40. DENDKOCOLAPTES. 171 



/, (J. 6 ? ad. sk. elotas, TV\.o Grande do Sul, Salvln-Godman Coll, 



Brazil {Juyner). 



h i. Ad. sk. S.E. Brazil. Sclater Coll. 



/ Ad. sk. S.E.Brazil. Lord Stuart deEothe- 

 ^ say [P.]. 



h. Ad. sk. S.E. Brazil. M. Claussen [P.]. 



I. Ad. sk. S.E. Brazil. Purchased. 



in. Ad. sk. S.E. Brazil. Tweeddale Coll. 



n. Skeleton. S.E. Brazil. Eyton Coll. 



2. Dendrocolaptes puncticollis. 



Dendrocolaptes puncticollis, Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 54, t. v. 

 (Guatemala); iid. Nomencl. p. 67; Lawr. Ami. Lye. N. Y. ix. 

 p. 140 (Costa Eica) ; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 66 (Costa Eica). 



Deudrocops multistrigatus, Sd. et Scdv. Ibis, 1860, p. 275 (Guate- 

 mala). 



Dendrocolaptes multistrigatus, &;. Cat. A. B. p. 162; Lawr. Ann. 

 Lye. N. Y. ix. pp. 106, 146 (Costa Eica); Frantz. J.f. 0. 1869, 

 p. 305 (Costa Eica). 



Above fulvous-brown ; head rather darker, -with pale Mvous 

 linear shaft-stripes, which are sparingly continued over the upper 

 back ; outer secondaries and tail ferruginous : beneath paler ; throat 

 pale fulvous, with slight blackish variegations ; breast with broad 

 shaft-spots of pale fulvous laterally edged with black ; belly marked 

 Avith numerous fine black cross-bauds ; under wing-coverts ochraccous 

 slightly flecked with black ; bill pale horn-colour : whole length 

 1U"5 inches, wing o'l, tail 4-5. 



Hah. Guatemala. 



This species is easily distinguished from D. picmnnus by its more 

 ferruginous wings, its pale and longer bill, and its brighter and less 

 spotted under wing-coverts. 



a. Ad. sk. Tactic, Vera Paz (Salvin). Salvin-Godman Coll. 1 (Types 



b. Ad. sk. San Geronimo, Vera Paz Sclater Coll. > ot the 



(Salvin). 1 species.) 



3. Dendrocolaptes pallescens. 



Dendrocolaptes pallescens, Pelz. Orn. Bras. pp. 43, 61. 



Above fulvous-brown ; head with linear shaft-stripes and narrow 

 blackish terminal margins : lower back, wings, and tail ferruginous : 

 beneath brighter ; throat fulvous, with blackish feather-edgings ; 

 breast with long narrow shaft-stripes, which have slight black lateral 

 margins ; belly obsoletely marked with blackish cross bands ; under 

 wing-coverts ochraceous with blackish cross bands ; bill whitish horn- 

 colour : whole length 10-5 inches, wing .5-1, tail 4-6. 



Ilah. Interior of S.E. Brazil and Bolivia. 



This is a very distinct species, easily recognizable by the very pale 

 bill, peculiar head-markings, and ferruginous rump. 

 a. $ ad. sk. Piedra Blanca, Bolivia {IL II. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Smith). 



