27. PHILTDOK. 97 



Above rufous-brown ; cap black ; long and broad suporciliaries 

 fulvous-white ; rump and tail chestnut : beneath similar but paler, 

 middle of throat brighter ; under wing-coverts and inner margins 

 of wings pale cinnamomeous : whole length 7 inches, wing 3'3, 

 tail 3. Female similar. 



Hah. S.E. Brazil. 



The black head at once distinguishes this species. It is not so 

 dark in younger specimens. 



a. Jr. sk. Bahia, Brazil ( Wucherer). Sclater Coll. 



b. Ad. sk. Santa ¥€, Minas, Brazil Sclater Coll. 



(^Rogers). 



c. (S ad. sk. Sao Paulo, Brazil (Joi/ncr). Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. Brazil. Lord Stuart de Rothesay 



e. Ad. sk. Brazil. Sclater Coll. 



/. Ad. sk. Brazil. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Philydor rufus. 



Dendrocopus rufus, Vt'eill. Nouv. Diet. xxvi. p. 119. 



Sphenura poliocephala, Licht. Douhl. p. 41. 



Philydor ruficollis, Spi.v, Av. Bras. i. p. 74, pi. 75. 



Dendroma caniceps, Sw. Class. B. ii. p. .316. 



Xeuops rufifrons, Less. Tr. cVOrn. p. i317. 



Dendroma poliocephalum, Hartl. J'erz. Mus. Brem. p. 27. 



Anabates poliocephalus, Burm. Syst. Ueh. iii. p. 29. 



Anabates poliocephala, Bj). Consp. i. p. 211. 



Philydor rufus, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 29 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 



18G1, p. 378 (Brazil) ; id. Cat. A. B. p. 155 ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. 



p. 66. 



Above olive-brown ; front, super ciliaries, and sides of head pale 

 cinnamon-brown ; cap and stripe behind the eye cinereous ; outer 

 margins of wings bright chestnut ; tail pale chestnut, the middle 

 tail-feathers rather brownish like the back : beneath cinnamon- 

 brown, flanks and crissum dusky brown ; whole length 7*7 inches, 

 wing 3"5, tail 3-7. 



Hah. S.E. BrazQ. 



This species has a long tail with pointed feathers, and is easily 

 known from the preceding by its cinereous cap and rufous front. 



a. Ad. st. Brazil. J. Gould, Esq. 



h. 5ad.sk. Sao Paulo, Brazil (Joy«e?-). Salviu-Godman Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Santa Fe, Minas Geraes, Brazil Salvin-Godman Coll. 



{Rodgers). 



d, e. c? ad. sk. Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Brazil (Joyner). 



f. cJad.sk. Bio ClarOjGoyaz, Brazil (Jb^Me/-). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



y, h. cJ 2 ad, Chapada, Matto Grosso, Brazil Salviu-Godman Coll. 



sk. {H. H. Smith). 



i. (Sad.; J. Ad. Brazil. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



sk. 



k. Ad. sk. Brazil. Sclater CoU. 



/. Ad. sk. Brazil. J. Gould, Esq. 



m. Ad. sk. Brazil. Purchased. 



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