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in 1876. ‘These latter were from the slopes of the Volcan de Irazu, but Rogers 
omitted to give any particulars concerning them. Our figure is drawn from one of 
these birds. 
2. Automolus virgatus. 
Philydor virgatus, Lawr. Aun. Lyc. N. Y. viii. p. 4687; ix. p. 106; Frantz. J. f. Orn. 1869, p. 804°. 
Automolus virgatus, Berl. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. xi. p. 5654. 
‘* The feathers of the head above, hind neck and back, and also the sides of the head and of the neck, are 
blackish brown, with a clear ochreous stripe down the centre of each [feather], the lower part of the back 
is of a dull rusty olivaceous brown, the upper tail-coverts deep reddish cinnamon ; the tail deep cinnamon, 
not so bright as the coverts; the wings are dull cinnamon-brown, with the inner webs of the primaries 
and the ends of the secondaries brownish black; the under wing-coverts and inner margin of quills light 
cinnamon ; the chin and throat are pale fawn-colour with faint brownish edgings to the feathers, on the 
lower part of the throat the feathers are of a light brownish colour striped down their centres with pale 
fawn; on the breast the feathers are of a deeper fawn-colour with dusky edges; the abdomen, sides, and 
under tail-coverts are of an olivaceous brown, lighter than the lower part of the back, with rather indi- 
stinct paler centres to the feathers; bill brownish black, with the lower part of the under mandible 
yellow; irides brown; feet brown. Total length 74 in., wing 34, tail 34, bill 1, tarsi qa.” (Lawrence, 
Ll. s. ¢.) 
Hab. Costa Rica, Angostura (Carmiol ! 2). 
We do not know this bird, the type of which, however, has been examined by Count 
von Berlepsch *, who has given the following note respecting it :—“'This may be a 
valid species, but not of the genus Philydor, as I think; in fact it seems to be a close 
ally of Automolus subulatus, Spix, ex Amazonia, from which it may be distinguished 
by the following points of difference. Bill longer and somewhat stronger, the upper 
mandible darker in colour. The ground-colour of the top of the head more blackish. 
The ochraceous stripes there, and still more on the hind neck and the upper back, are 
more pronounced. ‘The ground-colour everywhere on the upper parts darker or more 
blackish. The underparts of the body are rather lighter in colour; throat and breast 
of a clearer ochraceous ; wings and tail somewhat longer (al. 844, caud. 72, culm. 233, 
tars. 204 mm.).”’ 
It will be noticed that the measurements taken by Mr. Lawrence and Count von 
Berlepsch of the same specimen do not agree. The length of the tarsus, according to 
the former writer 7% in., appears to be very small; in Automolus rubiginosus and its 
allies it usually exceeds an inch in length. 
b. Corpus subtus uniforme haud striatum. 
a’. Stria superciliaris nulla. 
8. Automolus rubiginosus. 
Anabates rubiginosus, Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 288°; 1859, p. 365°; Sumichrast, Mem. Bost. Soc. 
N. H.i. p. 555°; Sanchez, An. Mus. Nac. Mex. i. p. 97+. 
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