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ThnjoihornH ridilus^ (not of Vieillot) Lawrknce, Ann. Lye. N. Y., vii, 1861, 320 

 (Panama li. E. )• — Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1867, 134 (Santa Fe and 

 Santiago, Veragua); 1870, 181 (Boquete, Calovevora, and Bugaba, Veragua). 



{ThryotJiorus'} ratilus Baird, Review Am. Birds, 1864, 121, part. — Sclater and 

 Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 7, part (Veragua). 



PJieiigopedlns rutilus Baird, Review Am. Birds, 1864, 135, part (Panama R. R. ). 



Thryothorus Jiyperythrus Salvin and Godmax, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, sig. 12, 

 Apr., 1880, 91 (Paraiso Station, Panama R. R. ; coll. Salvin and Godman).^ — 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vi, 1881, 239 (Santiago, Veragua). — Ridg- 

 WAY, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iv, 1881, 334 (Carrillos de Alajuela, Costa Rica; 

 crit. ). — Zeledon, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., viii, 1885, 105 (Costa Rica); Anal. 

 Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, i, 1887, 105 (La Palma de Puntarenas).— Cherrie, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xiv, 1891, 521 (Pacific side Cowta Rica; crit.); Expl. 

 Zool. Merid. Costa Rica, 1893, 12 (Boruca, Terraba, and Buenos Aires, s. w. 

 Costa Rica; crit).— Bangs, Proc. New Engl. Zool. Club, iii, 1902, 53 (Boquete, 

 Chiriqui, 4,000 to 4,500 ft.). 



Tliryothurus rutilus hyperythrus Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., v, Sept. 5, 1882, 

 390 (La Palma de Nicoya, w. Costa Rica). — Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., 

 vi, 1894, 23, in text. 



Thryophilus hyperythrus Zeledon, Cat. Aves de Costa Rica, 1882, 3. 



PHEUGOPEDIUS MACULIPECTUS MACULIPECTUS (Lafresnaye). 

 SPOTTED -BREASTED WREN. 



Adults {sexes alike^, — Pileum and hindneck plain russet or tawny- 

 brown (vaiying from tawny-olive in worn summer plumage to russet- 

 brown in fresher plumage); rest of upper parts plain light olive-brown 

 or raw -umber;'* tail similar, but usuall}^ somewhat paler, sometimes 

 slightl}^ more tawny or rufescent, more or less distinctly barred with 

 black or dusky; a sharply defined superciliary stripe of white, mar- 

 gined aboye by a narrow line of black, along sides of pileum; a black 

 or dusky postocular streak occupying upper portion of auricular region ; 

 lores gra3dsh, sometimes forming a distinct streak between e3"e and 

 bill; suborbital and malar regions and greater part of auricular region 

 white, conspicuously streaked or otherwise marked with black; sides 

 of neck olive-grayish, streaked with black and white anteriorly; chin, 

 throat, chest, and abdomen white, thickl}^ marked with irregular but 

 mostly roundish spots of white, the chin and upper throat immaculate, 

 but margined laterally by a Idack submalar streak; sides, Hanks, and 

 thighs plain light brown (yarying from light raw-umber to light 

 Isabella color); under tail-coyerts white, broadl}^ barred with black or 

 dusky; maxilla black, with paler tomia; mandible pale grayish (in 

 dried skins); legs and feet grayish dusky or dusky horn color (in 

 dried skins). 



Young. — Similar in coloration to adults, but anterior and median 

 under parts duller white (usually more or less washed with pale brown- 

 ish), with spots much smaller (sometimes streak-like), less sharply 



"The color is brighter or more decided in fresli plumage, less so in worn livery. 



