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| | The Gone Birding Newsletter V4, N3 |
 | | Nonetheless, that bird, like so many others here in Costa Rica, did have a pale rufous wash to the feathers that in the illustration in the field guide are shown immaculate white. |
 | | Seen laterally, the bird was very small and dark, with a pale buff stripe above the wings, on the back, and a noticeable pale buff superciliary that was long and quite wide. |
 | | When the bird is silent, not moving, and in one fixed position on a two-dimensional surface, without even a very definite size comparison available, we switch to a more intellectual, "left-brained" identification. |
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