43. XIPHOCOLAPTES. 143 



Xipbocolaptes albicollis, Cah. et Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 36 ; Scl. Cat. 

 A. B. p. 163; Scl. et Sale. E.c. Oni. p. 72; iid. Nomencl. p. 68; 

 Hamilton, Ibis, 1871, p. 304 (Brazil) ; Berl. J. f. O. 1873, p. 2o3 

 (S. Brazil), et 1887, p. 132 (Paraguay) ; W/iite, P. Z. S. 1882, 

 p. 613 (rep. Ai-g.) ; Scl. et Huds. Arg. Orn. i. p. 200 ; Ridyw. Pr. 

 U. S. N. M. xii. p. 3. 



Le Grand Grimpar, Levaill. Prom. p. 66, t. xxv. 



Deudrocolaptes cyanotis, Licht. Abh. Ak. Perl. 1820, p. 201, et 1821, 

 p. 264; Bp. Consp. i. p. 206(?). 



Deudi-ocolaptes falcirostris, Spiv, Av. Bras. i. p. 86, pi. Ixxxviii. (?). 



Above brown ; bead blackisb, witb long shaft-stripes of pale 

 fulvous, which are much narrowed on the neck ; lores, superciliaries, 

 and oar-covcrts whitish ; rnmp, outer secondaries, and tail ferru- 

 ginous : beneath rather paler; throat and sides of head whitish; 

 neck and breast sparingly marked with pale fulvous shaft-stripes ; 

 middle of belly, crissum, and under wing-coverts traversed by nume- 

 rous black bars ; under surface of wings cinnamomeous ; bill black : 

 whole length 12 inches, wing 54, tail 4-8. Female similar. 



Hab. S.E. Brazil, Paraguay, and Northern Argentina. 



a. Ad. St. Brazil. Lord Stuart de 



Rothesay [P.]. 



b, c. Ad. st. Brazil. M. Clausseu [P.]. 



d. Ad. st. Brazil. Purchased. 



e. Ad. St. Brazil. Gould Coll. 



/. Ad. sk. Bahia, Brazil ( Wuchercr). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(J. (S ad. sk. Rio Claro, Prov. Goyaz, Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



Brazil {Joyner). 



h. § ad. sk. Pelotas, Rio Gi'ande do Sul, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Brazil {Joyner). 



i. Ad. sk. Brazil. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



J. Ad. sk. Brazil. Eyton Coll. 



k. Ad. sk. Brazil. Purchased. 



/, »!, M. Ad. sk. Brazil. Sclater Coll. 



o. Ad. sk. Paraguay. Riocour CoU. 



2. Xipbocolaptes sclateri. 



Xipbocolaptes albicollis, Scl. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 202 (Jalapa). 

 Xipbocolaptes eniigraus, Scl. P)is, 1859, p. IIS; Swnichrast, Mem. 



Bod. Sue. i. p. 554 (^'era Cruz). 

 Xipbocolaptes sclateri, Pidyiv. Pr. U. S. N. 31. xii. p. 6. 



Similar to X. albicollis but larger, with longer bill, narrower 

 streaks on cap and hind neck, and less distinct on abdomen. 



Hab. S. Mexico. 



In the absence of a full series I follow Mr. Ridgway in recognizing 

 this Mexican form as distinct. Eut I must say that some of the 

 specimens of A'. emi<jrans from Vera Paz come very near to it. 



a. Ad. sk. La Parada, S. Mexico {Reboiwh). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



b. 2 jr. sk. Oaxaca, AV. Mexico {Fenochio). Salvin-Godman CoU. 



