NORTHERN WEDGEBILL 



ff. Back olive, head very inconspicuously (if 

 at all) spotted; underparts olive spotted 



with buff 



Xiphorhynchus erythropygius punctigulus 



ee. Bill shorter and more slender; smaller birds. 



f. Bill gently curved; head and under parts 

 streaked. . .Lepidocolaptes a. albolineatus 



ff. Bill straight, whitish; head, neck and uppei 



chest spotted with buff 



Dendroplex picus panamensis 



i. Glyphorhynchus cuneatus pectoralis 



(Sclater) 

 Northern Wedgebill 



Sexes alike. Length 143 mm. (5.65 in.); tail 

 67 mm. (2.60 in.). Top of head sooty brown; 



FIG. 49. Glyphorhynchus cuneatus pectoralis 



(Nat. Size) 



back and scapulars russet brown changing to 

 bright chestnut on rump and tail; cheeks and 

 sides of head scoty brown finely striped with buff; 

 chin and throat tawny buff spotted with brown; 

 remaining under parts brownish olive, the chest 

 indistinctly streaked with whitish. Bill short, 

 wedge-shaped; its outline nearly straight above, 

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