144 DENDEOcoLAr-rri)^.. 



3. Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus. 



Deiulrocoliiptes prmucropirliviiclius, Less. Bvo. Zool. 1840, p. liTO ; 



Lnfr. liev. Zool. 18o0, p. 99 : IScl. P. Z. S. 18")5, p. 142 (Bogota) ; 



Ei'/ton, Contr. Orn. 185:2, p. ^1. 

 Xiphocolaptes pronieropirlivnclius, Cah. et Ileiii. Mtis. Hem. ii. p. 36 ; 



Scl. P. Z. S. 18o9, p. 140\Ecuador) ; id. Cat. A. B. p. 1<>3; M.et 



Sctlv. P. Z. S. 18i;8, p. 107, et 1870, p. 781 (Venezuela), 1879, 



p. 52:'> (Antioquia), p. 622 (Bolivia) ; iid. Nomencl. p. 68 ; iid. Ex. 



Orn. p. 72 ; Tncz. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 2;il (N. Peru) ; Berl. et Tacz. 



P. Z S. 1885, p. 114; RUhiiD. Pr. U. S. K 31. xii. p. 10. 

 Dendrocolaptes liuoatocephaius. Gray et 3Iitck. Gen. Birds,'p\. xliii.; 



Eytoii, Contr. Orn. 18o2, p. 22. 

 Xiphocolaptes procerus, Cah. et Hein. Mus. Ilein. ii. p. 36 ; *SV/. Cat. 



A. B. p. 163; Set. et Sale. Nomencl. p. 68. 

 Xiphocolaptes compressirostris, Taez. P. Z. S. 1882, p. 28 (N.E. 



Peru) ; id. Orn. Per. ii. p. 172 ; Tacz. et Berl. P. Z. S. 1885, 



pp. 98, 114 (?). 



Above brown ; head and neck covered with long and narrow 

 shaft-stripes of pale fulvous ; external edgings of wing-feathers, 

 rump, and tail ferruginous : beneath brown ; throat whitish ; shaft- 

 stripes on neck, breast, and belly pale fulvous ; middle of belly, 

 crissura, and under wing-coverts more or less distinctly spotted with 

 black ; under surface of wings ferruginous ; bill pale plumbeous : 

 whole length 12 inches, wing 5-5, tail 4-4. Female similar. 



Huh. Venczueld, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. 



The pale bill, the much narrower shaft-stripes above, and the 

 black spots (not hands) on the belly distinguish this species from 

 X albicolUs. After re- comparing the whole series before me (from 

 Venezuela to Bolivia), I am unable to agree with Mr. llidgway's 

 recent views on this species (I. s. c). 1 find much individual varia- 

 tion, even the characteristic black belly-spots being nearly deficient 

 in some individuals. 



In the Bolivian form {D. liiieatocejihalus), I admit, the head-stripes 

 are usually narrower ; but some of the skins from Ecuador and 

 Colombia are hardly separable on this score. 



a. Ad. St. Venezuela. D. Dyson [C.J. 



b. (S ad. sk. Caripe, Venezuela (Goering). Sclater Coll. 



c. (S ad. sk. Merida, Venezuela {Goering). Sclater Coll. 



d. cf ad. sk. Merida, Venezuela (^^c^enH/y). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 (',/,.«/. Ad. sk. Bogota. ' Sclater Coll. 



h. Ad. sk. Bogi)ta. Purchased. 



i. Ad. sk. Bogota. Salviu-Godman Coll. 



j. Ad. sk. Bogota. Eyton Coll. 



k. Ad. sk. Vicinitv of Med;.41in, Antioquia, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



U. S; C. (-S'«/;«o;0. 



/. Ad. sk. Santa Elena, Antioquia. T. K. Salmon [C.]. 



m. Ad. sk. Eemedios, Antioquia, U. S. C. Sclater Coll. 



{Salmon), 



n, o. Ad. sk. Chiquinda, Ecuador {Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



p. Ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador {Buckley). Salviu-Godman Coll. 



g. Ad. sk. lluasampilla, Peru ( TI'VijMy). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



