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Naranjo; Buenos Aires; El General; Tenorio; Paso Real, Boruca, 

 Pozo del Rio Grande, and Lagarto, Boruca; Pigres; San Mateo; 

 Esparta) and western Panama (Divala and David, Chiriqui; Veragua). 



Thamnophilus bridgesi Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1856, 141 (David, Chiri- 

 quf, Panam;t; coll. P. L. Sclater;= 9 ); 1858, 212 (monogr.); Cat. Birds Brit.- 

 Mus., XV, 1890, 194 (Bugaba and Mina de Chorcha, Panamil). — Salvin, Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. Lond., 1867, 144 (David, Panama); 1870, 194 (Bugaba and Mina de 

 Chorcha). — Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., ix, 1868, 107 (San Mateo, Costa 

 Rica). — Frantzius, Jouru. fiir Orn., 1869, 305 (Costa Rica). — Zeledon, 

 Anal. Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, 1887, 114 (Las Trojas and Pozo Azul de Pirris, 

 Costa Rica). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, ii, 1892, 199, 

 pi. 49, fig. 2.— Cherrie, Auk, x, 1893, 279, 280 (Pacific side Costa Rica, up to 

 2,200ft.; crit.; habits); Anal. Inst. Fis.-Geog. Costa Rica, vi, 1893, 17 (Pozo 

 del Pital, Costa Rica; syn.; crit.); Expl. Zool. Merid. Costa Rica, 1893, 41 

 (Palmilr, Boruca, Terraba, Lagarto, and Buenos Aires, s. w. Costa Rica). — 

 Bangs, Auk, xxiv, 1907, 296 (Boruca, Paso Real, Pozo del Rio Grande, and 

 Lagarto, s. w. Costa Rica). — Carriker, Ann. Carnegie Mus., vi, 1910, 601 

 (Pacific lowlands and foothills, Costa Rica; habits). 



[Thamnophilus] bridgesi Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 70. — 

 Sharpe, Hand-list, iii, 1901, 12. 



Thamnophilus punctatus (not Lanius punctatus Shaw, 1809 «) Cabanis, Joum. 

 flir Orn., July, 1861, 241 (Costa Rica; coll. Berlin Mus.; ==S)- — Lawrence, 

 Ann. Lye. N. Y., ix, 1868, 107 (Costa Rica). — Frantzius, Journ. fiir Orn., 

 1869, 305 (Costa Rica).— Salvin, Ibis, 1870, 110 (Costa Rica; crit); Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. Lond., 1870, 194 (Mina de Chorcha, Bugaba, and Volcan de Chiri- 

 qui, Panama). — Zeled6n, Anal. Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, 1887, 114 (Las Trojaa 

 and Pozo Aziil de Pirris, Costa Rica). — Sclater, Cat. Bu'ds Brit. Mus., xv, 

 1890, 191 (Costa Rica; Bugaba and Mina de Chorcha, Panamd).— Salvin and 

 Godman, Biol. Centr. Am., Aves, ii, 1892, 198, pi. 49, fig. 1. 



[Thamnophilus] punctatus Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 70. — 

 Sharpe, Hand-list, iii, 1901, 12. 



(?) Thamnophilus nigricristatus (not of Lawrence) Boucard, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 Lond., 1878, 60 (San Carlos, Costa Rica; cites " Th. punctatus Cab.")& 



Genus TARABA Lesson. 



Taraba Lesson, Traite d'Orn., 1831, 375. (Type, Thamnophilus major Vieillot.) 

 Tabara (error) Sclater, Cat. Am. Birds. 1862, 172. 



Diallactes Reichenbach. Av. Syst. Nat., 1850, pi. 71. (Type, Thamnophilus 

 major Vieillot.) 



Large Formic ariid re (length about 200 mm.) with very stout but 

 much compressed, strongly hooked bill, crested pileum, and white 

 under parts, the adult males black above with white markings on 

 wings, adult females chestnut or tawny brown above. 



Bill nearly as long as head, very strong but compressed, strongly 

 hooked ; culmen nearly straight for most of its length, rather abruptly 

 decurved terminally, the tip of maxilla strongly uncinate; maxillary 



a Usually placed in Thamnophilus, but in this work designated as Erionotus punc- 

 tatus (p. 49). 



& Salvin and Godman, however (Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, ii, 1892, 195), place this ref- 

 erence under Cymbilanius lineatus. 



