VENEZUELAN SICKLEBILL 



throat pale buff; remainder of under parts 

 streaked brown and pale buff. Bill long, horn 

 colored, paler below and considerably curved. 

 Tail feathers with tips rigid and pointed. 



A forest bird of woodpecker-like habits, less 

 common than Xiphorhynchus n. nanus and 

 easily distinguished from it by the smaller size 

 and more curved bill. 



10. Campylorhamphus trochilirostris venezuel- 



ensis (Chapman) 

 Venezuelan Sicklebill 



Campylorhamphus venezuelensis RIDGWAY, Birds of N. 

 and M. Amer., V, p. 271, 1911; STONE, Proc. Phila. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci., 1918, p. 263. 



Sexes alike. Length of male about 240 mm. 

 (9.50 in.); tail 78 mm. (3.10 in.). Female 



FIG. 53. Campylorhamphus trochilirostris venezuelensis 



(Nat. Size) 



about 225 mm. (8.90 in.); tail 78 mm. (3.10 in.). 



Head (including sides) and hindneck brown, 



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