44. ncoLAriEs. 151 



straightened bill. The breast-stripes also are more rounded and not 

 so much elongated. The upper back is spotted, as is also the case 

 in some examples of P. affinis. 



a. Ad. sk. S.E. Brazil (?). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Type of the species.) 



8. Picolaptes puncticeps. 



Picolaptes puncticeps, Scl. et Salv. Xomencl. pp. 69, 160 ; Salv. Ibis 

 1885, p. 422 (Br. Guiana). 



Above brown ; head darker, regularh- spotted with small pale fulvous 

 shaft-spots ; outer secondaries, rump, and tail ferruginous : beneath 

 earthy brown ; throat fulvous ; neck, breast, belly, and crissum 

 covered with long narrow shaft-stripes of pale fulvous white, M-hich 

 have black lateral margins ; under wing-coverts and inner margins 

 of wing-feathers cinnamomeoiis ; bill horn-colour beneath, whitish 

 at base ; feet black : whole length G-8 inches, wing 3'5, tail 3. 

 Female similar. 



Hah. Guiana. 



The small size and minute round spots on the head at once dis- 

 tinguish this species. 



a. Ad. sk. Cayenne. Selater Coll. 



(Type of the species.) 



b, c. $ ad. sk. Merum^ Mts., Brit. Guiaua Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Jrhiteli/). 



9. Picolaptes tenuirostris. 



Dendrocolaptes tenuirostris, Lkht. Abh. Akad. Berl. 1820, p. 202, 

 et 1821, p. 26-5 ; id. Doubl. p. 17 ; Eulet; J. f. 0. 1867, pp. 194, 



Dendrocolaptes fuscus, Vieill. Kouv. Did. xxvi. p. 117 ; id. Enc. Meth. 



p. 624 (?). 

 Picolaptes guttata, Less. Cent. Zool. p. 93, pi. 32. 

 Picolaptes teuuirostris, Zafr. Eev. Zool. 18.50, p. 151 ; Eyton, Conlr. 



Orn. 1852, p. 22 ; ,Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 167 ; Scl. et Salv. Nmnencl. 



p. 69. 

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



Above brown ; head and neck darker ; head thickly covered with 

 rounded shaft-spots of pale fulvous edged with black ; upper back 

 with similar shaft-stripes rather clearer in colour ; edgings of out«r 

 secondaries, rump, and tail ferruginous : beneath brown, densely 

 covered with rather broadened shaft-stripes of pale fulvous which 

 have darker lateral margins ; throat uniform pale fulvous ; under 

 wing-coverts and inner margins of wing-feathers cinnamomeous ; 

 bill horn-colour, yellowish beneath : whole length "•2 inches, wing 

 3'1, tail 28. Female similar. 



Hah. S.E. Brazil. 



The rounded spots on the head of this species are developed into 

 long shaft-stripes on the interscapulium. Besides this the spotting 



