MEXICAN XENOPS 



olive brown with the hindneck and top of 

 head darker and streaked with brownish buffy; 

 rump and tail reddish chestnut; wings reddish 



FIG. 46. Automolus p. pallidigularis 



(Nat. Size) 



brown ; chin and throat cream buff ; remainder of 

 under parts buffy brown changing to tawny 

 olive on sides; the chest indistinctly streaked 

 with cream. Bill nearly as long as head and 

 gradually curved towards tip; tail fairly long, 

 the feathers broad, the tips slightly pointed. 



A bird of the forest undergrowth, resembling 

 an antbird in actions. Rather common on 

 Barro Colorado Island. "Its note very much 

 resembles that of the Red-breasted Nuthatch 

 (Sitta canadensis)" (Richmond). 



3. Xenops genibarbis ridgwayi Hartert 



and Goodson 

 Mexican Xenops 



Xenops genibarbis mexicanus RIDGWAY, Birds of N. 

 and M. Amer., V, p. 172, 1911; STONE, Proc. Phila. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci., 1918, p. 262. 



Sexes alike. Length 115 mm. (4.50 in.); 

 tail 47 mm. (1.85 in.). Brown above, darker on 

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