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whitish ; the shaft-spots on pileiim larger ; and the shaft-stripes on nape and 

 upper back much larger and more conspicuous. 



Measurements. — Ty^ii, ndult (J, wing, 99.; tail, 86.5; tarsus, 22.5; exposed 

 culmen, 34. 



Rcmarh. — I have lately examined and studied with great care a large series 

 (my specimens and all those in Washington) of Dendrornis nana and find tin; 

 supi)osed great amount of variation in this species to be geographical and not 

 individual. Any series of specimens from one place varies surprisingly little. 

 Three very well-defined subspecies can easily be made out, as follows : — 



Dendrornis nana naria Lawr. 



Type locality ; Panama. 



Throat and shaft-stripes on breast dull ochraceous-buff ; ground color of 

 breast, belly, and aides dull raw umber. 



Dendrornis nana costaricensis (Ridg.). 



Type locality ; Tucurrique, Costa Rica (extending southward into Chiriqui 

 and northward into Nicaragua). 



Throat and shaft-stripes on breast, buff yellow ; ground color of breast, belly, 

 and sides dull tawny olive. 



Dendrornis nana conjinis Bangs. 



Type locality ; Ceiba, coast of Honduras. 



Throat, cream butf ; shaft-stripes on breast buff ; ground color of breast, belly, 

 and sides, pale raw-umber ; shaft-spots of pileum and shaft-stripes on nape 

 and upper back much larger and more conspicuous than in either of the 

 preceding. 



Dendrornis erythropygia Sol. 

 One adult 9 ; Yaruca. 



Picolaptes compressus (Cab.). 



Seven specimens, both sexes ; Ceiba and Yaruca. Honduras examples seem 

 best referred to tiue P. compressus, though they show an approach to P. conqiressiis 

 insignis Nels. of southeastern Mexico, both in the markings of the back and 

 in measurements. P. compressus insicjnis has a larger bill as well as a longer 

 tail than true P. compressus. 



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 Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae (Lafr). 



One adult 9 ; Yaruca. 



