1G8 BENDROCOLAPTID^. 



9. Dendrocincla merula. 



Dendrocolaptes merula, Licht. Abh. Ak. Berl. 1820, p. 208, et 1821, 



p. 264. 

 Dendrocincla merula, Btinn. Si/sf. Ueh. iii. p. 9 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 209 ; 



Scl. et Sali: F.Z.S. 1868, p. 54, et 1873, p. 271 (E. Peru) ; iid. 



Komencl. p. 67 ; Pek. Orn. Bras. p. 42 ; Tacz. Orn. Per.ii. p. 169 ; 



Sah. Ibis, 1885, p. 421 (Brit. Guiaua) ; Ridgio. Ft: U. S. N. M. 



X. p. 495. 

 Dendrocops merula, Lafr. R. Z. 1851, p. 407 ; Eyton, Contr. Orn. 



1852, p. 24. 

 Dendrocincla castanoptera, Bidi/w. Pr. U, S. N. M. x. p. 494 ; 



Scl. Ibis, 1889, p. 353. 



Above dark olive-brown ; wings, rump, and tail dark chestnut, 

 wing-coverts rather lighter : beneath similar ; gular spot pale ful- 

 vous ; crissum chestnut ; under wing-coverts rich ochraceous ; bill 

 horn-colour, lower mandible whitish: whole length 7 inches, wing 

 3-7, tail 2*7. Female similar. 



Hah. Guiana and Amazonia. 



I cannot regard Mr. llidgway's Dendrocincla castanoptera (of 

 which he has kindly sent me the typical specimen for examination) 

 as distinct from D. merula. It is rather smaller than most speci- 

 mens of the latter species, and not quite so dark, but I consider 

 these as only individual variations. 



a. Ad. sk. Sm-inam {Bartlett). Sclater Coll. 



h. (S ad. sk. Bartica Grove, British Guiana Salvin-Godman Coll. 



( Whitely). 



c. c? ad. sk. Borba, Brazil (Nattei'er), Sclatei' Coll. 



d. c? ad. sk. Chamicuros, E. Peru, Sixlvin-Godman Coll. 



e. Ad. sk. Chamicuros, E. Peru. E. Bartlett [C.]. 



10. Dendrocincla meruloides. 



Dendrocops meruloides, Lafr. Bev. Zool. 1851, p. 467 ; Eyton, 



Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 24. 

 Dendrocincla meruloides, Meichenb. Hajidb. p. 191 ; Scl. Cat. A. B. 



p. 162; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 54; iid. Nomencl. p. 67; 



Ridgio. Pr. U. S. N. M. x. p. 495. 

 Dendrocincla turdiua, Jard. Aim. N. H. xix. p. 81 (1847) (Tobago). 

 Dendrocincla merulina. Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 34. 



Similar to D. merula, but paler; wing-coverts nearly like the 

 back. 



Huh. Venezuela, Tobago, and Colombia. 



This is a doubtfully separable northern form of D. merula. 



a. c? ad. sk. Venezuela {Goeriny'). Sclater Coll. 



b. Ad. sk. Venezuela. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 c,d. cT $ ad.; e. Ad. Tobago (Kirk). Jardiue Coll. 



sk. 

 /. Ad. sk. Venezuela. Sclater Coll. 



g. Ad. sk. Bogota. Sclater Coll. 



