L I P A U G U S U N IRU FU S .
(EED-BEOWN MOUENEE).
Lip a u g u s uniru fu s Sc la ter, P.Z.S. 1859, p. 3S5,
Sc la ter, P.Z.S . 1861, p. 211.
Scl. e t Salv. Ib is, 1860, p . 36,
S c la te r, Ca t. A. B. p . 244.
L awrence. Ann. Lyc. New T o rk ,
Scl. e t Salv. P.Z .S . 1864, p. 361.
Cassin, P ro c . Acad. Ph il. 1860, p.
;i. p. 330.
143.
L . vn ico lo., « b t „ p .u lo dilu tio r, pm d p u e in g r t t . r . e t r e n tr e » e d io : r em ig ibm
o b te u iio rib u . : r a b id .r ib n . d a r i cm« ai» om eo -p « 4 .: r o .t r o palKde eorneo, m .n d .b u l« m te n o n . b a .. a lb .c a n te . pecb b ,«
obscure p lumbeis : long, to tk 9 7 5 , alee 5'4, caudee 4'3. Fcem. m a ri similis. ^ , / « . , • a t t>, p .tn a in a
Hah. in s ta tu Oaxaoensi, Mexic. me rid . {B o u ca rd ) : Gu atema la, Verfe Pa c is reg. sylv. {S a lv .n ) : Is thm o Pan am a
{McCleannan).
Tliis fine species o f Lipaugm was first made known to science by Jlr. Sclater, wlio
described it before tire Zoological Society in November, 1869, fi'om specimens obtained b y the
French Collector, Adolplie Boucard, in Oaxaca, and ft-om Guatemalan skins received tlirongli
Mr Skinner almost simnltaneonsly. Mr. Salvin obtained immerotis examples o f tins bird m the
forest-region near Clioctmn, a small Indian village o f Vera Pas, situated about 1200 feet above
the sea-level. Here it was oommoii, but was not met with elsewhere in Gnalemahi. Nor doe.s
it seem to have oecun-ed in other eolleotions from the more sontliem portions o f Central
America, until we come to Panama, whence Mr. McCleannan has forwarded specimens both to
this country and to America.
Southwards o f the Isthmus Mr. Cassin has recorded this species as having been obtained by
Mr. C. T. Wood, during the Darien expedition under Lieut. Michler, “ m the dry parts o f the
forest at Turbo, and in the Cordilleras on the river Tvuando.” Mr. Cassin, who was rather
doubtful about the correct determination o f his birds, was kind enough to send us one o f these
specimens, which agreed perfectly with our examples.
In Vera Paz, Mr. Salvin observed this Lipaugus in the interior o f the forest, usually
perched in among the lower branches o f the larger trees. Its cry is loud and clear, whence it
has derived the Indian name “ Bedto." Its food is principally fi'uit, though it doubtless eats
mscots also. In Panama, Mr. McCleannan tells us that this species is found “ in rcthed places
in high trees,” and that its u-ides are brown.
The figure is taken from a specimen obtained by Mr. Salvin at Choctnm, Vera Paz, now
in Mr. Sclater’s collection.