Rocky mountain antcatciier. 99 
the name of Troglodytes obsoleta, from its close 
^ emblaze to the Carolina wren, ( Troglodytes Ludo- 
Y which Wilson considered a Cerlhai, and 
®'dot a Thryothorus. 
Oqi s rocky mountain antcatciier is the first and 
shall S P ec * es hitherto discovered in North America, vve 
of ma ke some general observations on the peculiarities 
St„.^ eUu s thus introduced into the Fauna of the United 
wtes, 
uJ^n first formed a distinct group of the antcatchers, 
allied* t ^ le narae °f Fourmiliers, and considered them as 
Vjg-?, to his Breves, now forming the genus Pitta of 
y they having been previously placed in that of 
«H(l a . Lacepede adopted that group as a genus, 
u.UjPMed to it the name of Myrmecopliaya. llliger 
hatl ' species of the genus Lanius of Linne and 
a n ,i arri > as are destitute of prominent teeth to the bill, 
to t * u -‘ genus, thus constituted, the name of 
a fin r °. a *' rejecting Lacepede’s designation, as already 
Q 0 l*riated to a genus of mammalia. 
linff 01 ' perceived that some of the Fourmiliers of 
Were true thrushes; hut he retained the 
the ■‘ r as Myiothera, among which he also included 
otlj,^. Yieillot, besides the Pitta, removed some 
Con, S * )ec ' es > in order to place them in his new genera 
&Iy t °P 0 Phaga and Tamnophilus, giving the name of 
tiou >ll ,! Jt ^ er a to the remaining species, with the excep- 
!>ew Myiothera 7 ' ex, for which he formed a distinct 
vi ei n> vv jth the name of Grallaria. We agree with 
other’ U ! aspect to the latter bird ; but, as regards the 
" h 0 , s P e cies, we prefer the arrangement of Temminck, 
sti lQt l ? s . adopted the genus Myiothera nearly as con- 
J'an, Uliger, including some of the slender-billed 
06 of Vieillot, of which our Myiothera 
pr “ 'vould probably he one, as above stated. 
sp 6( ,j ® genus thus constituted contains numerous 
k’i eat es ’ "'bich inhabit the hottest parts of the globe ; a 
th ail e, J "umber of them existing in South America, 
8e C t! e sc ' v here. For the sake of convenience, several 
° Us may be formed in this genus, founded on the 
