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T I& R ISOM A O A B A N IS I .
P l a t e X L V I I I .
TIGRISOMA CABANISI.
(CABANIS' TIGEE-BITIEEN).
Tigrisoma cahanisi
A rd ea cabanisi
Tigrisoma tigrinum
Tigrisoma brasiliense
H e in e , J o u rn . f. O m . 1859, p. 407.
SchI- M u8. d. P . B. Ardete, p . 51.
Scl, P.Z.S. 1858, p. 359 ; 1860, p. 253.
G. C. T aylor, Ib ia, 1859, p . 151.
Scl. & Salv. Ib is, 1859, p. 226.
Salv. Ib is, 1865, p. 191.
Moore, P.Z.S . 1859, p . 63.
S u p ra nigricanti-olivaceum, M v e sc e n te fasc io la tu ru : pileo nigro, c ap itis la te rib u s c iñ e re is ; a lis eaudaque
coerulescenti-nigris, p rima riis albo te rm in a tis : su b tu s g u ttu r e to to nudo, cervice e t p e cto re n ig ric an tib u s s ic u t iu dorso,
sed la tiu s M v e sc e n te tran s fa seiolatis ; cervice media (u trin q u e n ig ro m a rg in a ta ) cum abdomine to to M v e sc e n ti-ruS s ;
ro s tro n ig ric an te , liu ju s basi viridescenti-flavo, p edibus obscure olivaceis ; long, to ta 2 8 '0 , alæ 14 0, caudæ 6 '0 , ta rs i 4'4,
ro s tri a ric tu 5'5.— Ju nior, su p rà omuinò fulvo e t n ig ric an te tr an s ra d ia tu s , alis e au daque plumb eo -n ig rican tib u s albo
tran s fa sc ia tis ; su b tu s d ü u tio r, sordido ciunamomeo e t nigro tran s fa sc ia tu s , fasciis in v e n tre la tio rib u s e t minus
frequentibus.
S a b . in Mexico meridionali ; G u atem a la e t Ho n d u ra s.
This Bittei-n has, until recently, been confounded with its southern representatitæ Tigrisoma
brasiliense, from which, however, it may be at once distinguished by its wholly bare throat,
a character which is possessed by no other American representative o f the genus. In addition
to this there are conspicuous differences between the plumages o f the two species, the head in
the present bird being black instead o f rufous, and the whole upper plumage generally o f a
darker character, while the abdomen is dark cinnamomeous instead o f rufous-grey, and wants
the black and wTiite marks on the flanks. In short, the differences between the two allies arc
so conspicuous that it would not be possible to confound them on comparison. Such then being
its distinguishing characters, it is strange, indeed, that this species should have been ■ mistaken
for T. brasiliense, yet most autliors who have mentioned the Central American bird, have
assigned to it the name o f T. tigrinum, under which the young o f T. brasiliense has been usually
denominated. Herr Ferdinand Heine, Junior, was the first to discover this mistake, and iii
the “ Journal fur Ornithologie” for the year 1859, described and named the northem species
after Dr. J . Cabanis, his coadjutor in the latter portion o f the well known work the “ Museum
Heineanum.” This name is adopted by Dr. Schlegel, as quoted above.