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ZOOLOGICAL LITJIRATURE. 
Myrmotherula minor is a new species from Brazil, nearly allied to M. 
hrevicaudaf but smaller. T. Salvador!, Atti Soc. Ital. Sc. Nat. 4 Sept. 1864. 
Formieivora schistieolor is described as a new species from Costa Rica. 
G. N. Lawrence, Ann. Lyc. N. Y. 1866, p. 173. 
Myrmecka stictoptera is described as a new species from Costa Rica, allied 
to M. exul and M. Imnosticta, but differing from the former in its narrower 
bill, in having a concealed white dorsal patch, and in the middle wing- 
coverts being black, with larger and more conspicuous spots ; from the latter 
in being larger, and having the‘ throat unspotted, white shoulders, and wing- 
coverts as just mentioned. G. N. Lawience, Ann. Lyc. N. Y. 1865, pp. 132, 
133. 
Myrmeciza marginata is described as a new species from Brazil. It differs 
from M. ruficaudot by having the top of the head and neck olivaceous lead- 
coloured, the wing-coverts margined with white, and in other respects. It 
is very like M. hemimelama, but differs from it in the points just mentioned, 
and by having a uniformly reddish belly. T. Salvador!, Atti Soc. Ital. Sc. 
Nat. 4 Sept. 1864. 
Hypocnemis (?) striativentris is a new species from Brazil. It has the 
typical form of that genus, but wants the hidden interscapular spot. T. 
Salvador!, Atti Soc. Ital. Sc. Nat. 4 Sept. 1864. 
MENURIDiE. 
Menura superha in confinement. G. Bennett, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 69 j Ann. 
& Mag. N. H. 3rd ser. xvi. pp. 63, 64. 
PteroptochidjE. 
Fier(yptochus castaneus is a new species from Chili, very like P. tarniij but 
having the forehead to the cromi, and thence a broad streak over the eyes 
to the nape, with the chin, throat, and breast, chestnut-brown, and the back 
olive-brown. R. A. Philippi and L. Landbeck, Arch. f. Naturgesch. 1865, 
i. pp. 66-68. 
DENDROCOLAPTlDiE. 
Philippi, R. A., and Landbeck, C. L. ^^Die Lerchen Chiles. 
Arch. f. Naturgesch. 1865, i. pp. 58-73. 
Under this title the authors treat of six birds, which have 
undoubtedly some apparent resemblance to the family Alau- 
did(s. Three of them they refer to the genus Certhilaudaj and 
the other three to Geobamon, Cab. (J. f. 0. 1860, p. 24f note). 
. The first is Geositta cunicularia (Bp. ex Vieill.)j the next, 
Certhilauda (potius Geositta?) froheni fr'om Peru, described as a new 
species, characterized by having the outer rectrix entirely white, with the 
exception of a dark spot near the tip (pp. cit. pp. 62, 63) j the third 
Certhilauda (potius Geositta?) isabellina from Chili, described as a new 
species, to be known by its bill being as long as the tarsus, and curved, 
breast unspotted, base of the tail whitish -red (pp. cit. pp. 63-66). 
. Of the birds referred to Geobamotij the first is G. rufipemiis, Burm.j the 
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