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resuscitated by Mr. Bangs). The Costa Rican bird may be distin- 

 guished from P. b. brunnescens by its larger size (wing about 6 mm. 

 longer), relatively longer tail (10 mm. longer) and by its much paler 

 color both above and below. The light spots (on the under parts) 

 are about the same in the two birds, (a little paler in brunneicauda) 

 but their edging is decidedly paler, being olive-brown instead of black, 

 while the color of the remainder of the feather is grayish-olive- instead 

 of deep grayish-brown, the wings and upper parts are more olive-brown 

 than umber, with the darker edgings more pronounced ; the tail is also 

 paler. 



The species ranges over the highlands and mountains of Costa Rica 

 from about 2,000 feet up to timber-line on the high volcanoes. It is 

 not common below 5,000 feet, except on the Caribbean slope, where 

 it is abundant down to about 3,500 feet. < It is found only in the 

 damp, dark, virgin forest, and when that has been cleared away the 

 birds disappear. It is fond of frequenting the steep sides of dark 

 ravines, always keeping close to the ground, like Sclerurus. 



386. Glyphorhynchus cuneatus (Lichtenstein). 



Dendrocolaptes cuneatus Lichtenstein, Abh. Ak. Berl., 1820, 204, pi. 2, fig. 2 

 (Amazons ?). 



Glyphorhynchus cuneatus Strickland, P. Z. S., 1841, 28. — Boucard, P. Z. S., 

 1878, 60 (Juan Vinas). — Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. de C. R., I, 1887, 113 

 (Pacuare, Pozo Azul de Pirris, and Naranjo de Cartago). — Sclater, Cat. 

 Birds Brit. Mus., XV, 1890, 124 (Southern Mexico to Argentina; Tucurriqui, 

 Costa Rica [Arce]). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, II, 1891, 

 175 (Costa Rican references). — Richmond, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XVI, 

 1893, 497 (Rio Frio; descr. nest and eggs). — Bangs, Auk, XXIV, 1907, 

 299 (El Pozo de Terraba [Underwood]). 



Glyphorhynchus pectoralis Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., IX, 1868, 106 (Tucur- 

 riqui [Arce]; coll. O. Salvin). — Frantzius, Jour, fiir Orn., 1869, 304 (Agua- 

 cate Mts.). 



U. S. Nat. Museum : Reventazon (Carranza), Pozo Azul de Pirris 

 (Underwood), Rio Matina (Cherrie), Jimenez (Verrill), Bonilla 

 (Ridgway and Zeledon). 



Bangs Collection : Pozo Azul de Pirris, La Vijagua, Buenos Aires, La 

 Hondura, Carrillo (Underwood). 



C. H. Lankester Collection : Guacimo and Cachi. 



Carnegie Museum : Guapiles and Volcan de Turrialba, 2,000 feet 

 (Carriker & Crawford) ; Cuabre, Rio Sicsola, Guapiles, Carrillo, 

 El Hogar, La Hondura, El Pozo de Terraba (Carriker). Twenty- 

 one skins. 



