198 FOEMICAEIIDJE. 



Mexican State of Vera Cruz. We have no record of it from any point on the western 

 side of the Cordillera. 



Mr. Nutting found this bird rather common at Los Sabalos in Nicaragua, where it 

 frequented some freshly burnt forest and fed on the insects found there. He did not 

 hear its note, but remarked that the iris in life is red ^^. 



2. Thamnophilus transandeanus. 



Thamnophilus transandeanus, Scl. P. Z. S. 1855, p. 18'; Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xv. p. 185^; 



Cassin, Pr. Ac. Phil. I860, p. 188'; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 293 ^ Scl. & Salv. 



P. Z. S. 1864, p. 355 = ; 1879, p. 524°; Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 144"; Zeledon, An. Mus. 



Nac. Costa Rica, 1887, p. 114'. 

 Thamnophilvs melanurusl , Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 142 (nee Gould)'. 

 Thamnophilus melanocrissus, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 107 (nee Scl.) ". 

 T. melanocrisso persimilia, sed tectricibus subcaudalibus distincte albo marginaiis forsan distinguendus. 



Hab. Costa Rica, Tucurriqui {Arci ^^), Jimenez, Las Trojas, Pacuare [Zeledo7i ^) ; 

 Panama, David [Bridges'^ ^), Mina de Chorcha {Arce), Lion Hill {M'Leannan^% 

 Turbo {Wood ^). — Colombia ^ ; Ecuadok ^ ^. 



This race seems to be the prevailing one in Costa Rica and Panama, as all the 

 specimens from those countries that we have seen have the white edging to the under 

 tail-coverts. The species was first described by Mr. Sclater from a specimen from 

 Guayaquil sent to the British Museum by Mr. G. Barclay ^. Other examples have 

 reached us from Ecuador, and Salmon found it in the Cauca Valley of Colombia ^. It 

 would thus appear that the bird has a somewhat limited range, extending along the 

 countries bordering the Pacific, from Costa Rica to Guayaquil, and doubtless to the 

 southern extremity of the forest region of the western side of the Andes of Ecuador." 

 Salmon noted the iris in life as red ^, in which respect T. transandeanus agrees v?ith 

 T. melanocrissus and with Cymbilanius lineatus. 



/3. Minor: rostrum dehilius, ptilosis plerumque nigra ; aloe rotundatoe ; sexus similes. 



3. Thamnophilus punctatus. (Tab. XLIX. fig. l.) 



Thamnophilus punctatus, Cab. J. f. Orn. 1861, p. 241 '; Salv. Ibis, 1870, p. 110"; P. Z. S. 1870, 

 p. 194'; Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, 1887, p. 114*; Scl. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. 

 XV. p. 191 \ 



Supra niger, macula dorsali celata alba ; tectricibus alarum puncto terminali albo notatis : subtus nio-er abdo- 

 mine et bypoohondriis saturate cinereis, subalaribus et remigibus interioribus intus albis ; eauda nigra, 

 rectrice extima albo terminata : rostro et pedibua nigris. Long, tota 6-5, alae 3-0, caudifi reetr. med. 295, 

 rectr. lat. 2-2, rostri a rintu 0-9, tarsi 0-9. (Descr. maris ex Bugaba, Panama. Mus. nostr.) 



5 mari similis, macula dorsali celata vix ulla, abdomine cinerascentiore. (Descr. feminse ex Mina de Chorcha 

 Panama. Mus. nostr.) 



Hob. Costa Rica {Hoffmann'^, Carmiol% Las Trojas, Pozo Azul de Pirris [Zeledon^); 

 Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui, Bugaba, Mina de Chorcha {Arce ^). 



