546 NOTES ON COSTA RICAN WKDS. 





more like that species thau any other, r have consequently no resource, 

 lint to describe and name it as a new species, as follows: 



Dendrocolaptes variegatus, sp. nov. 



Sp. Char.— Similar to 1). ptincticollis Sol., but much larger, and lower 

 parts much more broadly barred with dusky; length (mounted speci- 

 men), 11.00; wing, 5.80; tail, 5.25; culmen, 1.70.* 



From J), validus (Tsch.), it differs in being larger, bars on under parts 

 much broader, throat much more distinctly spotted with brown, and iu 

 other characters. 



Smithsonian Institution, June 29, 1880. 



" Corresponding measurements of the specimen of D. pnncticollis, above referred J 

 are, 9.20 (skin with neck much contracted) 5.00, 5.10, and 1.50, respectively. 



