Carriker : List of the Birds of Costa Rica. 659 



Bangs Collection: Volcan de Irazu and Rio Sucio (Underwood). 



Two skins. 

 C. H. Lankester Collection : Cariblanco de Sarapiqui. 



The proper name for this bird has long been in doubt and the 

 synonymy is in a rather confused state, but I believe that it is now 

 satisfactorily settled. D. puncticollis Sclater and Salvin is confined to 

 northern Nicaragua and Guatemala, while D. multistrigatus Eyton is 

 synonymous with it. The Costa Rican bird proves to be a northern 

 race of D. validus Taschenberg, of Peru, being distinguished from 

 that bird (compared only with birds from Santa Marta, Colombia, 

 which are probably not typical), according to Mr. Ridgway, by 

 having the "chest less distinctly streaked or with streaks less broken 

 (broken along edges by black dots or bars) and under parts much 

 more extensively barred." 



It is a very rare bird everywhere, and not many specimens have 

 been taken. It is probably confined to the highlands, between about 

 2,000 and 5,000 feet. 



400. Dendrocolaptes sancti-thomae sancti-thomae (Lafresnaye). 



Dendrocopus sancti-thomce Lafresnaye, Rev. Zool., 1852, 466 (Santo Tomas (?), 

 Honduras). 



Dendrocolaptes sancti-thomce Sclater, P. Z. S., 1858, 96 (Mexico); Cat. Birds 

 Brit. Mus., XV, 1890, 174 (Tucurriqui [Arce]). — Lawrence, Ann. Lye. 

 N. Y., IX, 1868, 106 (San Jose [Frantzius]). — Frantzius, Jour, fur Orn., 

 1869, 305 (Aguacate Mts.). — Boucard, P. Z. S., 1878, 60 (Navarro). — 

 Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. de C. R., I, 1887, 113 (Pacuare and Jimenez). — 

 Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, II, 1891, 192 (Costa Rican 

 references). — Underwood, Ibis, 1896, 440 (Miravalles). 



U. S. Nat. Museum : Bonilla (Ridgway, Zeledon and Alfaro) (Ba- 



sulto) ; Pigres (Ridgway) ; Rio Matina (Cherrie). 

 Bangs Collection : Cariblanco de Sarapiqui, Tenorio, Cerro de Santa 



Maria, Bolson, Juan Vinas, Coralillo, La Vijagua (Underwood). 

 C. H. Lankester Collection : Mojica, Limon, Guacimo. 

 Carnegie Museum : Guapiles (Carriker & Crawford) ; Guapiles, 



Cuabre, Guacimo, Miravalles, El Hogar, Bebedero (Carriker). 



Fourteen skins. 



This bird is distributed over the whole of Costa Rica from sea-level 

 up to about 2,000 feet, with the exception of the Terraba Valley, 

 where it is replaced by a local race, D. s.-t. liesperius Bangs. It is 

 found in the heavy forest and has practically the same habits as 

 Campy lor hamphus. 



