278 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM vol.93 



Family DENDROCOLAPTIDAE 



DENDROCINCLA ANABATINA ANABATINA Sclater 



Dcndrorimbi anabatina P. L. Sclateb, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, May 1859, p. 54, 

 pi. 150 (Omoa, Honduras). 



One of the rarer forest birds of the region, this form is represented 

 by skins from near Tres Zapotes, March 10 and April 14, 1939, and 

 January 19, 1940. and from near 2,000 feet elevation on Cerro de 

 Tuxtla, March 29 and May 11, 1940. I found them in heavy forest, 

 ordinarily rather low down, climbing over the tree trunks. They 

 uttered high-Ditched calls. 



Three specimens in the National Museum series from Pigres and 

 Buenos Aires, southwestern Costa Rica, and from Chiriqui appear 

 indistinguishable from skins from Nicaragua and Guatemala to south- 

 eastern Mexico, so that I see no basis for recognizing Dendrocincla 

 anabatina saturata, described by Carriker and recognized by Ridgway 

 and Hellmayr. The form typhla of Yucatan is distinct in its paler 

 coloration. 



SITTASOMUS GRISEICAPILLUS SYLVIOIDES Lafresnaye 



Sitta8<mu8 sylvioides Lafresnaye, Rev. Mag. Zool., 1850, p. 590 (State of 

 Veracruz, Mexico' 3 ). 



Four specimens were obtained by Carriker on Cerro de Tuxtla 

 March 29 and April 16, and on Volcan San Martin May 7. They were 

 found in the forest at 2,000 to 2,500 feet altitude. 



Specimens taken by Nelson and Goldman at Metlaltoyuca, Puebla, 

 are slightly paler than birds from Veracruz. 



LEPIDOCOLAPTES AFFINIS AFFINIS (Lafresnaye) 



Dendrocolaptes afflnis Lafbesnaye, Rev. Zool., April 1838, p. 100 (Mexico). 



Carriker shot two on April 17 and 20, 1940, in heavy forest above 

 3,500 feet on Volcan San Martin. 



XIPHORHYNCHUS FLAVIGASTER EBURNEIROSTRIS (Des Murs) 



Dryocopus eburneirostris Des Murs, Iconographie ornithologique, July 1847, pi. 

 52, with text (Realejo, Nicaragua). 



Swainson's woodhewer is one of the common forest birds in the 

 lowlands around Tres Zapotes, and it ranged to at least 1,000 feet 

 elevation on the Sierra de Tuxtla. Found singly or in pairs, usually 

 in heavy forest, it was the most abundant species of its family. Occa- 

 sionally it ranged through scrubby second growth, or came even into 

 clumps of trees scattered through the pastures. It is quite active in 

 moving over the tree trunks, climbing sometimes awkwardly and 



M Designated by Bangs and Peters, Bull. Mus. Comp. ZoOl., vol. 68, 1928, p. 392. 



