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rence).—MENEGAUXx and Hzettmayr, Mem. Soc. N. H. d’Autun, xix, 1906, 
101, part (type, from Realejo, Nicaragua, in Paris Mus.; crit.). 
Xiphorhynchus flavigaster eburneirostris OBERHOLSER, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., 
xlviii, no. 1579, May 18, 1905, 63. 
Premnocopus eburneirostris ReicHenBAcH, Handb. Spec. Orn., 1853, 186, pl. 603, 
fig. 4059. 
Dendrocolaptes eburneirostris Gray, Hand-list, i, 1869, 177, no. 2403. 
[Dendrornis] eburneirostris ScLATER and Satvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 68, 
part.—SHarpe, Hand-list, iii, 1901, 78, part. 
D{endrornis] eburneirostris CABANIS and Heinz, Mus. Hein., ii, 1859, 37 (Mex- 
ico).—SciateR and Satvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1870, 839 (Mexico; 
Guatemala; Honduras). 
Picolaptes validirostris Eyton, Jardine’s Contr. Orn., 1851, 75 (no locality given; 
coll. Knowsley Mus.). 
[Picolaptes] validirostris GRay, Hand-list, i, 1869, 179, no. 2447. 
XIPHORHYNCHUS FLAVIGASTER MENTALIS (Lawrence). 
GRAYSON’S WOODHEWER. 
Similar to X. f. flavigaster but decidedly paler throughout, the 
prevailing color of pileum and hindneck deep grayish brown instead 
of blackish, that of back, etc., light grayish buffy brown (nearly 
broccoli brown) instead of raw-umber, streaks paler buff, and feathers 
on middle of throat usually distinctly margined or edged with grayish 
brown, often producing a broken patch of that color. 
Adult male.—Length (skins), 222-243 (231); wing, 103-119 (114.4); 
tail, 81-100 (91); culmen, 38-42.5 (40.4); tarsus, 22-23.5 (22.9); 
middle toe, 17-19.5 (18.2). 
Adult female——Length (skins), 200-220 (214); wing, 99.5-109.5 
(106.1); tail, 75.5-90 (82.7); culmen, 38.5-42 (39.7); tarsus, 21-23 
(22.3); middle toe, 17-18.5 (17.7).° 
Western Mexico, in States of Durango (Chacala), Jalisco (Las 
Palmas; Barranca Veltran; San Sebastian), Sinaloa (Mazatlan; Pre- 
sidio de Mazatlan; Juan Lisiarraga Mountains, 5,500 feet; Los Pieles; 
Arroyo de Limones, 3,500 feet; Quotla, near Rosdrio; Culiacan; 
Plomosas; Escuinapa; Rio Juan Gomez), Colima (Manzanillo; Santi- 
ago; Sierra Madre), Michoacan (Cayaco), Guerrero (Papayo), Durango 
(Chacala), and a of Tepic (Santiago; Rio Santiago; San 
Diego; Tepic). 
Dendrornis mentalis Baird, MS. Lawrence, Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist. N. Y., viii, 
May, 1867, 481 (Mazatlin, Sinaloa, w. Mexico; coll. U. 8. Nat. Mus.); Mem. 
Bost. Soc. N. H., ii, 1874, 285 (Mazatlan; Tepic).—Sancunz, An. Mus. Nac. 
Mexico, i, 1877, 97 (Mazatl4n).—_ScLater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xv, 1890, 
131 (Presidio, near Mazatlién).—Jouy, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., xvi, 1893, 
784 (Barranca Veltran, s. Jalisco). 
Dendrornis flavigaster mentalis Miter (W. De W.), Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., xxi, 
Nov. 24, 1905, 355 (Los Pieles, etc., s. Sinaloa; crit.). 
@ Twelve specimens. b Hight specimens. 
