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2. Campylorhynchus capistratus. 



Picolaptes capisirata, Less. Rev. Zool. 1843, p. 174' ; Des Murs, Icon. Orn. pi. 63 \ 

 Campylorhynchus capistratus, Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, pp. 363', 371'; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 8'; 



P.Z. S. 1870, p. 836°; Taylor, Ibis, 1860, p. 317'; Baird, Rev. Am. -B. i. p. 104'; Salv. 



Ibis, 1866, p. 202'; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 92". 

 Heleodytes capistratus, Cab. J. f. Orn. 1860, p. 409". 

 Campylorhynchus rufinucha, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1845, p. 339 "; Less. Descr. Mamm. et Ois. p. 285 " ; 



Baird, Rev. Am. B. i. p. 105"; Salv. Ibis, 1866, p. 191". 

 Troglodytes {Campylorhynchus) cervicalis, Licht. fide Cab. J. f. Orn. 1860, p. 409^*. 



Supra Isete castaneus, uropygio nigro transfasciato, capite summo et stria transoculari nigris ; alis fuseo-nigris, 

 extus castaneo variegatis ; Cauda nigra, reotricibus maculis subapicalibus albis notatis, apicibus ipsis 

 sordide griseo-fuscis, rectricibus duabus mediis fasciia quinque imperfectis ornatis, rectricum duarum 

 utrinque extimarum pogonio externo albo maculate; corpora subtus et superoiliis albis ochraceo vix 

 tinctis ; rostro comeo, mandibulse basi albicante ; pedibus corylinis. Long, tota 0-7, alae 2-85, caudffi 2-8, 

 rostri a rictu 1*1, tarsi l-O. (Descr. maris ex Escuintla, Guatemala. Mus. nostr.) 



06s. Specimina quaedam dorsum conspicue striatum habent, crissum fasciatum, et hypochondria maculis 

 paucis nigris notata (unde Campylopt&rvs rufinucha, Baird, ex Lafresnaye). 



Eab. MexicqI^, Vera Cruz {A. Lesson^^), Jalapa (de Oca^), Juquila and Playa Vicente 

 (Soucard^), Mirador {Sartorius% Chico {Mus. Ber.^^; Beitish Hondueas, Belize S; 

 Guatemala, plain of Zacapa, Chuacus^^ and Trapiche Grande in the Motagua 

 valley, Savana Grande, Escuintla, Naranjo, and Eetalhuleu in the Pacific-coast 

 region {0. S. & F. B. G.) ; San Salvadob, Acajutla and La Union (0. S.) ; 

 HoNDUBAS, near the Pacific {Taylor'^), San Pedro {G. M. Whitely^); Nicaeagua, 

 Eealejo {Lesson'^), San Juan del Sur [0. 8.); Costa EiCA, Punta Arenas {J. M. 

 Bow), San Mateo {J. Cooper 1°), Bebedero {Arce). 



There has long been considerable doubt whether the bird described by Lesson from 

 Eealejo as Picolaptes capisirata ^ is distinct from one from Mexico, called by Lafresnaye 

 Campylorhynchus rufinucha — the latter having the back conspicuously striped and the 

 flanks sparsely spotted with black, the former having the back plain chestnut and the 

 flanks without marks. Des Murs 2, when figuring the type of C. capistratus, considered 

 C. rufinucha to have been applied to a younger individual of the former ; and this 

 view was generally accepted until Prof. Baird wrote his ' Eeview of American Birds ' 

 and reinstated C. rufinucha as a species ^^. We were at one time is disposed to follow 

 Prof. Baird in thus recognizing two species ; but now, by the light of additional speci- 

 mens, we doubt the existence of more than one ; for the extent of the markings of 

 the back is found to be variable, and not correlated with the spotting of the flanks. 

 Nor can we fix the birds with spotted backs to any special locality. Prof. Baird sup- 

 posed C. rufinucha to be the species of Eastern Mexico ; but we trace it in some of its 

 characters to Costa Eica, specimens of the true C. capistratus being found at immediate 

 points. 



C. capistratus has a wide range in Central America, being found from the State of 

 Vera Cruz in Mexico to Costa Eica. It nowhere occurs at a higher elevation than 



