Genus Thamnophilus, Vieillot. 231 



4. Thamnophilus meleager, Licht. 

 Lanius meleager, Licht. Verz. d. Doubl., p. 46. 1823. 

 Thamnophilus guttatus, Spix, ii. p. 25, pi. 35, fig. 1 ($). 1824 ; 



Max. Beit, et Nat., iii. p. 1019. Th. maculatus, Such. Zool. 



Journ., i. p. 557. pi. suppl. 6. 1825. Th. meleagris, Gray's 



Gen., i. p. 297. 



$ niger, guttis magnis albis aspersus ; alis caudaque albo 

 trans-fasciatis ; subtus albus ; pectoris lateribus nigris albo 

 guttatis. 



$ guttis et fasciis fulvidis abdomine pallide ochraceo. 



Long, tota 9-0, alse 3*5, caudse 4-0. 



Hab. South-east Brazil, Espirito Santo, Bahia and Minas 

 Geraes (Max.) ; S. Paolo (Licht.) 



This beautiful species may be distinguished at once by the 

 fine tear-like spots on the black upper plumage, which extends 

 round to the sides of the breast. Prince Maximilian says it 

 lives singly, or in pairs and families, and is a lazy, quiet bird. 

 He observed it always in the great woods. Its food consists 

 of insects. 



Div. B. CYMBILAIMUS, G. R. Gray: rostro latiore : 

 mandibula inferiore turgidd. 



5. Thamnophilus lineatus, Leach. 

 Lanius lineatus, Leach, Zool. Misc., pi. 6. 

 Thamnophilus lineatus, Gray's Gen., i. p. 298. 

 Cymbilaimus lineatus, Gray's List of G. 1842, p. 49; Bp. 



Consp., p. 197. 



$ supra niger, anguste albo trans-fasciatus ; pileo nigro ; sub- 

 tus albo-cinereus regulariter nigro trans-fasciatus. 



$ pileo rufo, fasciis corporis superi fulvidis ; infra fulvescens 

 fasciis minus distinctis nigris. 



Long, tota 6-5, alse 3*0, caudse 3*0. 



Hab. Cayenne, Ecuador, prov. Quixos (Gould). 



This is by no means an uncommon bird in collections from 

 Cayenne. There were also several examples in Mr Gould's 

 collection from Quixos, of which I gave a list in the Proceed- 

 ings of the Zoological Society for 1854 (May 9th), so it would 

 seem to have a considerable range. 



