40. DENDEOPLEX. 139 



Dendrocolaptes picus, Licht. Abh. AJcad. Berl. 1820, p. 203, et 1821, 

 p. 2G5 ; id. Douhl. p. 16 ; Max. Beitr. iii. p. 1134. 



Trepadore pico corto, Azara, Apunt. ii. p. 281, 



Deudrocopus lectirostris, Tieill. Nouv. I)ict. xx\i. Tp. 119; id. Enc. 

 Mcth. p. G26. 



Dendrocolaptes guttatiis, Less. Tr. d'Orn. p. 313. 



Deudroplex picus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 207 ; Lafr. Bev. Zool. 1850, p. 595 ; 

 Cab. in 8clwmb. Guian. iii. p. 690 ; Biirm. Si/sf. JJeb. iii. p. 18 ; 

 Cab. et Ilein. Mm. Ilcin. ii. p. 37 ; Eyton, 'Contr. Orn. 1852, 

 p. 24 ; 8cl. Cat. A. B. p. 105 ; Scl. et Sale. P. Z. S. 18G7, p. 575 

 (Lower Aniazon.s); iid. Numc/ic/. p. 08; Peh. Ibis, 1873, p. 110; 

 Laijard, Ibis, 1873, p. 380 (I'araj ; Salv. Ibis, 1885, p. 422 (Brit. 

 Guiana). 



Le Grimpar talapiot, Levaill. Prom. p. 69, t. xxvii. 



Above ferruginous red, upper back browner ; head blackish and 

 covered with small shaft-spots of pale fulvous : beneath earthy 

 brown, throat pale fulvous white ; fore neck and breast covered 

 with rounded shaft-spots of i)ale fulvous white, which pass into 

 striations on the belly ; under wing-coverts and inner margins of 

 wing-feathers cinnamomeous ; bill pale horny white : whole length 

 8 inches, wing 3'9, tail 3"3. Female similar. 



Hab. Lower Amazonia, Brazil, and Bolivia. 



a, b, c. Ad. sk. Bahia, Brazil ( Wucherer). Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



d. c? ad, sk. Rio Claro, Goyaz, Brazil Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Joi/nei-) . 



e,/ Ad. sk. S.E.Brazil. Sdater CoU. 



ff. Ad.sk. Pernambuco, Brazil (ivories) . Sclater CoU. 



/(. Ad. sk. Brazil. Purchased. 



i, 5 ad. sk. Island of Mexiana, Lower Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Amazons {Wallace). 



j. S ad. sk. Para, Lower Amazons ( Wal- Tweeddale Coll. 



lace), 



k. Ad. sk. Amazons {Hauxwell). Sclater Coll. 



/. Ad. St. Bolivia. T. Bridges [C.]. 



2. Dendroplex picirostris. 



Dendrocolaptes picirostris, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1847, p. 70. 



Dendroplex picirostris, Lafr. Bei\ Zool. 1850, p. 596; I)es Murs, Ic. 

 Orn. pi. Ii. ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 207 ; Eyton, Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 24 ; 

 Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 105; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, pp. 167, 627 

 (Venezuela) ; iid. Nomencl. p. 68; JJ'i/att, Ibis, 1871, pp. 115,331 

 (Colombia) ; -S«/('. et Godm. Ibis, 1880, p. 171 (Sta. Marta). 



Similar to D.jjicus, but throat and fore neck nearly pure unspotted 

 .white. 



JIab. Colombia and Venezuela. 



a. Ad. sk. Santa Marta, U. S. C. {Simons). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



b. Ad. sk. Santa Marta, U. S. C. Sclater Coll. 



c. 2 ad. sk. Bogota. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. Bogota. Sclater Coll. 



e. Ad. sk. Cumuna, Venezuela {Dyson). Eyton Coll. 



