106 DENDEOCOLAPTIDiE. 



Above brown ; lores and short superciliaries pale rufous ; tail 

 chestnut : beneath pale brown, with broad shaft-spots of dirty white ; 

 throat almost entirely dirty white ; flanks and crissum unspotted; 

 under wing-coverts and inner margins of wing-feathers cinna- 

 momeous : whole length 7 inches, wing 2"8, tail 3. Female similar. 



Hah. Brazil and Pervi. 



2. Anabazenops oleagineus. 



Anabazenops rufo-superciliatus, White, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 613 (Cata- 



marca). 

 Anabazenops oleagineus, Scl. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 654 (rep. Arg.) ; Berl. 



J.f. O. 1887, p. 119 (Paraguay) ; Scl. et Hicds. Arg. Orn. i. p. 198, 



Above dark olivaceous brown ; lores, superciliaries, and spots on 

 sides of head yellowish white ; wings blackish with brownish 

 margins ; tail chestnut : beneath dark olivaceous, distinctly spotted 

 with broad shaft- spots of yellowish white ; throat almost pure yel- 

 lowish white, flanks and crissum unspotted ; under wing-coverts and 

 inner margins of wing--feathers pale cinnamomeous : whole length 

 6-2 inches, wing 3"2, tail 3. Female similar. 



Hah. Northern Argentina, Paraguay, and Brazil. 



This southern form of J. rvfo-superciliatus is distinguisliableby its 

 generally olive-green tinge, the much clearer throat, and the more 

 distinct spots of the breast and belly. 



a, b. (S ad. sk. Sierra de Totoral, Catamarca, Sclater Coll. 



Arg. Rep. {White). (Types of the species.) 



c. S ad. sk. Sierra de Totoral, Catamarca Salvin-Godman Coll. 



( White). 



d. Ad. sk. Brazil. Sclater Coll. 



3. Anabazenops variegaticeps. 



Anabazenops variegaticeps, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 289, et 1859, 

 p. 382 (S. Mexico) ; id. Cat. A. B. p. 159 ; Scl. et Salv. Ibis, 1860, 

 p. .398 (Guatemala) ; iid. Nomencl. p. 66 ; Laior. Ann. Lye N. Y. 

 ix. p. 106 (Costa liica) ; Frantz. J.f. 0. 1869, p, .304 (Costa Rica) ; 

 Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 192 (Veragua) ; Bouc. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 59 

 (Costa Rica) ; Bidijw. Pr. U. S. N. M. vi. p. 414 (Costa Rica). 



Above rufous-brown ; head more olivaceous, and the feathers 

 finely edged with blackish ; superciliaries and line round the eye pale 

 rufous ; tail chestnut : beneath much paler, throat and fore neck 

 almost dirty white ; breast with more or less obscure narrow shaft- 

 spots of pale fulvous ; under wing-coverts and inner margins of wing- 

 feathers pale cinnamomeous : whole length 6 inches, wing 3-3, tail 

 2"8. Female similar. 



Hah. Mexico and Central America southwards to Vcragua. 



