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known in Panama only from western Chiriqui. The record by Salvin 

 and Godman (Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, vol. 2, 1891, p. 162) for 

 Bibalaz, a locality near Bugaba, may also be questioned as this is in 

 the lowlands. 



In my brief encounters with this species I have found them climb- 

 ing up and over heavy vines when in appearance and action they re- 

 sembled Xenops. They seemed to move rather slowly, giving low 

 calls. 



I have found no account of their nesting. 



This mountain inhabitant is found from Veracruz south through 

 Central America to western Chiriqui. As noted in the description the 

 definitely streaked crown and cinnamon-buff superciliary separate 

 it clearly from A. striaticoUis and its races of South America in which 

 the crown is plain and the superciliary dull yellow. In view of this, 

 and of the wide gap in their ranges it seems appropriate to regard 

 the two as separate species. 



PHILYDOR ERYTHROCERCUS (Pelzeln) : Rufous-rumped 

 Leaf-gleaner, Hojarasquero Rabadillirufo 



Anabates erythrocercus Pelzeln, Sitzungsb. Kais. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.- 

 naturwiss. CI., vol. 34, 1859, pp. 105, 128. (Manaus, Brazil.) 



Of medium size ; crown grayish brown, back brownish, tail cin- 

 namon ; a prominent light-colored superciliary ; side of neck rufous. 



Description. — Length 165-180 mm. Adult (sexes alike), crown 

 dusky-brown, bordered by a pale buff superciliary that becomes 

 rufous-cinnamon behind the eye, and merges with a band of the same 

 color on the side of the neck ; an indistinct nuchal band of the same 

 color; back dull huffy brown; wings dusky; rump, upper tail coverts, 

 and tail rufous ; side of head dusky, streaked with dull buff ; chin and 

 upper throat pale buff changing to pale olive-buff on foreneck, ex- 

 tending thus to abdomen ; sides and flanks dull cinnamon-brown ; 

 under tail coverts brighter, more cinnamon-rufous ; under wing 

 coverts and axillars pale cinnamon. 



Immature, crown chestnut-brown ; hindneck, back, and scapulars 

 chestnut ; rump and upper tail coverts rufous-chestnut ; tail chestnut- 

 rufous; chin and throat buff to cinnamon-buff; rest of under surface 

 tawny-ochraceous. 



The species is one of wide range, extending from west-central 

 Panama through Colombia, Ecuador, eastern Peru, and northeastern 

 Bolivia to northern Brazil ; found also in Guyana, Surinam, and 

 French Guiana (not recorded in Venezuela). In Panama two races 



