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 221. Xiphorhynchus trochilirostris (Licht.). 



Dendrocolaptes trochilirostris Licht., A!j/>. Akad. Berl. 1820, p. 207, tab. 3. (ex Bahia, cf. Abhandl- 

 1822, p. 263). 



Altagracia : 6 <S lo. i. '08, 30. xi. '97, 4. ii. '98, ? 15. xii. '97. 



Caicaia : <J 11. iii. '98. 



Qairibaiia de Caicara : c? 30. iv. '98. 



" Iris dark sepia ; bill vinaceous rufous (hazel) ; feet olive-green." 



(Nos. 8940, 9235, 9724, 10000, l045fi, 10887 Cherrie coll.) 



228. Dendrocincla merula (Licht.). 



Dendrocolaptes merula Licht., Ahh. Almd. Berl. 1820 p. 208 (ex Cayenne, typ. in Mus. Berol.). 



Munduapo : S 25. ii. '09. 



Nericagua : S i "i. iv., 24. iii. '99. 



"Iris olive-brown, feet plumbeous, bill above clove-brown, below olive-grey, 

 dusky at base." 



(Nos. 12109, 12111 Cherrie coll.) 



Suapure : iS, 20, 21. ii. '99 ; ? 20. ii. '99. 



" Iris light grey, feet grey, maxilla black, mandible nearly white, slightly 

 tinged with yellowish grey" (Klages). 



Nicare : ? 9. i. 1901 (E. Andrei). 



228a. Dendrocinda phaeochroa sp. uov. 



D. D. meruloides (Lafr.) dictae affinis, sed paulo major et corpore supra subtusque obscure olivaceo- 

 brunneo, minus rufescente tincto, necnon gula sordide albescente (nee gula coUo concolore) 

 distinguenda. 



t?(? al. 108, 109 ; cand. 94 ; culm. 29 ; tars. 24i mm. 



? ? al. 106, 107, 108 : caud. 86, 86|, 87 ; culm. 28| ; tars. 24^ mm. 



Typus : c?, Munduapo 10. ii. '99 (no. 11895 Cherrie coll.). 



Bab. Ad flumina Orinoco et Caura dicta. 



Munduapo : <S 6 10 (ter), 16, 18, 25. ii. '99; ? lU. ii. '99. 



Maipures : <? ? 9, 13. xii. '98. 



Nericagua : <?<? 24. iii., 7. iv. '99. 



(Nos. 11398, 11462, 11894, 11895, 11897, 11975, 12006, 12110, 12245, 12459 

 Cherrie coll.) 



Suapure : d" ? 18, 20. ii. '99 ; ? 15. v. '99 (Klages coll.). 



La Pricion : December 1900 (E. Andre). 



This new species differs from I/, meruloides from Venezuela (Ciimaua, San 

 Esteban, etc.) in its less reddish, darker and more olivaceous brown colour, its 

 distinctly whitish upper throat and slightly larger dimensions. It differs from 

 D. merula, which occurs in the same localities, by its larger bill with a brownish, 

 less blackish upper maxilla, more olivaceous, less rufous upper wing-coverts, lighter 

 colour above and below, less contrasting, less chestnut-rufous under tail-coverts, 

 and paler under wing-coverts and lining of the quills. 



It is most interesting to find 1>. merula and D. phaeochroa in the same 

 localities. Hartert hesitated for some time to recognise them as two species, but 

 he is now, together with Berlepsch, fully convinced of the correctness of their 

 distinctness. 



