138 DENDKOCOLAPTID^. 



16. Dendrornis multiguttata. 



Nasica miiltiguttatiis, Lafr. Bev. Zool. 1850, p. 417. 



Uendrornis multiguttata, Des Mum, Vuy. Casteln., Ois. p. 14, pi. 12. 

 fig-. 1 ; *•<:■/. Cat. A. B. p. 1G4; S'cl. cl S(dv. Nomcnd. ■^. GS ■, 

 lid. P. Z. S 187;!, p. 271 (E. Peru) ; Tacz. Orn. Per. ii. p. 180. 



Picolaptes notatus, Eyton, Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 26. 



Deiidioplex similis, Pch. Orn. Bras. p. 46. 



Above brown, bead darker; head, neck, and upper back covered 

 with shaft-stripes of pale fulvous margined with black ; secondaries, 

 edgings of wings, rump, and tail ferruginous red : beneath brown, 

 throat fulvous ; rest of body beneath with elongated shaft -stripes of 

 pale fulvous, which are wider and more numerous on the fore neck ; 

 middle of throat nearly unspotted pale fulvous ; under wing-coverts 

 and inner margins of wing-feathers cinnamomeous ; bill pale 

 brown : whole length 7"5 inches, wing 3-8, tail 3-2. 



Hah. Amazonia. 



This species comes near the last, but is more or less striated all 

 over the lower surface, not ocellated on the breast. 



40. DENDROPLEX. „ 



Type. 

 Dendroplex, Siv. Zool. Jonrn. iii. p. .364 (1827) D. picus. 



In the two closely allied species of Dmdrople.v the commissure 

 and gonys are nearly perfectly straight, the bill being rather longer 

 than the head, strong and pointed. Bendroj^le.v occurs only south 

 of the Isthmus of Panama. 



Key to the Species. 



A. Fore neck with dark feather-margins 1. pints, p. 1.38. 



B. Fore neck clear white 2. jricirostris, p. 1.39. 



1. Dendroplex picus. 



Le Talapiot, Danh. PI. Enl. C05. 



Oriolus picus, Gnt. S. A', i. p. 384; Lath. Ind. Orn i. p. 188. 



Gracula picoides, SJiaw, Gen. Zool. vii. p 476. 



