47. XIPHORHYNCHUS. 159 



2. Xiphorhynchus trochilirostris. 



Dendrocolaptes trochilirostris, Licht. Adit. Akad. Berl. 1820, p. 207, 



t. iii., et 1821, p. 2C3. 

 Xiphorhynchus trochilirostris, Max. Beitr. iii. p. 1140; Cab, in 



Schomh. Oman. iii. p. 690; 8d. Cat. A. B. p. 167; Scl. et Salt: 



P. Z. S. 1867, p. 57') (L. Amazons), et 1879, p. 524 (Autioquia) ; 



iid. Nomencl. p. 09 ; iS'«/('. Ibis, 1885, p. 422 (Brit. Guiana). 

 Dendrocopus falcularius, TieiU. Enc. Me fit. p. 026 (1822) ; id. Gal. 



Ois. i. p. 286; pi. 175. 

 Xiphorhynchus procurvus, Lafr. Ber. Zoul. 18.50, p. .375 (eiT.). 

 Xiphorhynchus lafresuayanus, Laxor. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 292 



(Panama). 

 Xiphorhynchus thoracicus, Scl. P. Z. S. 1860, pp. 277, 293 (Ecuador) ; 



id. Cat. A. B. p. 107 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 323 (Peru) ; id. Ont. 



Per. ii. p. 181 ; Berl. et Tacz. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 563, et 1885, p. 99 



(Ecuador) . 

 Xiphorhj'Dcliu.? procurvus, Scl. P. Z. S. 1854, p. Ill (Eio Napo). 

 Xiphorhynchus procurvoides, Lafr. Rev. Zuol. 1850, p. 376; Et/ton, 



Contr. Orii. 1852. p. 23; Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 107. 

 Xiphorhynchus subprocurvus, Reichenh. Handb. p. 183. 

 Xiphorhynchus grenadensis, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 63 (Boi^ota). 



Above fulvous brown, head darker ; head, neck, and upper back 

 marked with distinct shaft-stripes of pale fulvous, which are more or 

 less distinctly margined with blackish ; wings, rump, and tail 

 ferruginous : beneath paler, throat pale fulvous ; neck, breast, and 

 belly covered more or less with pale fulvous shaft-stripes, which in 

 some specimens have blackish margins ; under wing-coverts and 

 inner margins of wing-feathers ochraceous ; bill clear reddish 

 brown : whole length 10 inches, wing 4, tail 3-6. Female similar. 



Hah. South America from Panama down to S.E. Brazil. 



After examining a large series of specimens of the red-billed 

 Xijihorhi/nchns from various localities, I lind so much indi\idual 

 variation that it seems impossible to separate the local forms satis- 

 factorily. 



a. Ad. sk. Lion Hill Station, Isthm. of Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Panama {McLeannan). 



b. cJ ad. sk. Babahoyo, Ecuador (Fraser). Sclater Coll. i Types of 



V X fito- 



c. c? ad. sk. Esmeraldas, Ecuador {Eraser). Sclater Coll. | racicus. 



d. Ad. st. Guyaquil, Ecuador. G. Barclay, Esq. [C.]. 

 e,f. Ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godraan Coll. 

 g,h. Ad.sk. Sta. Rita, Ecuador (Villa- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



gomez). 



i. Ad. sk. Kemedios, Antioquia. T. K. Salmon [C.]. 



j. 5 ad. sk. Remedios, Autioquia {Sal- Salvin-Godmon Coll. 



mon). 



k. Ad. sk. Bogota. Purchased. 



I, in. Ad. sk. Bogota. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



n. Ad. sk. Bogota. Evton Coll. 



o. Ad. sk. Bogota. Sclater Coll. 



2). Ad. sk. San Esteban, Veiipzuela. Sclater Coll. 



