DENDROCOhAPTES 



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Genus DENDROCOLAPTES Henn. 



Dendrocolnptes Henuann, Obs. Zool. p. 13o, 1S04. Tvpc D. crrthia 

 (Bodd.). 



Fig. o3. — Dendrocolaptes certliia. 



This genus contains some o£ the largest sjiecies of the family. 

 The bill is wide at the base ami laterally depressed, the culmen 

 sharply keeled, and the tip of the upper mandible hooked. The 

 ■wing is somewhat pointed, the third, fourth, and fifth })rimai-ies 

 longest and equal, the second slightly shorter than the sixth but 

 longer than the seventh, and the first about three fourths the 

 length of the second. The tail is rounded and graduated, the two 

 middle feathers longest, all the shafts protruding, and decurved 

 at the tips. Tarsus about equal in length to the middle toe and 

 claw, front claws much more sharply curved than the hind one. 

 Coloration : male and female similar. 



Kcij to the Sjiecles. 



A. Crown of head with longituchiial ]iale fidvous 

 shaft-streaks; breast Avitli ])ale elongatcil streaks 

 to the feathers ; abdomen broadly l)arrod with 



brown D. phf/osi/s, p. 131. 



B. Crown of head without pale elongated shaft- 

 streaks, the feathers barn-d : lireast antl abdo- 

 men fulvous narrowly bailed witb brown D. crrtlilfi, p. 132. 



134. Dendrocolaptes plag-osus. 



Black-ham »Ei) W'ood-mkwku. 



JJendrocolapteg plaifoxiix Salvin i^ (Jochnan, lbi>, 1.SS3, p. 210 (Cania- 

 cusa, British (iuiaiia ) ; Salvin, Jbis. lSS,j, |). 121 ; Sclatrr, Cat. H. 



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