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under mandible pale : head black, above somewhat 

 striped with white, the eyebrows and region of the 

 ears also white : primary quills dark fuscous, ex- 

 ternally margined with fulvous : the two middle tail- 

 feathers with a small white spot, the rest with a large 

 «pot of the same colour at the tip : tarsi and claws 

 rather pale. 



GETv^US LXXXIV.— MYIOTHERA, Illiger. 



Mostrum basi altius quam 

 latior, fere cylindricum, 

 subrobustum, supra con- 

 vexum ; mandibula su- 

 jperior versus apicem cur- 

 vata ; iriferior laciniata, 

 apice acuta, recurvata. 



Cauda brevis. 



Myrmothera, Vieillot. 



Beak higher than broad at 

 the base, nearly cylindri- 

 cal, rather robust, convex 

 above ; the tipper man- 

 dible curved towards the 

 tip; the lower jagged, with 

 its tip acute, recurved. 



Tail short. 



A. Bostro validoj subrecio. 



A. With the beak stout, neaily straight. 



Sp. 1. My. Colma. 



Turdus Colma. Steph, v. x. p. 291. — South America. 



Sp. 2. My. formicivora. 



Turdus formicivorus. Steph, v. x.p. 308.— South America. 



Sp. 3. My. lineatus. 



Turdus lineatus. Steph. v. x. p. 307. — Cayenne. 



Sp. 4. My. cantans. 



Turdus Arada. Steph. v. x. p. 282. — Cayenne. 



Sp. 5. My. Coraya. 



Turdus Coraya. Steph. v. x. p, 299. — Cayenne. 



