BY THE BARON DE LA FRESNAYE. 
4. Myothera rhinolopha, P. Max., Beitr. zur Naturgesch. von 
Bras. t. 3, p. 1051. Malacorhynchus rhinolophus, Ménét., Mon. des 
Myoth. p. 82. Sarochalinus rhinolophus, Caban. Bon. Consp. p. 206. 
C. ALBIVENTRIS (gutture, collo antico pectoreque albis, rostro 
simplici.) 
5. Scytalopus albo-gularis, Gould, Proceed. 1836, p. 90; Jard. 
Contr. to Ornit. 1851, part iv. Scyt. indigoticus, Licht. Bon. Consp. 
p. 206. 
6. Malacorhynchus albiventris, Ménét., pl. 12, f. 2; Jard. Contr. to 
Ornit.1851, partiv. Scytalopus indigoticus, Licht., Pr. Max. Beitr. 
zur Naturgesch. yon Bras. t. 3, p. 1091; Bon. Conspectus, p. 206. 
Note. —The specimen in our collection entirely similar in colour 
with the plates of Ménétriés and Jardine, presents nevertheless some 
difference, in the wing-covers being blackish-brown, tipped with 
pale rufous before a spot of black, as it is seen in the S. undulatus of 
Jardine; from thence I infer that our specimen is not entirely adult. 
Bonaparte in his Conspectus, does not admit as distinct species the 
M. albiventris of Ménét., and Scytal. albogularis of Gould, citing 
them as synonymes of Scytalopus indigoticus, Licht., Pr. Max. After 
haying carefully compared the description of the Myothera indigo- 
tica, Pr. Max., with that and the figure of WM. albiventris of Ménét. 
and Jardine, we have found so great a dissemblance between them, 
that we cannot agree with the opinion of the Prince Canino in that 
case; and as to the Scytalopus albogularis of Gould, equally cited 
by him as synonymous, it is easy in comparing the plates of Jardine 
to perceive the great distinctions between them. 
7. Myothera indigotica, Licht., Pr. Max. Beitr. vol. iii. p. 1091. 
Malac. indigoticus, Ménét. p. 87. The French description of 
Ménétriés describes “le cou pardevaut est d’un brun grisatre avec 
Vextremité de chaque plume ondulée de gris-juanatre ; la poitrine 
est blanche avee des lignes ondulées d’un brun grisdtre. .. .. le 
milien du ventre est d’un blanc sale avec des lignes ondulées d’un 
brun gris foncé, les cdtés du ventre, l’abdomen, les cuisses et les cou- 
vertures inférieures de la queue sont d’un brun rougeatre, &e.’ In 
this description, the breast and neck are undulated with a distinct 
colour, while the sides of the belly, the abdomen, wings, and the 
inferior coverts of the tail, are of a uniform reddish-brown. It is 
entirely different in the M. albiventris. It is found in the province 
of Bahia. 
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