178 rORJIlCARIID.T5. 



//". Uroi]yizi:il ]ilunies higlily de- 

 YelojH'd. 



J Tail norniiil f). Tiiammstks, ]\ 21, '5. 



I Tail sliort 6. Tygoptila, ji. 217. 



//'. Commissure slightly ascending. 



r Gonys ascending 7. Neoctantes, p. 218. 



I Gonvs strongly ascending 8. Cia'toctantks, p. 219. 



b'. Bill -R-ealver " 9. DysithamisTjs, p. 219. 



(I. Rictal bristles ■sYell-develo])ed 10. Thamnowanes, p. 22G. 



1. CYMBILANIUS. 



Type. 

 Cymbilanius, G. 11. Gmij, List of Gen. ]). 36 (1840) C. lineatus. 



Bill of Cynihilanlus Hneatiis. 



The thick, swollen bill and strongly ascending gonys render this 

 monotype easily recognizable amongst the Thamyiopliilimx. It 

 ranges from Costa Eica sonthwards to Amazonia. 



1 . Cymbilanius lineatus. 



Lanius lineatus, Leach, Zool. Misc. pi. 6, i. p. 20 (1814). 



Thamnophilus lineatus, VieiU. Nuuv. Dict.m. p. 316 ( $ ); Pnch. Arch. 

 Mus. Far. vii. p. 354 ; Sclater, Edinh. Phil. Jurirn. n. s. i. p. 231. 



Cymbilanius lineatus, Gray, List of Gen. Birds, 18-10, ]). 36 ; Bj). 

 Consp. i. p. 197 ; Sclater, P. Z. IS. 1854, p. 112, et 1858, pp. 65, 

 206 (Ecuador) ; id. Cat. A. B. p. 170 ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 74 ; Scl. 

 et Sah. P. Z. S. 18(54, ]). 355 (Panama), 1806, p. rjm (Peru), 

 1867, p. 978 (Amazons), 1873, p. 272 (E. Peru), et 1879, V; 5^^ 

 (Antioquia) ; iid. Numoicl. p. 69; Lawr. Atm. Lye. N. T. vii. 

 p. 293 (Panama), et ix. p. 107 (Costa Eica) ; Salv'. P. Z. S. 1867, 

 p. ]44, et 1870, p. 194 (Veragua) ; iid. Ibis, 1885, p. 423 (Brit. 

 Guiana) ; Frantz. J. f. O. 1869, p. 305 (Costa Rica) ; Tacz. P. Z. >S. 

 1874, p. 529 (C. Peru) ; id. Orii. Per. ii. p. 1. 



Cymbilanius lineatus fasciatus, Ridyw. Fr. U. S. N. M. yi. p. 404 

 (Nicaragua). 



Aboye black, with narrow white cross bars ; cap uniform black : 

 beneath white,with nnmerous black cross bars ; whole length 6-8 inches, 

 wing 2-8, tail 2-8. Female. Cap ferruginous ; white bars above and 

 beneath more or less strongly tinged with rufous. 



Hah. Costa Eica, Yeragua, Colombia, Ecuador, Amazonia, and 

 Guiana. 



a. <S ad. sk. Angostura, Costa Rica {Car- Salyin-Godman Coll. 



miol). 



b. S ad. sk. Mina de Chorcha, Cbiriqui Salvin-Godman Coll. 



{Arcc). 



