556 Mr. Such on some Brazilian Laniadce. 



and which thus resign the woodland solitudes to those whose habits 

 are more constantly congenial with the forest shades. Among 

 these last we find the Solitary Yellow-crested,* White,\ and other 

 Woodpeckers ; the Araponga,\ with its metallic note ; the Pen- 

 elopes, Mutums,^ Macucas,^ the red and Blue Araras,\ with num- 

 berless others ; as well as many quadrupeds, which it would be 

 foreign to my present subject now to mention. I hope to have a 

 future opportunity of adverting occasionally to some of the birds 

 found in the before-mentioned situation. At present I beg leave 

 to present the following description of some new species of Lani- 

 adce, which I apprehend will be considered acceptable, inasmuch 

 as they possess some of the characters of a genus of that family 

 developed in the highest degree. 



Fam. Laniad^:. Vigors. 

 Genus. Thamnophilus. Vieill. 



Swainsonii. T. niger,fulvo-fasciatus, capite ferrugineo cristato. 

 Tab. Sup. 5. 



Rostrum mandibula superiore nigra, inferiore alba. Gi/la, gence 

 plumarumque rhachides albae. Dorsi, abdominis, scapularum- 

 que plumae praecipue tri-fasciatae. Remiges primores externe 

 fulvo-fasciatae. Rectrices nigra?, externe fulvo-fasciatae. 



* Picus Jlavescens, Gmel. 



+ Called by the Brazilians Pecapao branco, i. e. White Woodpecker. This 

 species appears to be the Picus Melanopterus of Prince Maximilian ; and also 

 the black and white Woodpecker of Dr. Latham, [Syn. Vol. iii. p. 393. ed. 2d.] 

 or the " Charpentier Mane et noir" of Azara, [Voy. iv. No. 251.] The bird 

 figured by Mr. Swainson, [Zoological Illust. pi. 38] under the name of P. 

 bicolor, appears to be the female of this species, the male of which is distin- 

 guished by a yellow mark on the back of the head. 



% Casmarhinchos nudicollis, P. Max. The note of this bird may be correctly 

 termed metallic, since it bears the closest resemblance to the sound produced 

 by the fall of a blacksmith's hammer on an anvil. The bird is consequently 

 called by the Brazilians " O Ferrador," i. e. the blacksmith, in addition to 

 Araponga, which is the name assigned it by the Aborigines. 



|| Crax Alector, Linn. 



§ Tinamus Brasiliensis, Lath. 



5 Psittaci Macao and Ararauna, Linn. 



