BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 265 
Dendrornis tenuirostris (not Dendrocolaptes tenutrostris Lafresnaye) LAWRENCE, 
Ann. Lyc. N. Y., vii, 1862, 292 (Panama). 
Picolaptes compressus (not Thripobrotus compressus Cabanis) Satvaporr and 
Festa, Boll. Mus. Zool., etc., Torino, xiv, 1899, no. 339, 7 (Punta de Sabana, 
Panamé4). 
PICOLAPTES LINEATICEPS COMPRESSUS (Cabanis). 
THIN-BILLED WOODHEWER. 
Similar to P. 1. lineaticeps but coloration decidedly darker, the 
ground color of pileum dark sooty brown, the back, etc., deeper, 
russet brown, with streaks on upper back larger, distinctly edged 
with blackish; ground color of under parts darker, more strongly con- 
trasted with the broader and conspicuously blackish-edged buffy 
stripes, and feathers of lower throat (sometimes of nearly whole 
throat) narrowly margined with dusky. 
Adult male——Length (skins), 177-197 (190); wing, 89-101 (95.3); 
tail, 71.5-85 (80); culmen, 27-33.5 (29.1); tarsus, 18-20 (18.8); 
middle toe, 14-16 (15).¢ 
Adult female—Length (skins), 173-194 (185); wing, 84.5-95.5 
(90.7); tail, 71.5-81.5 (77); culmen, 26-29.5 (28); tarsus, 17-19 (18); 
middle toe, 13.5-15 (14.5).2 
Western Panama (Bugaba; Mina de Chorcha; David; Divala; 
Boquete), Costa Rica (Puerto Limén; Navarro de Cartago; Juan 
Vifias; Turrialba; El Hogar; Guayabal; Gudpiles; Guayabo; Orosi; 
Coralillo; Jiménez; Bonilla; Monte Redondo; Cobia de Salinas; Bol- 
son; Tenério; El Generél; Boca Barranca, Punta Arenas; Barranca, 
Boruca, and Paso Real, Boruca; Pozo Azul de Pirris; Pozo del Rio 
« Fifteen specimens. b Twelve specimens. 
= ‘ . Cul- Middle 
Locality. Wing. | Tail. anen: Tarsus. toe. 
MALES. 
Two adult males (P. 1. lineaticezs) from eastern Panamé....... 94 72 30 19 16 
Five adult males from western Panamé.......... srargvaere ereis fonts 92.1 78.1 28.6 18.5 15.1 
Ten adult males from Costa Rica...........2..022.22-2-20-205- 96.5 80.8 29. 4 19 15 
Five adult males (P. l. insignis) from Honduras............... 95.6 80.3 28 18.9 14.8 
Two adult males (P. 1. insignis) from British Honduras........ 100.5 89.5 30 19 15.5 
One adult male (P. ¢. insignis) from Chiapas..............----- 94 — 77.5 28 19 14 
One adult male (P. tl. insignis) from Guatemala...........--.-- 101 81 28 19 14.5 
FEMALES. 
Two adult females from western Panamé...........--..------- 90 76.5 27 17.5 15 
Ten adult females from Costa Rica..........2--.2---222e eee ee 90.9 77.1 28. 2 18.1 14.3 
Four adult females (P. 2. insignis) from Honduras...........-- 93.5 81 29.9 19 14.6 
One adult female (P. 1. insignis) from British Honduras. ....-. 92 84 29 19 15.5 
Three adult females (P. 1. insignis) from Guatemala........... 95 77.2 28 18.2 14.2 
Three adult*females (P.1. insignis) from Vera Cruz-.....------ 94.6 82.5 28.7 19.5 15.2 
