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Grande; El Pozo de T6rraba; Buenos Aires; Pigres; La Palma de 

 Nicoya; Bebedero; Volc^n de Miravalles), and Nicaragua (San Car- 

 los; Cliinandega; San Geronimo). 



Ficolaptes lineaticeps (not of Lafresnaye) Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., ix, 1868, 

 107 (Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica). — Salvadori, Atti Soc. ItaL Torino, iv, 

 1868, 179 (Costa Rica).— Frantzius, Journ. fiir Orn., 1869, 305 (Costa Rica). 



Thripobrotus compressus Cabanis, Journ. fur Orn., July, 1861, 243 (Costa Rica; 

 coll. Berlin Mus.). 



Ficolaptes compressus Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., ix, 1868, 107 (Costa Rica).— 

 Frantzius, Journ. fiir Orn., 1869, 305 (Costa Rica).— Salvin, Ibis, 1809, 

 314, in text (crit.); Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1870, 193 (Bugaba and Mina de 

 Chorcha, Panamd; crit.). — Boucard, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1878, 60 (Na- 

 varro, Costa Rica).— Nutting, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., v, 1882, 397 (La Palma 

 de Nicoya, Costa Rica; habits). — Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xv, 1890, 

 153, part (Bebedero de Nicoya, Costa Rica; Bugaba and Mina de Chorcha, 

 Panamd). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, ii, 1891, 186, part 

 (Chinandega, Nicaragua; Navarro, La Palma de Nicoya, and Bebedero, Costa 

 Rica; Bugaba and Mina de Chorcha, Panamd). — Cherrie, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., xiv, 1891, 533 (Costa Rica; crit.); Expl. Zool. Merid. Costa Rica, 1893, 

 40 (Boruca and Buenos Aires, Costa Rica). — Richmond, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., xvi, 1893, 498 (San Carlos, Nicaragua). — Underwood, Ibis, 1896, 440 

 (Volcdn Miravalles, Costa Rica). — Bangs, Proc. New Engl. Zool. Club, iii, 

 1902, 48 (Boquete, Panamd, 4,500 ft.).— Ferry, Pub. 146, Field Mus. N. H., 

 orn. ser. i, no. 6, 1910, 271 (Guayabo and Puerto Lim6n, Costa Rica). 



[Picolaptes] compressus Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 68, part. — 

 Sharpe, Hand-list, iii, 1901, 84, part. 



Picolaptes compressus compressus Bangs, Auk, xxiv, July, 1909, 299 (Boruca, 

 Paso Real, Pozo del Rio Grande, Barranca, and Barranca de Puntarenas, w. 

 Costa Rica). — Carriker, Ann. Carnegie Mus., vi, 1910, 056 (lowlands of 

 Costa Rica; crit.). 



Picolaptes gracilis Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xi, sig. 34, Sept. 20, 1889, 

 542 (Monte Redondo, Costa Rica; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.;=young female); 

 xiv, 1891, 475 (Cobia do Salinas, Costa Rica; crit.). — Zeled6n, Anal. Mus. 

 Nac. Costa Rica, i, 1888, 114.— Sclater, Ibis, 1889, 353 (crit.). 



[Picolaptes] gracilis Siiarpe, Hand-list, iii, 1901, 84. 



PICOLAPTES LINEATICEPS INSIGNIS (Nelson). 



NORTHERN STREAKED-HEADED WOODHEWER. 



Similar to P. I. compressus, but buffy streaks on back broader, 

 more cuneate, those of under parts also broader, and throat more 

 extensively buffy as well as (usually at least) deeper buff. 



Adult maZe.— Length (skins), 187-223 (199); wing, 92-104 (97.9); 

 tail, 72.5-88 (82.8); culmen, 27-33.5 (28.8); tarsus, 18.5-20 (19.1); 

 middle toe, 14-16.5 (14.8).« 



Adult female.— Length (skms), 187-209 (194); wing, 91.5-99 

 (93.1); tail, 74-86 (80.6); culmen, 27-31.5 (28.9); tarsus, 18-20 

 (18.9); middle toe, 13-15.5 (14.8).^ 



a Thirteen specimens. ^ Twelve specimens. 



