FAMILY FURNARIIDAE 



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Females (9 from the departments of Antioquia, Cauca, and 

 Santander). wing 66.3-69.8 (68.2). tail 46.2-50.6 (48.1), culmen 

 from base 12.3-13.8 (13.4), tarsus 14.2-14.9 (14.6) mm. 



XENOPS MINUTUS (Sparrman) : Plain Xenops, Pico Lezna 

 Pechirrayado 



Figure 9 



Turdus minntns Sparrman, Mus. Carlson., fasc. 3, 1788, no. 68, pi. 68. Rio de 

 Janeiro, Brazil.) 



Figure 9. — Plain xenops, pico lezna pechirrayado, Xenops minutus. 



Small, brown climbing bird, like the Streaked Xenops but with 

 light lines reduced and on upper breast only. 



Description. — Length 115-122 mm. Bill as in Xenops riitilans. 

 Adult (sexes alike), crown and hindneck dull blackish brown, with 

 very narrow, indistinct shaft lines of dull buff and edgings of dull 

 brownish gray ; back and scapulars dull cinnamon-brown ; rump 

 and upper tail coverts cinnamon-rufous ; wing coverts basally black, 

 edged with dull cinnamon-brown like back ; secondaries and primaries 

 black, with a broad band of cinnamon-rufous across the middle ; 



