BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA, 239 



XIPHOCOLAPTES EMIGRANS OMILTEMENSIS Nelson. 



GUERRERO WOODHEWER. 



Similar to X. e. sclateri but still laro;er; general coloration duller 

 and slightly paler, the under parts less rufescent, and lower throat 

 more streaked (as in A", e. emigrans). 



Adult male.— hangth (skms), 311-327 (319); \\dng, 13S-148.5 

 (143.2); tail, 126; c^ilmen, 53-55.5 (54.2); tarsus, 31.5-33 (32.2); 

 middle toe, 27.5-29 (28.2). « 



Adult female.— IjQWgih (skins), 307-316 (311); ^^^ng, 137-144 

 (140.5); tail, 110-110.5 (110.2); culmen, 56-57 (56.5); tarsus, 29.5- 

 32.5 (31); middle toe, 26-27.5 (26.7).« 



Southwestern Mexico, in State of Guerrero (Omilteme). 



Xiphocolaptes emigrans (not of Sclater and Salvin) Salvin and Godman, Biol. 



Centr.-Am., Aves, ii, 1891, 183, part (Omilteme, Guerrero). 

 Xiphocolnptes emigrans omiltemensis Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xvi, Nov. 



30, 1903, 153 (Omilteme, Guerrero, p. w. Mexico; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.). 



XIPHOCOLAPTES EMIGRANS COSTARICENSIS Ridgway. 



CARTAGO WOODHEWER. 



Similar to A', e. emigrans but slightly larger (except bill) and mth 

 under ])arts more extensively (or more distinctly) streaked. 



Adult male. — Length (sldn), 305; wing, 145.5; tail, 117; culmen, 

 52; tarsus, 32; middle toe, 27.5.^ 



Adult fe male.— I^ength (sldns), 285-308 (295); wing, 134-140 (136); 

 tail, 102-117 (108); culmen, 44.5-50 (47.7); tarsus, 32; middle toe, 

 27.5-28.5 (28).*^ 



Highlands of Costa Rica (Naranjo and Azah^r, Cartago; Juan 

 Vinas; Guayabo). 



Xiphocolaptes emigrans costaricensis Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xi, sig. 34, 

 Sept. 20, 1889, 541 (Naranjo de Cartago, Costa Rica; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.); 

 xii, 1890, 8 (monogr.). — Zeledon, Anal. Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, i, 1887, 114. — 

 Carriker, Ann. Carnegie Mus., vi, 1910, 655 (Costa Rica).— Ferry, Pub. 

 146, Field Mus. N. H., orn. ser., i, no. 6, 1910, 271 (Guayabo, Costa Rica). 



[Xiphocolaptes] costaricensis Sharpe, Hand-list, iii, 1901, 81. 



Xiphocolaptes emigrans (not of Sclater and Salvin) Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. 

 Mus., XV, 1890, 145, part (Costa Rica). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.- 

 Am., Aves, ii, 1891, 183, part (Naranjo de Cartago, Costa Rica). 



Genus XIPHORHYNCHUS Swainson. 



Xiphorhynchus Swainson, Philos. Mag., i, June, 1827, 440. (Type, X . flavigaster 



Swainson; see Oberholser, Smithson. Misc. Coll., xlviii, no. 1579, 1905, 62.) 



Dendrornis Eyton, Jardine's Contr. Orn., 1852, 23. (Type, D. susurrans Jardine.) 



Large Dendrocolaptidae (length about 200-260 mm.) ^^^lth roundish, 

 nonoperculate nostrils, nearly straight bill, and wing less than 120 mm. 



" Two specimens. b One specimen. c Three specimens. 



