Genus Thamnophilus, Vieillot. 239 



upper surface are regularly barred across with black and white. 

 The female, or the bird I take to be such on M. de Lafresnaye's 

 authority, resembles the female of Thamnophilus palliatus, 

 but has the bill rather smaller, and the plumage beneath much 

 more white. 



21. Thamnophilus palliatus, Licht. 

 Lanius palliatus, Licht. Verz. d. Doubl., p. 46, 1823 ; L. 



vestitus, Cuv. in Mus. Paris. 

 Thamnophilus lineatus, Spix. A. Bras., ii. p. 42, pi. 33, fig. 



1 (3), 2 ($), 1825 ; Tsch. F. P. p. 171. Th. fasciatus, Sw. 



Zool. Journ., ii. 88, 1825 ; Gray's Gen., i. p. 297. Th. 



badius, Sw. Orn. Draw., pi. 65, ($) 61, ($). Th. palliatus, 



Max. Beit., iii. 1010 ; d'Orb. Voy., p. 174; Gray's Gen., i. 



p. 297 ; Bp. Consp., p. 197. 



J supra castaneus ; pileo nigro ; subtus niger, albo crebro 

 trans-fasciatus. 



$ pileo castaneo. 



Hab. South East Brazil, Bahia, (Licht.) ; Eastern wood 

 region of Peru, (Tsch.) ; Bolivia, Guarayos and Chiquitos, 

 (d'Orb.) 



Prince Maximilian of Neuwied gives an interesting account 

 of this bird in his Beitrage. He says it has a very peculiar 

 voice, beginning high and descending through the octave in 

 quickly succeeding tones. 



22. Thamnophilus torquatus, Swains. 

 Batara acanelado, Azara. No. 215. unde. 

 Thamnophilus ruficapillus, Yieill. Nouv. Dict.,*iii. p. 318 (?) ? 



Th. torquatus, Sw. Zool. Journ., ii. p. 89,1826; Gray's Gen., 



i. p. 298. 

 T. scalaris, Licht. in Mus. Berol.. unde. Th. scalaris, Max. 



Beit., iii. 999, 1831. Th. atropileus, Lafr. and d'Orb. Syn. 



Av. in Mag. de Zool., 1837, p. 117; d'Orb. Voy., p. 173; 



Gray's Gen., i. p. 298. Th. pectoralis, Sw. Am. in Men., 



p. 283 ; Gray's Gen., i. p. 298. 



$ cinereus ; pileo nigro ; alis rufis ; subtus albidus ; pectore 

 nigro trans-fasciato ; cauda albo nigroque trans-fasciata. 



$ pileo rufo ; alis fusco-rufo limbatis ; subtus mari similis ; 

 rectricibus fuscis albo notatis. 



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