BIRDS OF THE PANAMA CANAL ZONE 



species on the Pacific side of the Zone is so 

 striking in its pert demeanor and the differ- 

 ence in color between the sexes, as to require 

 special mention. This is the Black-crested 

 Ant Shrike (Thamnophilus doliatus nigricris- 

 tatus). It has an erect and pointed crest; the 

 male is cross-barred black and white, the 

 female plain rich reddish brown, the cheeks 

 narrowly streaked with black and white. It 

 frequents brush and shrubbery and is not at 

 all afraid of observers. 



The members of the related families of 

 woodhewers and ovenbirds, cotingas and 

 manakins, are birds of the forest and jungle; 

 but the wild plaint of Lawrence's Wood- 

 hewer, resounding through the forest as it 

 flies from tree to tree, will arouse the curiosity 

 of the passerby. Near Patillo Point two 

 beautiful little manakins, the yellow and black. 

 Gould's Manakin (Manacus wtellinus), and 

 the Sharp-tailed Manakin (Chiroxiphia lan- 

 ceolata), the male of which is red-capped and 

 wears on his shoulders a sky-blue mantle, may 

 be heard, and seen by sharp eyes, flitting 

 about in the underbrush of the forest. It 

 will pay any bird-lover to take a ramble in 

 that direction to make their acquaintance, 

 also that of several antbirds and the Ant 

 Tanager. 



Though many of the numerous representa- 

 tives of the hummingbird family inhabit 

 forest or heavy jungle, there are also many 

 to be found wherever there are flowering 

 shrubs; among them, Duchassain's Humming- 

 bird (Lepidopyga cceruleogularis), Wilson's 

 Hummingbird ( Saucer ottia edwardi), Rief- 



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