152 DEXDEOCOLAPTIDJB. 



of the inferior surface is not nearly so definite as in the foregoing 

 flpeciey. 



a, b. Ad. 8k. Baliia, Erazil ( Wucherer). Salvin-Godnian Coll. 



c. c? ad. ; d. Ad. Sao Paulo, Brazil (Joyner). Salvin-Godman Cull. 



sk. 



e. Ad. sic. Rio, Brazil. Sclater Coll. 



/ Ad. sic. S.E. Brazil. Sclater Coll. 



g. Ad. sk. S.E. Brazil. Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



h. Skeleton. S.E.Brazil. Ejton Coll. 



10. Picolaptes albolineatus. 



Dendrocolaptes albolineatus, Lafr. Hev. Zool. 1846, p. 208. 

 Picolaptes alboline^tns, lafr. Rev. Zool. 1850, p. 278 ; Eyton, Contr. 



Oni. 1852, p. 22 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 63 (Rio Napo) ; ^Scl. ei Salv. 



P. Z. S. 1868, p. 167 (Venezuela), et 1879, p. 524 (Antioquia) ; iid. 



Nomencl. p. 68 ; Salv. Ibis, 1885, p. 422 (Brit. Guiana). 



Above brown ; head and neck darker and covered with very 

 narrow long shaft-stripes of pale fulvous ; outer secondaries, rump, 

 and tail ferruginous : beneath earthy brown with a greyish tinge, 

 and covered with long shaft stripes of very pale fulvous which have 

 black lateral margins ; throat nearly unifoi'm fulvous ; under wing- 

 coverts and inner webs of wing-feathers cinnamomeous : bill pale 

 horn-colour : whole length 7"2 inches, wing 3-5, tail 2-8. Female 

 similar. 



Hah. Venezuela, Colombia, and Guiana, 



The very narrow linear shaft-stripes on the head and neck above 

 are the distinguishing features of this species. Some years ago I 

 compared one of my specimens with the type in the Paris Museum. 



fl, b. Ad. sk. Bogota. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



c, d. Ad. sk. Bogota. Sclater Coll. 



e. (5' ad. sk. Santa Elena, U. S. C. ((S'a/?no?i). Sahiu-Godman Coll. 



/. Ad. sk. Remedios, Antioquia, U.S.C. Sclater Coll. 



{Salmon). 



g. fS ad. sk. Carupano,^'euezu^?la(^Toe)•i'?^(/). Salvm-Godmau Coll. 



(Compared with tvpe.) 



A. cJ ad. sk. Venezuela (Goerhig). Sclater Coll. 



hJ- 6 ad. ; k. 5 Roraima, British Guiana Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 ad. sk. ( TMiitely). 



11. Picolaptes souleyeti. 



Dendrocolaptes souleyetii, Deg Mur$, Ic. Orn. pi. 69. 



Picolaptes souleyetii, Lafr. liev. Zool. 1850, i. p. 276: Bj). C'onsp. 



p. 208; Eyton, Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 22 ; Sclater, P. Z. S. I860, 



p. 29.J (Ecuador); id. Cat. A. B. p. 166; Scl. et Salv. Aomencl. 



p. 69 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 323 (Peru) ; id. Orn. Per. ii. p. 174 ; 



Salv. P. Z.S. J 883, p. 424 (Peru) ; Berl. et Tacz. P. Z. S. 1883, 



p. 563 (W. Ecuador), et 1885, p. 98 (Ecuador). 

 Thripobrotus souleyeti, Cab. et Heiyi. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 37. 



Above reddish brown ; head darker and covered with long shaft- 

 stripes of pale fulvous, which are continued over the nape and neck ; 



