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having- the divisions of the anterior scutes of the tarsus nearly obsolete. 
P. L. Sclater, P. Z. S. 18G8, pp. 673, 674*. 
Mynnetherula minor j Salvad., and Myrmeciza marginata, ejusd. (Zool. 
Pec. ii. p. 102), are respectively M. hrevicauda (Swains.) and M, rnjicauda 
(Max.). P. L. Sclater & 0. Salvin, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 176, note. 
Myrmethenda modesta is a new species from Costa Rica, not much resem- 
bling any other. It is about the size of M. fulviventris (Zool. Pec. i. p. 74), 
but has a much narrower and weaker bill, larger wings, and no spots on the 
wing-coverts. G. N. Lawrence, Ann. Lyc. N. H. New York, 1868, p. 108. 
Formicivora genei [lege geneei\,Y)Q Filippi (Mus. Mediol. p. 31), is distinct 
from F, striata (Spix), with which it has generally been confounded. F. 
crythrocerca, Scl. (P. Z. S. 1868, p. 240, pi. 97), is synonymous with the 
former, apd the name is of later date. T. Salvador!, Atti Accad. Sc. Torino, 
1868, pp. 268-270. 
Cercomacra napensis is a new species from the Rio Napo in Ecuador, dis- 
tinguishable from C. cinerascens, Sclat. (P. Z. S. 1867, p. 131), with which it 
had been (op. cit. 1868, p. 245, and Sclat. Cat. Am. B. p. 184) confounded, by 
its entirely unspotted wings and less white on tho rectricos. P. L, Sclater, 
P. Z. S. 1868, pp. 572, 573. 
Ilypocncmis liypoxantlia is described and figured as a now species from tho 
Upper Amazon, allied to II, Jlavesccns (Zool. Pec. i. p. 74), but with tho 
eyebrows and the whole underside of the body sulphur-yellow. P. L. Sclater, 
P. Z. S. 1868, p. 573, pi. xliii. 
Conopopliaga gutturalis is a new species from New Granada, resem- 
bling C. cucidlata^ Sclat. (P. Z. S. 1856, p. 29) ] but that species has no post- 
ocular tuft and a yellow bill. The present has a white postocular tuft, as in 
C. aurita (Gm.). P. L. Sclater, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 674. 
Menurid^. 
Memtra superha^ a very full account of its habits, especially of its mode of 
breeding, and a description of its young,' which do not leave the nest till 
they are eight or ten weeks old. South-Australian examples (M. victoriccy 
Gould t) do not very greatly differ from those obtained in New South 
Wales, the former being only of a slightly different tint, and having bars of 
the outer rectrices more defined. The specific rank of M. alherti is not 
questioned. E. P. Ramsey, P. Z. S. 1868, pp. 49-62. 
Menura. The family to which this genus belongs still an open question ; 
the eggs and young (two days old) of M. victoidcs” exhibited. The latter 
is thickly covered above with a long sooty-black down, which takes the 
form of a cowl over the bird’s head ; beneath, the throat, flanks, and thighs 
are nearly naked ; the tarsi, toes, and nails are comparatively non-developed j 
and from all these facts it is evident that the young must be entirely depen- 
dent upon its parents for food and protection for a long time. J. Gould, 
tom. cit. pp. 62, 63. 
* It may be doubted whether this species should rightly be included in 
the present Record, as the remarks upon it refer to the second part of 
Herr von Pelzeln’s ‘ Ornithologie Brasiliens,’ which bears date 1869. 
t First named P. Z. S. 1864, p, 23, but not diagnosed till 1865, Handb. 
B. Austral, j. p. 303, 
