BARE-CROWNED ANTBIRD 



Female. Slate above with wings and tail as 

 in male ; chin and throat finely striped black 

 and white; chest and breast black irregularly 

 streaked with white; remainder of under parts 

 blackish slate. 



Tail graduated. 



A bird of the thickets and undergrowth, espe- 

 cially in the less heavily forested areas. Seen 

 near Patillo Point in April, 1926, in bushes in com- 

 pany with Dusky-tailed Ant Tanagers (Ph&ni- 

 cothraupis fuscicauda) , Gray-crested Tanagers 

 (Eucometis cristata), a White-bellied Antbird 

 (Myrmeciza longipes panamensis which was on the 

 ground), and Galbraith's Wren (Thryophilus gal- 

 braithii) . 



13. Gymnocichla nudiceps nudiceps (Cassin) 

 Bare-crowned Antbird 



Length 151 mm. (5.95 in.); tail 56 mm. 

 (2. 20 in.). 



Male. Plumage uniform black; wing coverts 

 and tail, exepting middle pair of feathers, tipped 

 with white. Skin of the top of the head naked 

 and bright blue. 



Female. Brown above with tips of wing 

 coverts rufous chestnut; rufous tawny below; 

 bare skin of head as in male. 



A stout-bodied, short-tailed bird of woodlands 

 and well shaded thickets. Reported by Jewel 

 from Gatun and Tabernilla. He says, "Several 

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