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ix. p. 1074; Scl. & Salv. P.Z.S. 1864, p. 355°; 1879, p. 524°; Salv. P.Z.S. 1867, 
p. 1447; 1870, p. 194°; Scl. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xv. p. 178 °, 
Cymbilanius lineatus fasciatus, Ridgw. Pr. U. 8. Nat. Mus. vi. pp. 404”, 415"; Zeledon, An. 
Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, 1887, p. 114”. 
Thamnophilus nigricristatus, Bouc. P. Z. 8. 1878, p. 60. 
Supra niger, albo (preter pileum) tenuiter transfasciatus : subtus omnino frequenter et sequaliter nigro et albo 
transfasciatus ; subalaribus quoque fasciatis, remigibus internis in pogonio interno irregulariter albo 
marginatis: rostro et pedibus nigricanti-plumbeis, illius mandibula pallidiore. Long. tota 6:5, ale 3:0, 
caude rectr. med. 2°75, rectr. lat. 1:9, rostri a rictu 1:0. (Descr. maris ex Calobre, Panama. Mus. 
nostr.) , 
© supra nigra cum alis et cauda ochraceo transfasciatis, pileo castaneo: subtus pallide ochracea, gula albicante 
undique (medialiter tenuiter, lateraliter late) nigro transfasciata. (Jeser. femine ex Panama. Mus. 
nostr. ) 
Hab. Nicaraeua, Los Sabalos (Nutting 1°); Costa Rica, Angostura (Carmiol*), Rio 
Sucio (J. Cooper 14), Jimenez (Zeledon *), San Carlos (Boucard'*); Panama, Mina 
de Chorcha®, Calovevora 8, Calobre 8, Santiago de Veraguas’, Santa Fé? (Arcé), 
Lion Hill (M‘Leannan?*).—Sovurn America, from Colombia ® to Peru, Amazons 
Valley, and Guiana ! °. 
A species of wide range, extending over the whole of the Amazons Valley, and 
thence northwards to the Caribbean Sea, and westwards to Panama, where it enters the 
isthmus, and spreads through Central America as far as Nicaragua. Here Mr. Nutting 
met with it at Los Sabalos and obtained two specimens !°. These, with others from 
Costa Rica and Panama, Mr. Ridgway proposed to separate from the bird of Guiana 
under the name of C. lineatus fasciatus '°. Our series of specimens does not show any 
grounds for this suggestion, for both males and females from Central America can be 
exactly matched by others from Guiana and other parts of the southern range of the 
species. Individuals vary in the width of the white bands, both of the upper and 
under surfaces of the body; but this variation is to be found everywhere, and we have 
no doubt is due to the age of the birds, those with narrower bands being the older. 
In some examples the crown of the head also shows transverse bands, but in general 
the crown is pure black. 
C. lineatus was first described in 1815 by Leach !, who placed it in the genus Lantus. 
It was transferred by Vieillot to Thamnophilus, and to Cymbilanius by Gray *, where 
it remained a monotype without a synonym till Mr. Ridgway’s attempt to divide it a 
few years ago. 
Little has been recorded of the habits of this bird. Mr. Nutting says that it has a 
clear note, but without variation, and that its iris is red!°. The latter character it 
shares with the larger Thamnophili, such as T. transandeanus. li appears to be an 
inhabitant of the dense tropical forest, wherever that is found within the limits of its 
range. Its food, according to Salmon, consists of insects °. 
