THE BIRDS OF THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA 

 PART 3: ORDER PASSERIFORMES, SUBORDER 

 TYRANNI, DENDROCOLAPTIDAE (WOOD- 

 CREEPERS) TO OXYRUNCIDAE 

 (SHARPBILLS) 



By Alexander Wetmore 

 Research Associate, Smithsonian Institution 



INTRODUCTION 



Part 1 of this account of the avifauna of the Isthmus of 

 Panama, published December 27, 1965, included 202 species in the 

 35 families from the Tinamidae (Tinamous) to the Rynchopidae 

 (Skimmers). The second, issued September 27, 1968, covered 208 

 species in the groups from the Columbidae (Pigeons) through the 

 Picidae (Woodpeckers). The present section covers the first series 

 in the Order Passeri formes, the Perching Birds, in the 8 famiHes 

 from the Dendrocolaptidae (Woodcreepers) to the Oxyruncidae 

 (Sharpbills). In these, 196 species are recognized in Panama. 



The procedure for each species follows that of the two previous 

 parts as outlined in volume 2, pages 2-3. Line drawings and the 

 colored plate for the present section have been made, as before, by 

 Walter A. Weber. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



In the preparation of this section, I have been especially indebted 

 to Dr. Eugene Eisenmann who has given me a detailed summary of 

 his observations and notes on many of the species concerned. His 

 reports and records have assisted measurably in the preparation of 

 these accounts. Stafif members in the various museums that I have 

 visited to examine specimens have been uniformly courteous in 

 allowing free access to their collections. Close association with the 

 stafif of the Gorgas Memorial Laboratory in Panama City, especially 

 with the present Director, Dr. Martin D. Young, and with Dr. 

 Pedro Galindo and Mr. Eustorgio Mendez, has continued steadily, 

 much to the advantage of my studies. Dr. Galindo has assisted espe- 

 cially in the orthography of local names of the species, as in preced- 

 ing volumes. Throughout the preparation of these reports my wife, 

 Beatrice Wetmore, has been steadily helpful in checking details in 

 manuscript and proofs. 



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