Plate I, 



LIPAUGUS UNIRUFUS. 



(RED-BROWN MOUENER). 



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Lipaugus unirufus . . . Sclater, P.Z.S. 1859, p. 385. 



. Sclater, P.Z.S. 1861, p. 211. 



. Scl. et Salv. Ibis, 1860, p. 36. 



. Sclater, Cat. A. B. p. 244. 



. Lawrence, Ann. Lye. New York, vii. p. 330. 



. Scl. et Salv. P.Z.S. 1864, p. 361. 



. Cassin, Proc. Acad. Phil. 1860, p. 143. 



L. fuscescenti-rufus nnicolor, snbtus panlo dilntior, praecipue in gutture et ventre medio : remigibns alarnm intus 

 obscurioribus : subalaribns clare cinnamomeo-rufis : rostro pallide corneo, mandibulse inferioris basi albicante : pedibus 

 obscure plumbeis : long, tota 9*75, alee 5*4, caudse 4*3. JFcem. mari similis. 



Hah. in statn Oaxacensi, Mexic. merid. (JSoucard.) : Guatemala, Vera} Pacis reg. sylv. (Salvin) : Isthmo Panama 

 {McCleannan). 



This fine species of Lipaugus was first made known to science by Mr. Sclater, who 

 described it before the Zoological Society in November, 1859, from specimens obtained by the 

 French Collector, Adolphe Boucard, in Oaxaca, and from Guatemalan skins received through 

 Mr. Skinner almost simultaneously. Mr. Salvin obtained numerous examples of this bird in the 

 forest-region near Choctum, a small Indian village of Vera Paz, situated about 1200 feet above 

 the sea-level. Here it was common, but was not met with elsewhere in Guatemala. Nor does 

 it seem to have occurred in other collections from the more southern portions of Central 

 America, until we come to Panama, whence Mr. McCleannan has forwarded specimens both to 

 this country and to America. 



Southwards of the Isthmus Mr. Cassin has recorded this species as having been obtained by 

 Mr. C. T. Wood, during the Darien expedition under Lieut. Michler, " in the dry parts of the 

 forest at Turbo, and in the Cordilleras on the river Truando." Mr. Cassin, who was rather 

 doubtful about the correct determination of his birds, was kind enough to send us one of these 

 specimens, which agreed perfectly with our examples. 



In Vera Paz, Mr. Salvin observed this Lipaugus in the interior of the forest, usuallv 

 perched in among the lower branches of the larger trees. Its cry is loud and clear, whence it 

 has derived the Indian name " Recho" Its food is principally fruit, though it doubtless eats 

 insects also. In Panama, Mr. McCleannan tells us that this species is found " in retired places 

 in high trees/' and that its hides are brown. 



The figure is taken from a specimen obtained by Mr. Salvin at Choctum, Vera Paz, now 

 in Mr. Sclater's collection. 



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