FAMILY COTINGIDAE 275 



under construction both male and female brought material. Green 

 moss was added to the exterior, and dried bamboo leaves were placed 

 inside. Both nests, as seen from the ground, appeared to be about 

 a third of a meter in diameter. One was under construction in late 

 June. The second, in which the parents were feeding young, was 

 found at the beginning of May. 



An egg in the British Museum (Natural History) attributed to 

 this race is labeled as taken on Volcan Irazu, April 25, 1900, by 

 C. Underwood. It is long oval in form, white without gloss, spotted 

 and lined lightly on the larger half with cinnamon and grayish brown. 

 It measures 20.1 X 13.9 mm. 



PACHYRAMPHUS CINNAMOMEUS Lawrence: Cinnamon 

 Becard, Picogrueso Acanelado 



Small, plain cinnamon ; darker above, paler on under surface. 



Description. — Length 140-150 mm. Adult male, very short ninth 

 primary with tip sharply pointed ; above, including tail, rufous-tawny, 

 in some slightly darker rufous ; primaries and secondaries dusky, 

 edged with tawny ; outer primary coverts, slightly darker tawny ; 

 greater wing coverts faintly paler than adjacent area; narrow bare 

 margin of eyelids black ; a narrow buff superciliary stripe extending 

 forward above lores to base of bill, becoming broader at anterior 

 end ; lores dull gray ; under surface buff to tawny buff, with chin 

 paler ; axillars, edge of wing, under wing coverts, and inner margins 

 of wing feathers buff to tawny. 



Female, colors as in male, but with ninth primary equal to eighth, 

 not shortened or sharply pointed ; somewhat smaller. 



Immature male, like female in color and form of ninth primary. 



The cinnamon becard is a common species, widely distributed in 

 Tropical Zone woodlands, found singly or in pairs, at times in com- 

 pany with traveling groups of other small forest birds. Often they are 

 seen in the tops of the undergrowth at the borders of forest, or along 

 the banks of streams. They may range also amid the leaves of the 

 higher tree crown. While not shy they may not be noticed as they 

 move quietly. 



The species is one of wide range from southern Mexico through 

 Central America and northern South America, where it is found 

 through western and northern Colombia south to western Ecuador 

 and east to western Venezuela. With the series of specimens now 

 available three subspecies may be recognized. A darker form, P. c. 

 fuhndior, with characters outlined below, is distributed from Oaxaca, 



