PHLOGOPSIS,— PITTASOMA. 237 



This fine PMogopsis was discovered on the line of the Panama Railway by the late 

 James M'Leannan, to whose exertions we are mainly indebted for our knowledge of 

 the ornithology of the Isthmus. It was described by Mr. Lawrence in 1860 and 

 named after its discoverer ^. 



We have no knowledge of the range of P. m«c?eaw%«m>outhward of the Line of 

 Railway, as Lieut. Michler's Darien Expedition did not meet with it, nor did Salmon in 

 the Cauca Valley ; but northwards it is found through the State of Panama, Eastern 

 Costa Rica, and as far as the province of Chontales in Nicaragua 7. It is thus a 

 characteristic bird of the southern section of our fauna. 



We have no record of the habits of this species beyond the fact that it lives in the 

 high woods and feeds amongst the underwood. The bare skin round the eye in life is 

 light blue 2. 



d. Begio ocularis vestita. 



i'. Vilrissce modicce, tarsi elongati. 



e''. Eostrum rohustum, latum. 



PITTASOMA. 



Pittasoma, Cassin, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1860, p. 189; Scl. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xv. p. 309. 



This remarkable form, containing two closely allied species both peculiar to our 

 fauna, has many points in common with Grallaria, such as the large stout body, short 

 tail, and long tarsi ; but the bill is much larger, wider at the base, and less compressed 

 generally. The coloration too is peculiar, differing much from that of all Grallariw. 



1. Fittasoma michleri. 



Pittasoma michleri, Cassin, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1860, p. 189 ^ ; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. pp. 294 ^, 

 326'; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 357*; Salv. P.Z.S. 1867, p. 146'; 1870, p. 196 ^ 

 Scl. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xv. p. 309 \ 



Supra brunneum (?), plumis omnibus nigro marginatis ; capite summo toto nigro, loris efc area infra oculos cum 

 mento albo variegatis ; tectricibus auricularibus et torque nuehali castaneis : eubtns gula nigra castaneo 

 maculata, corpore reliquo albo nigro fasciato, pectoris plumis castaneo marginatis ; alis et cauda fusco- 

 nigricant.ibus extrorsum dorso coneoloribus, illius tectricibus et secundariis internis macula cervina 

 terminatis : rostro nigricante, mandibula pallida, pedibus corylinis. Long, tota 7*0, ate 3-9, caudae 1-4, 

 rostri a rictu 1*4, tarsi 2-05. (Descr. maris ex Santa Fe, Panama. Mus. nostr.) 



$ supra mari simUis, subtus multo minus fasciata, abdomine medio fere immaculato; gntture ferrugLaeo 

 lavato. (Descr. feminae ex Lion Hill, Panama. Mus. nosfcr.) 



Eah. Panama, Santa Fe^, Calovevora^ {Arce), Lion Hill {M'Leannan^ ^ % Rio 

 Truando (Wood^). 



This remarkable species was discovered by Messrs. W. S. Wood and C. J. Wood, jr., 



