14S dkndrocot.aptid.t;. 



Xiphorhynchus maculiveuter, Less. Stippl. a Buff. p. 283. 

 Picolaptes squauiatua, Lafr. Hcv. Zool. 1850, p. 148 ; Bp. Comp. 



i. p. 208 ; LYoii, Cuntr'. Orn. 1852, p. 22 ; Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 166 ; 



Scl. et Sail'. iS'omencl. p. 68. 

 Thripobrotus squauiatus, Cah. et Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 37. 

 Picolaptes wagleri, Lafr. R. Z. 1850, p. 149. 



Above cinnamomeous brown ; head dusk}-, with rather faint 

 shaft-spots of pale fulvous ; rump and tail ferruginous : beneath, 

 throat white ; abdomen densely covered with large white shaft- 

 spots, which are margined with blackish ; flanks and crissum more 

 dusky : under wing-coverts and inner margins of wing-feathers 

 cinnamomeous ; bill pale horn-colour ; feet brown : whole length 

 "•8 inches, wing 3"8. tail 3"4. Female similar. 



Hah. S.E. Brazil. 



This species has a general resemblance to P. lencogaster, but is 

 distinguished by its smaller size, cinnamomeous back, and the much 

 less defined spots on the head. 



3. Picolaptes falcinellus. 



Thripobrotus falcinellus, Cab, et Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 38. 



Similar to P. squamatus, but the shaft-spots on the head strongly- 

 defined and carried down over the nape and neck, where they 

 become longer and form striations. 



Hah. Southern Brazil. 



a. 5 ad. sk. Curytiba, Brazil {Katterer). Sclater CoU. 



(Authentic specimen.) 



4. Picolaptes lacrymiger. 



Dendrocolaptes lacrymiger, Des Mnrs, Lc. Orn. pi. 70. 



Picolaptes lacrvmiofer, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1850, p. 154; Bp. Cons]}. 

 i. p. 208 ; El/ion, Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 22 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1855, p. 142 

 (Bogota) ; id. Cat. A. B. p. 166 ; S<-1. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 68 ; 

 iid. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 78 (Venezuela), 1879, p. 524 (Antioquia) ; 

 Wyatt, Lbis, 1871, p. 331 (Colombia); Salv. et Godm. Ibis, 

 1880, p. 171 (Sta. Marta) ; Tacz. et Bert. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 98 

 'Ecuador) P 



Thripobrotus lacrymiger, Cah. et Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 38. 



Thripobrotus lafresnayi, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 38 (Vene- 

 zuela). 



Picolaptes lafresnayi, Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 627. 



Above brown ; head darker, with indistinct fulvous shaft-spots ; 

 outer edges of wing-feathers, upper tail-coverts, and tail ferruginous : 

 beneath brown, covered with distinct elongated oval shaft-spots of 



