43. XIPHOCOLAPTJKS. 145 



r, s. Ad. sk. Tilotilo, Yiingas, Bolivia (Buck- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



lei/). 

 t. Ad. sk. Tilotilo, Yungas, Bolivia {Buck- Sclater Coll. 



lei,). 

 u. Ad. St. Bolivia. T. Bridges [C.]. 



(Type of X. lineatocephalus.) 



4. Xiphocolaptes emigraus. 



Xiphocoiaptes albicoUis, S'cl. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 202 ; id. Cat A B 

 p. 16.S. • • . 



Xiphocolaptes emigraus, Scl. et Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 118 ; iid. Nomnicl. 

 p. 68 (]iart.) ; iid. Ex. Oni. p. 69, pi. xxxv. ; Cah. et Hein. Mus 

 Heiii. ii. p. 36 ; Ridgiv. Pi: U. S. N. 3L xii. p. 8. 



Xipliocolaptes emigraus costaricensis, Ridyic. Pr. U. S. At M. xi. 

 p. 541, et xii. p. 8. 



Above brovru, head darker; head and neck marked with very- 

 narrow sbaft-stripes of pale fulvous ; outer edgings of wing-feathers; 

 rump, and tail ferruginous : beneath brown, with pale fulvous shaft- 

 stripes more or less developed oil the nfeCk, breast, and belly ; throat 

 whitish; Urtder wing-coverts fulvous, with black spots; under 

 surface of wings cinnamomeoiis ; bill plumbeous white : whole 

 length 12 inches, wing 5-5, tail 4-5. Female similar. 



Ifab. Southern Mexico aild Central America down to Costa Rica. 



This Central-American form is closely allied to X promeropi- 

 rhynchus, but may, 1 think, be generally distinguished by its lighter 

 surface and the less amount of markings beneath, and by the absence 

 or very faint indications of the black spots oii the belly. 



a. Ad. sk. British Honduras (Blancaneau.v). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



b. Ad. sk. Cahabon, Vera Paz (AWry). .Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



c. 2 ad. sk. San Gerouimo, Vera Paz {Salvin). Salvin-Godman ColL 



(Type of the species.) 



d. 2 ad. sk. Pine-ridge of Poctura, Guatemala Salviu-Godmau Coll. 



(Salrin). 



e. Ad. sk. Guatemala. Sclater Coll. 



/. Ad. sk; Costa Rica. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



tj. Ad. sk. S. Ainerica (?). JEyton CoU. 



h. Ad. sk. S; America (P). Sclater Coll. 



i. Ad. St. Venezuela (?). Dyson [C.]. 



5. Xiphocolaptes major. 



Trepadore graude, Azara, Apunt. ii. p. 277. 



Dendrocopus major, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. xxvi. p. 118; id. Enc. Mith. 

 p. 625 (ex Azara). 



Dendrocolaptes major, Bp. Comp. i. p. 207 ; Lafi-. Rev. Zool. 1850, 

 ^ p. 103 ; Etjton, C'ontr. Orn. 1852, p. 22. 



Xiphocolaptes major, Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 164 ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. 

 p. 68 ; iid. Ex. Orn. p. 71, pi. xxxvi. ; iid. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 622 

 (Bolivia); White, P.Z.S. 1882, p. 613 (rep. Arg.) ; Dunifnrd, 

 Ibis, 1880, p. 359 (rep. Arg.); Berl. J. f. O. 18{<7, pp. 15, 119 

 (Paraguav) ; Ridgw. Pr. U. S. N. M. xii ."p. 16 ; Scl. et Iluds. Aro. 

 Orn. i. p. 201. 



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