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DENDROCOLAPTIDJi. 



4. Sclerurus caudacutus. 



Thamuophilus caudacutus, Vieill. Noiiv. Diet, iii. p. olO; id. Enc. 

 Mith. p. 742 (Cayenne). 



Sclerurus cuudacutus, Scl. et 8alv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 573 (L. Ama- 

 zons) ; iid. Xomencl. p. 62 ; Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 333 ; id. 

 Ibis, 1885, p. 419 (Brit. Guian.). 



Above brown : front and sides of the head rufous ; upper tail- 

 coverts slightly rufcsccnt ; tail blackish : beneath similar ; throat 

 white ; breast more or less rufous : whole length G*7 inches, wing 

 3*7, tail 2'7. Female similar. 



Rab. Guiana and Lower Amazonia. 



u. Ad. St. S. America. 



b. Ad. sk. Cayenne. 



c. Ad. sk. Brazil (?). 



d. cJad. sk. Merum4 Mts., Brit. Guiana 



{Whitely). 



e. (S jr. sk. Bartica Grove, Brit. Guiana 



{Wkifeli/). 



f. 5 ad. sk. R. Attapurow, Brit. Guiana 



{Whiteh/). 



g. 2ad.sk. Camacusa,Brit.Guiana( J^r/«V<?/;/). 

 h, i, $ir. sk. Carimaug River, Brit. Guiana 



{}Vhitely\ 

 j,li. 6 $ ad.sk. Carimaiig River, Brit. Guiana 



{Whitcbj). 

 I. 5 ad. sk. Oapim River, Lower Amazons 



( Wallace). 

 m. Ad. sk. S. America. 



Purchased. 

 Sclater Coll. 

 Salviu-Godmau Coll. 

 Salviu-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salviu-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salviu-Godman Coll. 



Sclater Coll. 



Sclater Coll. 



J. Gould, Esq. [P.]. 



5. Sclerurus brunneus. 



Sclerurus brunneus, Scl. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 17 (Bogota), 1858, p. 62 



(Rio Napo) ; id. Cat. A. B. p. 149. 

 Sclerurus caudacutus, Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 750, et 1873, 



p. 269 (Upp. Amaz.). 

 Sclerm-us olivascens. Cab. J. f. O. 1873, p. 67 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, 



p. 526 (C. Peru) ; id. Orn. Per. ii. p. 115 (?). 



Above nearly uniform brown ; front and sides of head slightly 

 rufesccnt : beneath similar, not quite so dark ; middle of throat 

 whitish : whole length 6 inches, wing 3-2, tail 2*2. Female similar. 



Hah. Colombia and Amazonia. 



Apparently distinguishable from S. caudacutus by its much more 

 uniform colouring, but very closely allied. 



Bogota. 



a. Ad. sk. 



b. Ad. sk. 



c. Ad. sk. 



d. e. Ad. sk. 

 /. Ad. sk. 



!/. Ad. sk. 



Balzar ^Its., Ecuador {Illiiuj- 

 wortli). 



Sarayacu, Ecuador {Buckle}/). 



Chyavetas, E. Peru (Bartlett). 



Yurimaguas, E. Peru (Bart- 

 left). 



Yquitos, E. Peru ( Whitely). 



Sclater Coll. (Type of 



the species.) 

 Salviu-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Sclater Coll. 



