39. DENDROKNIS. 135 



Deudrocolaptes ilammeus, Licht. Abh. Akad. Berl. 1818, p. 202. 



Nasica pardalotus, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1850, p. 386. 



Dendrornis pardalotus, Eyton, Contr. Om. 1852, p. 23 ; Sci. Cat. A. 



B. p. 104; Veh. Ihis, 1873, p. 110; Hd. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 68 ; 



iid. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 622 (Bolivia) : Salv. lbi\ 1885, p. 422 (Brit. 



Guiana). 



Above brown ; head, neck, and upper back covered with clear 

 shaft-stripes of pale fulvous with blackish margins ; upper half of 

 wings brown, unspotted ; lower half of wings, lower back, and tail 

 bright ferruginous, almost chestnut : beneath brown, with clear 

 fulvous shaft-stripes on the fore neck, breast, and upper belly; 

 throat more or less clear and unspotted fulvous : under Ming-coverts 

 and inner margins of wing-feathers cinnamomeous ; bill dark horn- 

 colour, often more or less pale beneath : whole length 8*4 inches, 

 wing 4-2, tail 3"5. Femali' similar. 



Hah. Caj-enne, Guiana, and Lower Amazonia. 



In some specimens in the series of this species the bill is ex- 

 tremely short, only about 0-6 iuch from the nostril to the tip, 

 instead of 1-1 or 1-2 inch. These are, perhaps, young birds, as 

 they do not differ materially in other respects and there are inter- 

 mediate forms. 



a,b. Ad. St. S.America. Purchased. 



c. Ad. sk. Oyapoc, Cayenne {Jelski). Sclater Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. Oyapoc, Cayenne. Sclater Coll. 



e. Ak. sk. Oyapoc, Cayenne. Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



f. (J. Ad. sk. Cayenne. Sclater Coll. 

 h. Ad. sk. Cayenne. Eyton Coll. 

 i. (S ad. sk. Barra, Rio Negro {Nat- Sclater CoU. 



terer). 

 j, k. (S 2 ^■d. sk. Bartica Grove, Brit. Giu- Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



ana {Whitely), 

 I, m. S ad. ; 7i. Bartica Grove, Brit. Gui- Sclater Coll. 



5 ad. sk. ana ( Whitely). 



o. (5 ad. sk. Camacusa, Brit. Guiana Sclater Coll. 



( Whitely). 

 p,q. S 2 ad. sk. Camacusa, Brit. Guiana Salvin-Godraan Coll. 



( Whitely). 

 r. 2 ad. sk. Merume Mts., Brit. Guiana Salvin-Godmau CoU. 



( Whitely). 

 s,t. (S 2 ad. sk. Roraima, Brit. Guiana Salvin-Godman Coll. 



{Whitely). 

 u. cJ ad. ; v, tv. Roraima, Brit. Gidana Sclater Coll. 



$ad. sk. {Whitely). 



X. Ad.sk. Nairapi, Bolivia (i?«cA%), Salviu-Godman Coll. 



12. Dendrornis polysticta. (Plate X.) 



Dendrornis polvsticta, Sale, et Gudm. Ibis, 1883, p. 210 ; Sahin, Ibis, 

 1885, p. 422\Brit. Guiana). 



Above brown, head blackish ; head, neck, and upper back marked 

 with narrow elongated shaft-spots of pale fulvous white edged with 



