Plate XXI. 



CYPHORHINUS LAWRENCIL 



(LAWEENCE'S WEEN). 



CyphorMnus cantans . . . Lawrence, Ann. N.Y. Lye. vii. p. 293. 



CyphorMnus lawrencii . . . Sclater, MS. 



. Lawrence, Ann. "N.Y. Lye. viii. p. 5. 



. Scl. et Salv. P.Z.S. 1864, p. 345. 



. Baird, Eev. Am. Birds, p. 113. 



Supra fuscus ; alis et cauda extus nigro frequenter transfasciatis : regione auriculari, mento, gutture et pectore 

 toto castaneis : ventre medio cinereo, lateribus et crisso brunnescentibus : rostro corneo ; pedibus fuscis : long, tota 5 0, 

 alse 25, caudse 1'55. 



Hub. in Isthmo Panamensi. 



This Wren somewhat resembles the CyphorMnus musicus of Cayenne, figured in the Planches 

 Enluminees, under the name " Le Musicien de Cayenne/' and was formerly considered by Mr. 

 Lawrence to be identical with that species. Such, however, is not the case, the bird being in 

 fact, much more nearly related to CyphorMnus modulator, and to the species figured in the next 

 plate than to C musicus, which is readily distinguishable from all its congeners by the white 

 spots on the back of the neck. Mr. Sclater, to whom Mr. Lawrence's specimens were sent for 

 comparison, pointed out this error, and proposed to call this bird CyphorMnus lawrencii, under 

 which name it will be found described in our paper on Panama birds, in the Zoological Society's 

 Proceedings for 1864. 



As in many other cases, we owe the discovery of this bird to Mr. J. McLeannan, to whose 

 energetic researches on the Isthmus of Panama we have already alluded. We have no 

 particulars as regards its habits, but in all probability it is an excellent songster— like the two 

 best-known species of the genus, C. musicus and C modulator. Besides Mr. McLeannan's 

 examples, the only specimens we have seen of the present Wren were collected by Arce during 

 his short sojourn at Chepo, about forty miles south of the town of Panama on the Pacific 

 slope. 



As already stated, the nearest allies of the present bird are C. modulator and C pyocephalus. 

 From both of these species it is distinguishable by the distinct termination of the rufous colouring 

 below at the breast, and the cinereous belly, in which respects it more closely resembles C. musicus 

 than either of the above-named species. 



Our figure of this bird is taken from a Panama skin collected by Mr. McLeannan, now in 

 Mr. Sclater' s collection. 



May, 1867. 



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