PHLOGOPSIS.—PITTASOMA. 237 
This fine Phlogopsis was discovered on the line of the Panama Railway by the late 
James M‘Leannan, to whose exertions we are mainly indebted for our knowledge of 
the ornithology of the Isthmus. It was described by Mr. Lawrence in 1860 and 
named after its discoverer ?. | 
We have no knowledge of the range of P. macleannani southward of the Line of 
Railway, as Lieut. Michler’s Darien Expedition did not meet with it, nor did Salmon in 
the Cauca Valley; but northwards it is found through the State of Panama, Eastern 
Costa Rica, and as far as the province of Chontales in Nicaragua’. It is thus a 
characteristic bird of the southern section of our fauna. 
We have no record of the habits of this species beyond the fact that it lives in the 
high woods and feeds amongst the underwood. ‘The bare skin round the eye in life is 
light blue 2. 
d. fegio ocularis vestita. 
i. Vibrisse modice, tarsi elongate. 
e’. Rostrum robustum, latum. 
PITTASOMA. 
Pittasoma, Cassin, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1860, p. 189; Scl. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xv. p. 309. 
This remarkable form, containing two closely allied species both peculiar to our 
fauna, has many points in common with Grallaria, such as the large stout body, short 
tail, and long tarsi; but the bill is much larger, wider at the base, and less compressed 
generally. The coloration too is peculiar, differing much from that of all Gradlarie. 
1. Pittasoma michleri. 
Pittasoma michleri, Cassin, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1860, p. 189°; Lawr. Ann. Lyc. N. Y. vil. pp. 2947, 
826°; Scl. & Salv. P. Z.S. 1864, p. 357*; Salv. P.Z.S. 1867, p. 146°; 1870, p. 196°; 
Scl. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xv. p. 309’. 
Supra brunneum (?), plumis omnibus nigro marginatis; capite summo toto nigro, loris et area infra oculos cum 
mento albo variegatis ; tectricibus auricularibus et torque nuchali castaneis: subtus gula nigra castaneo 
maculata, corpore reliquo albo nigro fasciato, pectoris plumis castaneo marginatis; alis et cauda fusco- 
nigricantibus extrorsum dorso concoloribus, illius tectricibus et secundariis internis macula cervina 
terminatis: rostro nigricante, mandibula pallida, pedibus corylinis. Long. tota 7-0, ale 3:9, caude 1-4, 
rostri a rictu 1:4, tarsi 2°05, (Descr. maris ex Santa Fé, Panama. Maus. nostr.) 
Q supra mari similis, subtus multo minus fasciata, abdomine medio fere immaculato; gutture ferrugineo 
lavato. (Descr. feminz ex Lion Hill, Panama. Mus. nostr.) 
Hab. Panama, Santa Fé5, Calovevora® (Arcé), Lion Hill (M‘Leannan?34), Rio 
Truando (Wood '). 
This remarkable species was discovered by Messrs. W.S. Wood and C. J. Wood, jr., 
