. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 218 FORMICARIIDJE. Above plumbeous; wings and tail black, all the wing-coverts, secondaries, lengthened tail-coverts, and tail-feathers terminated with large rounded spots of clear white: beneath paler plumbeous, whiter on the throat and middle of the belly ; bill corneous; feet brown : whole length 5-2 inches, wing 2-7, tail 1*2. Female. Above brown, wings and tail black, spotted as in the male, but spots fulvous : beneath paler, throat whitish. Hab. Upper Amazonia. a,b. (S 2 ^d. sk. Eastern Peru. c. 2 ad. sk. d. (S ad. sk. c. 5 ad. sk. f,ff. cJ
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 218 FORMICARIIDJE. Above plumbeous; wings and tail black, all the wing-coverts, secondaries, lengthened tail-coverts, and tail-feathers terminated with large rounded spots of clear white: beneath paler plumbeous, whiter on the throat and middle of the belly ; bill corneous; feet brown : whole length 5-2 inches, wing 2-7, tail 1*2. Female. Above brown, wings and tail black, spotted as in the male, but spots fulvous : beneath paler, throat whitish. Hab. Upper Amazonia. a,b. (S 2 ^d. sk. Eastern Peru. c. 2 ad. sk. d. (S ad. sk. c. 5 ad. sk. f,ff. cJ $ad. sk. E. Peru. Xeberos, Peruvian Amazons (Bartktt). Chamicuros, Peruvian Amazons {Bart left). Chamicuros, Peruvian Amazons (). 7. NEOCTANTES. Sclater Coll. (Types of the species.) Purchased. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Gould CoU. Type. Neoctantes, Scl. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 572 N. Head, wing, and foot of Keoctantes nigcr. (P. Z. S. 1868, p. 572.) This monotype is at once distinguishable by its upturned gonys and the uniform black coloration of the male. Katterer met -with it in the Rio Negro district, whence it seems to extend into Eastern Ecuador. 1. Neoctantes niger. Xenops niger, Feh. Sitz. Ak. Wins. Wien, xxxiv. p. Ill (1859). Pteroptochus niger, Felz. Orn. Bras. p. 46. Neoctantes niger, Scl. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 571; Scl. et Sale. Komencl. p. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology. [Birds]. London
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