136 DENDKOCOLAPlIDiE. 



black ; outer edgings of wings, lower back, and tail ferruginous : 

 beneath brown, throat fulvous white ; neck, breast, and upjier belly 

 distinctly spotted with broad shaft-spots of pale fulvous white, 

 which arc margined with black ; under wing-coverts cinnamomcous : 

 whole length 8-5 inches, wing 4, tail 3-8. FemaU similar. 



Iluh. Eritish Guiana. 



This species is nearest to D. pavdahtus, but distinguished by the 

 whiter throat and much more distinct spotting of the breast and 

 upper belly. 



a, b. $ ad. sk. Bartica Grove, Brit. Guiana Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



( Whitdy). (.Types of the species.) 



c, d. 5 ad. sk. Bartica Grove, Brit. Guiana Sdater Coll. 



( Wkitehj). 



13. Dendrornis ocellata. 



Dendrocolaptes ocellatus, Spiv, An. Bras. i. p. 88. 

 Dendrocolaptes giittatus, Spiv, Av. Bras. t. 91. fig. 1 (?). 

 Dendrornis ocellata, Eyton, Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 23; Feh. Orn. 

 Bras. p. 45 ; Sd. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 078 (U. Amazons), 



1873, pp. 185, 271 (E. Peru) ; {id. Nomend. p. 68 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 



1874, p. 529 (C. Peru) ; id. Orn. Per. ii. p. 179. 



Dendrornis weddellii, Des Murs, Ten/. Casteln., Ois. p. 46, t. xiv. 



fig. 2. 

 Dendrornis palliata, Sd. Cat. A. B. p. 164 ; Sd. c4 Salv. P. Z. S. 



1866, p. 184 (Upp. Amazons). 

 Dendrocolaptes chunchotaniho, Tsdi. F. P., Aves,r>. 241, t. xxii. fig. 1 



(cf. Sd. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 86). 

 Dendrornis chuncotambo, Tacx. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 529 (C. Peru), et 



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



Above brown ; head, neck, and upper back with long narrow 

 shaft-stripes of pale fulvous ; outer secondaries, rump, and tail 

 ferruginous : beneath paler ; breast more or less thickly covered 

 with rounded shaft-spots of pale fulvous, which are definitely 

 margined with black, these spots becoming longer and narrower on 

 the upper belly ; throat more or less pure fulvous ; under wing- 

 coverts and inner margins of wing-feathers cinnamomcous; bill 

 pale plumbeous white : whole length 8 inches, wing 4, tail 3-3. 

 Female similar. 



II((h. Amazonia. 



This species is closely allied to D. imrdalohis, but may be dis- 

 tinguished by the rounded spotting of the breast, and, usually, pale 

 plumbeous bill. In D. pardalotus these spots have the character 

 of longitudinal striations. 



a. J ad. sk. Marabitanas, Rio Negro (Nat- Sdater Cull. 



terer). 



I). Ad. sk. Xeberos, Peru [Bartldt). Sclater Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Yurimaguas, Peru. E. Bartlett [C.]. 



d. Ad. sk. R. Iluailaga, Peru {Hauxivdl). Sclater Coll. 



e. S ad. sk. Pebas, E. Peru (Ilaii.vwdl). Salviu-Godman Coll. 

 f,(). Ad. sk. Chyavetas, E. Peru {Bartlett). Sdater Coll. 



