THRYOPHILUS. 



131 



Thryopliiliis modestus. 



Thryothorus modestus, Cab.' Jour. 18C0, 409 (San Jose, Costa Rica). — 

 Lawrence, Ann. N. Y. Lye. 1863, no. 375. 

 Hah. Guatemala to Panama. 



(No. 33,266.) Above reddish-brown; grayer on the top of head ; brighter 

 behind. Exposed surface of wings obsoletely barred with dusky, scarcely 

 appreciable except on the inner (superior) secondaries. Upper surface of tail 

 reddish-brown, with narrow bars of black, about one-third the width of the 

 interspaces, the upper tail coverts plain. Beneath, including bend and inside 

 of wings, with sides of head, white ; the sides of body, anal region, and 

 crissum fulvous, without any bars. A white Hue over the eye, and a black- 

 ish one through it. A few of the ear coverts scarcely appreciably edged with 

 dusky. 



Total length of dried skin, 5.10; wing, 2.30; tail, 2.30; graduation, .75 ; 

 exposed portion of 1st primary, .85, of 2d, 1.30 ; length of bill from forehead, 

 .72, from nostril, .47, along gape, .77 ; tarsus, .91 ; middle toe and claw, .74 ; 

 hind toe and claw, .GO ; claw alone, .25. 



Mr. Lawrence's specimens, from Isthmus of Panama, are similar, 

 but smaller and paler, with shorter bill. 



Tliryophiliis gall>raitlii. 



Thryothorm (jalbraithi, Lawre>-ce, Ann. N. Y. Lye. "VII, 1861, 320, no. 

 192 (Panama R. R.). 



Thryothorus , Cassin, Pr. A. N. Sc. 1860, 193. 



Hah. Isthmus of Panama and Carthagena. 



(No. 100, 'J, .) Above reddish-olivaceous, nearly uniform, except towards and 

 on the tail coverts, which are more rufous. Entire exposed surface of the wiugs, 

 including coverts, conspicuously barred with black, this color rather narrower 

 than the interspaces ; lesser coverts more obsoletely. Chin and throat above 

 white ; rest of under parts, including lining of wing, at first pale fulvous, 

 becoming much deeper on the flanks, anal region, and crissum. No indica- 

 tions of any bars beneath. Sides of head, including a line from bill over the 

 eye, white ; a brownish line behind the eye, scarcely continued through the 

 whitish lores. Ear coverts white, obscurely edged with dusky. Tail reddish- 

 brown, lighter than the back, with rather broad transverse bars of black about 

 half the width of interspaces. In the male the upper tail coverts are obsoletely 

 barred, like the tail ; the female shows no traces of it. 



Specimens from the Atrato region are similar, but less intense in coloration, 

 paler beneath, and in this respect approaching alhipectus. 



(No. 100, 1, Mr. Lawrence's type.) Total length, 5.10; wing, 2.45; tail, 



