of American Tha?nnophili. 87 



bill is strong, cinereous-black, and considerably compressed, 

 although somewhat narrowed towards its extremity. The head 

 is conspicuously crested. The ground colour of all the upper 

 plumage (including the ears, sides of the head, and neck), is 

 deep black, and of the under parts pure white : the wings are 

 black, with two bands of white across the tips of the covers; the 

 quills are also margined externally with white. Spurious covers 

 black. Tail rounded, deep black, with 4 — 5 interrupted and 

 sometimes obsolete bands of white ; the tips of all the feathers are 

 obtuse and white. Tarsi rather long and robust ; and in the live 

 bird of a cinereous colour : upper tail covers banded with black 

 and white. The sexes are similar. 



I discovered this bird in the interior or Catinga woods of Hu- 

 mildez of the Province of Bahia ; frequenting low trees in marshy 

 situations, within which it seeks its food. Although common in 

 that vicinity, it was a species (in 181"7) unknown to any of the 

 Brazilian zoologists. In that year I sent two or three specimens 

 to England, one of which fell into the hands of Mr. Bullock, and 

 has been described by Dr. Latham, in his new edition. His aCf 

 count however is somewhat imperfect; inasmuch as he takes no 

 notice of the crest, or of the white margins on the quill feather?. 

 An injured specimen of this bird is also in the British Museum 

 and has the tips of the wing covers yellowish, but whether this 

 is natural, or the effect of time on the dried bird, it is impossible 

 to say. Total length, 8 in. bill 1^^^. wings a/^, tail 3}. tarsi l-^^^, 



2. Thamnophilus cinnamomeus. 

 Cinnamon Bush-Shrike. 



o 



T. aistuius^ supra cinnamomeo-fuscusy albus infra ; teciricibus 



striis 2 angustis, fuscts, fasciatis. 

 T. crested, above cinnamon brown ; beneath white ; wing 



covers with two narrow, dusky, bands. 



Like the last, this is remarkable for its simple colouring ; in 

 size, shape, and proportion they likewise agree, except that this, 

 from the tail being more rounded or graduated, is more allied to 



