : — 



1. P. NIGEO-MACTJLATA. 



Myiothera nigro-maculata, Lafr. et D'Orb. Syn. Av. 1, p. 14; D'Orb. Voy. Ois. p. 190, pi. 6*, f. 2. — Formicarius 

 nigro-maculatus, Scl. P.Z.S. 1858, p. 68.— PMogopsis nigro-maculata, Scl. P.Z.S. 1857, p. 68, 1858, p. 276, et Cat. Am. B. 

 p. 190. 



Hob. Bolivia, Chiquitos {TyOrbigny) : Amazon, sup. et fl. Ucajali, (Hawxwell) : Eep. ^Equator. Eio Napo. 



Mus. P.L.S. 



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