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11. Dendrocincla merula (Light.). 



'^ Dendrocolaptes merula Light., Berl. Abhaodl., 1819, 208; 1S21,2G4" (Gui- 

 aua). 



Dcndrocops merula Lafr., Rev. et Mag. Zool., 1851, 4t)7 (Guiaua ; Saraycu, 

 e. Ecuador); Mou. Dendrocol., IS.'jI, 85 (do.). 



Dendrocincla merula Gray, Geu. B.,i, 1849, 141.— Bonap., Consp., i, 1850, 

 209.— ScL. & Salv.jP. Z. S., 1868, 54 (Guiana and Auiazouia; subgenus 

 Dendromanes) ; Noni. Neotr.,1873, G7.— Pelz., Orn. Bras.. IH71, 42 (Salto 

 Theotonio, Boibn, MarabitanaK, Rio Icanna, and Barro do Rio Negro). — 

 TAGZAN.,Oru. Per., ii.,1884, 1ft) (Guiana; Brazil). 



Only one specimen examined, thi.s in the Lafresnaye collection (No. 

 2304). It probably represents the true D. merula, since it ag^rees sub- 

 stantially with Lichteusteiu's description. Another specimen (No. 2305), 

 in the Lafresnaye collection, also marked in the catalogue as a " type" 

 of D. ?nerMZa, is certainly a distinct species, and has been made the type 

 of my D. lafresnayei. 



12. Dendrocincla naeruloides Lafr. 



Dcndrocops vteruloides Lafr., Rev. et Mag. Zool., 1851, 467 ("cote ferme"); 

 Mon. Dcndroc, 1851, 84. 

 Dendrocincla meruloides Reich., Handb. Spec. Oru., i, 1851, 191.— Sci.., Catal., 

 1862, 162 (Upper Auiazon).—SGL. &Salv., P. Z. S., 1868, 54 (Venezuela ; 

 suhgen. Dendromanes) ; 167 (Venezuela) ; Norn. Neotr., 1873,67 (Vene- 

 zuela). 

 Dendrocincla turdlna Light. Jard., Ann. Nat. Hist., xix, 1847, 80 (Tobago). 

 Dendrocincla meruUna Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein., ii, 1859, 34 (Caracas). 

 Four specimens examined, including the type (Lafresnaye collection 

 No. 2300), one from Tobago (No. 74883, Nat. Mus.), and two from "Dem- 

 erara (oder Trinidad)," received from Von Berlepsch (Nos. 88454 and 

 88455, Nat. Mus.). The four specimens agree substantially with one 

 another, though presenting considerable differences in dimensions, no.a- 

 bly the Tobago bird, which has a much larger bill than the otbers. 



SPECIES NOT EXAMINED. 



i. Dendrocincla fuliginosa (Vieill. ). 



Dendrocopns J'uHyinosus Vieill., Nouv. Diet., xxvi, 1818, 117 (based on Grim- 



jiart eH/M>«e Levaillant, Prom, et Grinip., tb. 28). 

 Dcndroeolaptes famigatus Light., Berl. Abhandl., 1819, 201 (also based on Le- 

 vaillant, pi. 28) ; 1821, 2G4. 

 Dcndrocops fumigatusIuAFR. , Rev. et Mag. Zool., 1851, 466: Mon. Deudroc. 



1851, 82. 

 Dendrocincla fumigata Gray, Gen. B., i, 1849, 141.— Boxap., Consp., i, 18.50, 

 209.— (?) ScL. & Salv., p. Z. S., 1868, 54 (Brazil) ; Notn. Neotr., 1873, 67.— 

 (?) Pelz., Orn. Bras., 1871, 42 (S. Vicente, Borba, Rio Biancbo, Barra do 

 Rio Negro, and Paril). 



"D. rostro recto, apice deflexo, valido, nigro, vitta utriuque duidici 

 supra et infra oculos pallida; capite corporeque immaculatis. — Lougit. 

 8 ponces. — Habitat in Cayenna." 



" Such is the diagnosis of Lichtenstein. 



"This species, according to Levaillant, would be remarkable among 

 other characters by two bands of a clear reddish color on each side of 



