formicariidæ

pl. [Mod. Lat. form i car i ( us ), and Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -ide.] Ornith.: Ant-thrushes: a family of birds by some called Formicarinte, allowed only the position of a sub-family of Turdidæ (Thrushes). They have the wings and tail much shorter than those of the true thrushes, the tip of their bill also is often slightly hooked. They for the most part inhabit tropical regions of both hemispheres, frequenting forests and thickets, flying badly from the shortne of their wings and consequently feeling most at home on the ground, where they devour ants, coleoptera, . The typical genus Form i car i us is of sober tints; Pitta, on the contrary, is of a brilliant azure blue The Dipper or Water Ouzel ( Cinchus aquat icus ) is an aberrant form of the family or sub-family. ( Dallas , .) for-mi-car-i-næ, s. pl. [Mod. Lat. form i car ( ius ) and Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -inæ.] 1902