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CYPH0RHINTJ8 LAWRENCII .
(LATOENCE’S WEEN).
Cyphorhinus canians
Cyphorhinus lawrencii
S u p ra fuscus ; alis e t c auda e i tu s nigro
to to c astaueis : v e n tre medio ciuereo, la te rib u s e t
al® 2'5, caud® 1-55.
Hab. in Is thm o Panameusi.
Lawrence, A n n . N .T . Lyc. vii. p. 293.
Sc la ter, MS.
Lawrence, An n . N .T . L y c . viii. p. 5.
Scl. e t Salv. P.Z.S. 1864, p. 345.
B a ird , Eev. Am. B ird s , p. 113.
tran s fa sciatis : reg io n e auricula ri, men to , g u ttu r e e t pe cto re
b ru n u esc en tib u s : ro s tro corneo ; p edibus fuscis : lo n g , to tà 5 0,
This Wren somewhat resembles the Cyphorhinus musicus o f Cayenne, figured in the Planches
Enluminées, under the name “ Le Musicien de Cayenne,” and was formerly considered by Mr.
Lawrence to be identical Avith that species. Such, howcA^er, is not the case, the bird being iu
fact, much more nearly related to Cyphorhinus 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 o f the neck. Mr. Sclater, to Avhom Mr. Lawrence’s specimens Avere sent foi*
comparison, pointed out this error, and proposed to call this bird Cyphorhinus lawrencii, undcj-
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 o f tins bird to Mr. J. McLeannan, to Avhosc
energetic researches on the Isthmus o f Panama we have already alluded. We haA^e no
particulars as regards its habits, but iu all probability it is an excellent songster—like the tAvo
best-known species o f the genus, C. musicus and C. modulator. Besides Mr. McLeannan’s
examples, the only specimens we have seen o f the present Wren Avere collected by Arcé during
his short sojourn at Chepo, about forty miles south o f the toAvn of Panama on the Pacific
slope.
As already stated, the nearest allies o f tlie present hh-d are C. modulator and C. phoeocephalus.
From both o f these species it is distinguishable by the distinct tennination o f the rufous colouring
below at the breast, and the cinereous belly, in which respects it more closely resembles C. musicus
than eitlier of tlic above-named species.
Our figure o f this bird is taken from a Panama skin collected by Mr. McLeannan, now in
Mr. Sclater’s collection.
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