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from the vicinity of Santarem westward, it must be relegated to syn- 

 onymy. The type and two other specimens from Diamantina, together 

 with one from Para, Brazil, which represent the material at Mr. Ridg- 

 way's disposal when describing rufo-olivacea, have all been examined 

 in the present connection, and these alone, although the only specimens 

 now available, indicate a considerable amount of individual variation 

 in D. fuliginosa. The type of rufo-olivacea and one other from Dia- 

 mantina are evidently much paler, more grayish below than ordinary 

 fuliginosa, and are quite different from the Para specimen, with which, 

 however, the third Diamantina example very closely agrees. 



Dendrocincla turdina (Lichtenstein). 



Dendrocolaptes hirdinus Lichtenstein, Abhandl. Kon. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 

 1820, p. 204, PI. II, fig. 1. 



Type Locality. — Bahia. Brazil. 



Geographical Distribution. — Eastern Brazil (Bahia). 



Resembling D. atrirostris, but apparently larger (wing 100-107 mm.) ; 

 throat and sides of head more rufescent ; exposed surface of wing-cpiills 

 duller, more olivaceous, not so much contrasted with the color of the 

 back; chin paler; ochraceous postocular stripe lacking. From D. 

 fuliginosa it differs in very much more rufescent upper and lower parts ; 

 smaller bill; and conspicuouslj- pale-streaked pileum. 



In the Lafresnaye collection there are two specimens of this species 

 marked as the types ; but this is evidently not quite correct, for they 

 were probably nothing more than the specimens used for description 

 by Lafresnaye in his monograph of the genus Dendrocolaptes,^'^ as the 

 species was originally named by Lichtenstein,^^ and the real type is, 

 or should be, in the Berlin Museum, where many, if not most, of Lich- 

 tenstein's types were deposited. Dr. Sclater records a specimen of 

 Dendrocincla turdina from Rio, Brazil,^- which is possibly to be referred 

 to D. enalincia, though without examination this is of course impossible 

 to determine. The decided variation in size among specimens of 

 this form examined b}^ Dr. Sclater'^ is undoubtedly merely sexual. 



Dendrocincla enalincia, sp. nov. 



Chars, sp. — Resembling Dendrocincla turdina, but upper and lower 

 parts, including the wings, much more olivaceous; sides of head paler 

 and more grayish, not so sharply defined against the light color of the 



>» Rev. Zool., 1851, p. 46.5. 



'1 Abhandl. Kon. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1820, p. 204. PI. II, fig. 1. 



^"■Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XV, 1890, p. 167. 



*^ Loc. cit. 



