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DENDROCOLAPTIB.E. 



Margarornis perlata, Salvin, Ibis, 1874, p. 323 ; ScL et Salv. P. Z. S. 

 187n, p. 523 (Antioquia) ; Berl. d Tacz. P. Z. S. 1884, p. 300, et 

 1885, p. 98 (Ecuador) ; Tacz. Orn. Per. ii. p. 164. 



Margarornis squamigera, Scl. Cat. A. B. p. IGO ; id. P. Z. S. 1855, 

 p. 142 (Bogota),^ 1858, p. 553 (Ecuador), 1860, pp. G6, 88 

 (Ecuador) ; Cah. et Hein. Mus. Jlein. ii. p. 34 ; Scl. et Salv. 

 Nomencl. p. 67 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 529 (Central Teru), 1880, 

 p. 201 (N. Peru), et 1882, p. 27 (N.E. Peru). 



Jfearlj- similar to M. perlata, but distinguisliablo by its brownish 

 head, and the much less yellowish tinge of the spots beneath. 

 Hah. Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador. 



a. c5" ad. sk. Merida, Venezuela. 



b. ^ ad. sk. Sierra Nevada, Merida, Ven- 



ezuela {(juering). 



c. Ad. St. Bogota. 



d. Ad. sk. Bogota. 



e. Ad. sk. Bogota. 



/. 2 ad. sk. Santa Elena, U. S. C. (Sab)ion). 



g. Ad. sk. Santa Elena, U. S. C. 



h. Ad.sk. Vicinity of Medellin, U.S.C. 



{8almoii). 



i. S ad. sk. Titiacun, Ecuador {Fraser). 



j, k. Ad. sk. Sical, Ecuador {Buckley). 



I, m,. Ad. sk. Ecuador. 



n. Ad. sk. Ecuador {Jameson). 



Sclater Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll 



Purchased. 

 Sclater Coll. 

 Purchased. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 T. K. Salmon [C.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Sclater Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Sclater Coll. 

 Jardine Coll. 



3. Margarornis stellata. 



Margarornis stellata, Scl. et Suh. Nomencl. pp. G7, 100 (Ecuador) ; 

 Salv. Ibis, 1874, p. 316. 



Above uniform chestnut-red : beneath similar, but paler and more 

 brownish ; throat pale fulvous white ; breast and centre of belly 

 spotted with very small circular spots of pale fulvous, which are 

 definitely margined with black ; under wing-coverts pale fulvous, 

 slightly striated ; blotch at the base of the wing-feathers fulvous ; 

 bill and feet pale brown : whole length 6 inches, wing 34, tail 3. 



Hab. Western Ecuador. 



a. Ad. sk. 



b, c. Ad. sk. 



Vicinity of Quito, Ecuador. 

 Ecuador {Jameson). 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Jardine Coll. 



4. Margarornis rubiginosa. 



Margarornis rubiginosa, Lairr. Ann. L. N. Y. viii. p. 128, et ix. 

 p. 106 (Costa Rica) ; Frantz. J. f. O. 1869, p. 304 (Costa Rica) ; 

 Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 67 ; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 60 (Costa 

 Rica). 



Above chestnut-red, head more brownish, superciliaries pale 

 fulvous : beneath fulvous brown, more reddish on the flanks and 

 crissum ; throat and breast pale fulvous white, breast spotted with 



