130 DENT)ROCOT,APTID.^. 



ferruginous red : beneath rather paler ; throat noarlj- white ; fore 

 neckr^rcast, and upper belly with wide shaft-stripes of pale fulvous, 

 which become more or less evanescent on the lower belly ; crissum 

 and under wing-coverts cinnamomeous ; bill and feet black : whole 

 length 9-5 inches, wing 4-5, tail 3-8. Female similar. 



Jlah. Lower Amazonia. 



The dark bill distinguishes this species from D. rostripnllens. 

 The shaft-spots ou the upper back are also much larger and clearer. 



a. Ad. sk. Rio Capim ( Wallace). Sclater Coll. 



(Type of the .species.) 



b. cJad.sk. Para, Lower Amazons (IFaZ/flce). Salviu-Godman Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Para, Lower Amazons (Layard). Sclater Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. Sautarera, Amazons ( Wickham). Salvin-Godnian Coll. 



e. Ad. sk. Borba, Brazil (Katterer). Sclater Coll. 



5. Dendrornis eburneirostris. 



Xiphorliyuchus ilavigaster, Sw. Phil. Mag. 1827, i. p. 440 (?) ; Bp. 



CoMs;^. i. p. 208. 

 Urj'ocopus eburneirostris. Less. Echo d. M. 8. 1843. 

 Uryocopus ilavigaster rfD. eburneirostris, Z>e.s ilf2<;'s, Icon. Orn. pi. 52. 

 Nasica Ilavigaster, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1850, p. 383. 

 Premnocopus eburneirostris, Reichb. Uundb. p. 186. 

 Dendrornis eburneirostris, Eyton, Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 23 ; Cab. et 



Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 37 ; Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 1G4 ; Lawr. Ann. 



Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 201 (N. Yucatan) ; Scl. et Sale. P. Z. S. 1870, 



pp. 837, 839 (Honduras) ; iid. Nomencl. p. 08 ; Ridqw. P. U. S. 



N. M. vi. pp. 375, 385 (Nicaragua); Bovc. P. Z. 6'.' 1883, p. 450 



(Yucatan). 

 Dendrornis flavigastra, Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 289, et 1859, p. 381 



(Mexico) ; Scl. et Sale. Ibis, 1860, p. 389 (Guatemala) ; Ridgio. 



P. U. S. N. M. ix. p. 156 (Mexico). 

 Picolaptes validirostris, Eyfon, Contr. Orn. 1851, p. 75. 



Above ' brown ; bead much darker, nearly blackish ; feathers of 

 head, neck, and upper back marked with long shaft-stripes of pale 

 fulvous edged with black ; wings, rump, and tail ferruginous brown : 

 beneath paler; breast and belly with similar long shaft-stripes, 

 which extend over the crissum ; throat pale fulvous, the feathers on 

 the sides of the neck slightly margined with blackish ; under wing- 

 coverts and inner margins of wing-feathers pale ferruginous ; bill 

 dirty white ; feet brown : whole length 8-8 inches, wing 4-4, tail 4. 

 Female similar. 



Bah. S. Mexico, Yucatan, Guatemala, and Honduras. 



This is a smaller representative of the group of D. guttata, and 

 has a smaller and more slender bill. 



Cacoprieto, Tehuantepec, Mexico Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



(Sumichrast). 



Santa Efigenia, Tehuantepec, Sahiu-Godman Coll. 



Mexico [Sumichrast). 



Mexico. Sclater CoU. 



Northern Yucatan (Gatimei-). Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



YuLatau. Sclater Coll. 



