FAMILY FURNARIIDAE II5 



race pullus from Chiriqui, but on closer examination it was evident 

 that they are more dusky, duller, less reddish brown. Both are distinct 

 from the paler andinus of the broad central lowland areas of the 

 Republic. Our specimens were collected in mist nets set in the vmder- 

 growth of the forest. 



Goldman's notes from Cerro Pirre record that one of his birds 

 "was making rapid, erratic movements. It alighted first on a tree 

 trunk a meter or so above the ground, then flew down to a log, 

 hopped along, and suddenly faced about toward me, advanced a few 

 hops, and at the same time gave the sharp screeching note peculiar 

 to these birds." 



SCLERURUS GUATEMALENSIS (Hartlaub) : Scaly-throated 

 Leaf -scraper, Raspahoja Garganta Escamosa. 



Figure 10 



A ground-feeder, dark brown with white throat, spotted with 

 dusky. 



Figure 10. — Scaly-throated leaf-scraper, raspahoja garganta escamosa, 

 Sclcrurus guatemalcnsis. 



Description. — Length 160-175 mm. Adult (sexes alike), crown 

 and hindneck dark Vandyke brown, paler on the forehead, with the 

 feathers margined indistinctly with dusky ; back, scapulars, and wing 

 coverts Vandyke brown ; rump and upper tail coverts slightly more 

 reddish ; tail darker brown changing distally to blackish brown ; wings 

 and tips of the primary coverts dusky, with the outer webs of the 

 remiges Vandyke brown ; loral area grayish brown to dusky with the 

 feathers mixed with dark bufT centrally; side of head dull dusky- 



