496 REVIEW OF GENUS DENDROCINCLA. 



the bead, oue above, the other below the eye. It has a black bill, be- 

 comiug whitish toward the tip, terminated by a small hook. Throat 

 reddish, the whole under side of a reddish brown, diminishing- in strength 

 toward the abdomen. The feet are plumbeous. It inhabits Cayenne, 

 according to Levaillant." (Lafresnaye; translation.) 



I have seen no species of this genus which corresponds at all closely 

 in its characters with the above description. 



2. Dendrocincla longicauda Pklz. 



Dcndnmuicia longicauda I'KLZ., Orii. Bras., 1871, 42,60 (Borba, MaribataiiaH, 

 aiulBarra do Kio Ntgro).— ScL. & Sai.v., P. Z. S.. 1^68, .^)4 ; Noni. Neotr., 

 1873, {)7. 



"D. supra olivaceo brunnea, pileo obscuriore, nucha et capitis lateri- 

 bus striis scapalibus angustis ochraceis, stria ab oculo versus nucham 

 ducta ferruginea angusta parum conspicua, tectricibus caudje superi- 

 oribus rufis, tectricibus alarum superioribus et remigum primariarum 

 limbo augustissimo dorso concoloribus, remigibus cinnamomeo rutis, 

 majoribus apicibus brunneis, tectricibus alarum inferioribus pallidefer- 

 rugineis, cauda longa cinnamomeo rufa, gula pallide ochracea, gastneo 

 reliquo colore dorsi plumis pectoris et abdominis superioris scapo et 

 macula centrali ochraceis, rostro compressiusculo, hand alto, uigro 

 mandibula gri.>^esconte, pedibus cinerascente ctBruleis. Longit (specim. 

 exsiccat), 8" G-10'", alie 4"-4" V". caudie 4", rostri a naribus 7-8'", a 

 rictu 135-U.V'", altitudo rostri 2J-2i'", longit. tars. 9.i'". 



"Appears to be nearest related to Bend rod nchi at rlrosfr is {Orh. et 

 Lafr.), but is distinguished by the more considerable size, by the strik- 

 ingly loug tail, the yellowish throat, and, according to Orbigny's de- 

 scription, also by the form of the bill. Our bird is also very similar t(» 

 Dendrocops tyranninus Lafr. (Kev. de Zool., 1851, 328; Eeichenbach 

 Scansoriaj 192, N. 464, t. 604, f. 4060), but the bird described by Lafres- 

 naye and Keichenlnu'h is considerably larger. 



"batterers observes: Male (not molting, Borba in the primeval for- 

 est, climbing, December), iris dark brown ; bill straight, tolerably thick, 

 strongly bent downwards at the tip ; maxilla blackish brown ; mandi- 

 ble, dark brownish gray, the edge of the fore half of the bill blackish 

 brown. Tail long and with spiny tips to the feathers. Feet handsome 

 dark grayish blue; claws blackish gray. Length 10^", breadth 12i"; 

 the tail i)rojects 2.]" beyond the wings, middle tail feathers 3" 11'". 

 bill 15'", tarsus 11'". 



"Male (old, not molting, INlarabitanas, February), iris dark brown; 

 maxilla black, mandible dark gray with black tip, anterior part of keel 

 dark gray. Feet very handsome dark grayish blue; claws blackish. 

 Length 9" 8"', breadth ]2.|" ; tail extends 2i" beyond tips of wings."' 

 ( Translation ) 



This species apparently comes nearest to my I). rufo-oUracea, but 

 differs in having the supra-auricular line ferruginous instead of pale 

 buff, the nape aiul sides of head streaked with ochraceous, the prima- 



