162 



ppxiiKocoLAriiii.i;. 



a. Ak. ek. Bogota. f^dater Coll. 



b. Ad. sk. Bogota. Purchased. 



48. DENDROCINCLA*. 



Type. 



Biyocopiis, Ma.r. Beitr. iii. p. 1111 (18.31) 1). turdina. 



DendrociDcla, Gray, List Gen. B. p. 18 (1840) 1). turdina. 



Dendromanes, »S'c/. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 382 D. auabatina. 



The species of Daidrocincla are most]}- clad in uniform tints of 

 hroAvn and riifons, and cxhihit comparaiively little of the sj)otting 

 und striation obscrvahle in most of this snbfamily. They are all 

 of moderate size. The bill, thongh depressed, is not so much 

 broadened as in Dciuh-ocolaptcs, to which they form a transition 

 from the forms with compressed bills. 



Key to tlie Species, 



A. Bill iiai rower; more constricted at base. {Dendromanes!) 



L a. Head brown 1. analatina, p. 1G2. 



b. Head bright rufous 



I Smaller : back more rufou.s 2. Jiomocfiroa, p. 163. 



I Larger : back darker 3. ntjiceps, p. 164. 



B. Bill wider ; broader at base. (JDendrocincIa.) 



a. Fore neck distinctly striated. 



I Larger : tail shorter 4. tyrannina, p. 164. 



I Smaller : tail longer 5. longicauda, p. 165. 



b. Fore neck not distinctly striated. 



a'. Fore neck with tine shaft-stripes. 

 a" . Bill dark ; head uniform. 



I Outer secondaries chestnut 6. fidk/inosa, p. 165. 



] Outer secondaries rufous 7. olivacea, p. 166. 



b". Bill light ; head striated 8. ti(rdina, p. 167. 



b'. Fore neck uniform, without shaft-stripes. 



( Darker ; wing-coverts rufous 9. menda, p. 168. 



) Lighter ; wing-coverts brown 10. merutotdes, p. 168. 



1. Dendrocincla anabatina. 



Dendrocincla anabatina, Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 54, pi. 150 (Honduras); 

 Scl.et Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 54; nd. Nommcl. p. 67; Boucard, 

 P. Z. S. 1883, p. 450 (Yucatan) ; Eidyio. Pr. V. S. K. M. vi. p. 404 

 (Nicaragua), et x. p. 490. 



* Refer also to : — 



1. Dendrocincla lafuesnavei, Eidgw. Pr. U. S. N. M. x. p. 492 (Ujjpcr 



Amazons?). 



2. D. 5IIN0B, Telz. Orn. Bras. pp. 42, 60 (Matto Grosso) ; Ridgw. Pr. U. S. 



N. M. X. p. 497. 



3. D. ATRIROSTRIS. 



Dendrocolaptes atrirostris, d'Orh. et Lafr. Syn. Av. ii. p. 12 ; d'Orb. Voi/. 



Ois. p. 369, pi. 54. f. 1. 

 Dcncbocincla atrirostris. Tare. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 232 (Peru) ; Scl. et Sa/r. 



r. Z. S. 1879, p. 622 (Bolivia); Eidgw. Pr. U.S. N. M. x. p. 4C3 



(Bolivia). 



