20 KEVIEW OF THE GENUS XIPHOCOLAPTES — EIDGWAY. 



Marta. In size and coloration it reminds one particularly of the two 

 latter. The stripes and spots of the under side are almost as obsolete 

 as in the first mentioned, and the red-brown of the under side is almost 

 as intense as in the Bogota bird, while the head is lighter than in all 

 three.*' (Heine, I. c; translation.) 



This species would seem to be somewhat closely related to X. emi- 

 grans costaricensis, but to differ in the more rusty hue of the less dis- 

 tinctly streaked under parts and the lighter ground color of the pileum. 



Smithsonian Institution, June 29, 1889. 



