44. PICOLAPTES. 149 



clear fulvous white, which are definitely bordered with black ; throat 

 fulvous white ; under wing-coverts and inner margins of wing- 

 feathers cinnamomeous ; wing-eud blackish ; bill pale horn-colour : 

 whole length 8-2 inches, wing 4-2, tail '&o. Female similar. 



Hah. Colombia and Venezuela. 



The rounded form of the semi-obsolete head-spots and the narrow 

 shape of the clear shaft-spots beneath distinguish this species. 



o. c? ad. sk. San Sebastian, r.S.C.CS'/www^). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



b. 2 ad. sk. Frontino, Antioquia, U. S. C. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Salmon). 



c, d. Ad. sk. Frontino, Antioquia, U. S. C. T. K. Salmon [C.]. 

 e. S ad. sk. Sta. Elena, Antioquia, U. S. C. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Salmon). 



/. Ad. sk. Sta. Elena, Antioquia, U. S.C. Sclater Coll. 



(Salmon). 



g. Ad. sk. Colombia (Salmon). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



h-j. Ad. sk. Bogota. Sclater Coll. 



k-m. Ad. sk. Bogota. Purchased. 



w. Ad. sk. Colombia. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



o. Ad. St. Venezuela. D. Dvson [C.]. 



2). (5 ad. sk. Caracas, Venezuela (Goering). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



y, r. Ad. sk. Venezuela. Sclater Coll. 



5. Picolaptes warcewiezi. 



Thripobrotus warscewiczi. Cab. et Hein. Mas. Heiu. ii. p. 80. 



Picolaptes warszewiczi, Tacz. Orn. Per. ii. p. 173. 



Picolaptes lacrvmiger, Scl. P. Z. S. 18")9, p. 140, et 1860, p. 88 



(Ecuador); tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 52y (C. Peru), 1879, p. 232, 



et I860, p. 201 (X. Peru). 

 Picolaptes peruvianas, Tacz. P. Z. S. 1882, p. 28 (N.E. Peru) ? 

 Picolaptes lacrvmiger warszewiezi, Berl. et Tacz. P. Z. S. 1884, 



p. 301 (W. Ecuador) ? 



Similar to P. lacrymirfer, but neck and upper back with light 

 fulvous linear shaft-stripes ; rump more ferruginous ; throat rather 

 more white, and shaft-stripes beneath narrower. 



Hab. Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. 



I am very doubtful about the distinctness of this southern form 

 of P. lacrijmif^ei; but have hardly materials before me sufficient for 

 a decided conclusion. 



a. S ad. St. Bolivia. T. Bridges [C.]. 



b. 2 ad. sk. Bolivia. Sclater Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Sical, Ecuador. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



d. cJ ad. sk. Nanegal, Ecuador (Fraser). Sclater Coll. 



6. Picolaptes affinis. 



Dendrocolaptes affinis, Lafr. Pev. Zool. 1839, p. 100. 



Picolaptes atfiuis, Lu/r. Pev. Zool. leoO, p. 275; Eijton, Contr. Orn. 

 1852, p. 22; Scl. P. Z. S. 1850, p. 289, 1859, pp. .3t)o,3^1, et 1864, 

 p. 175 (S. Mexico) ; id. Vat. A. B. p. 1(3(3; Sd. et Salv. Ibia, 1859, 



