172 BENDEOCOL.VPTIDJ^. 



4. Dendrocolaptes validus. 



Dendrocolaptes validus, Tsch. F. P.,Aves,^. 242, t. 21. fig. 2; Scl. et 



Salv. P. Z. S. 1800, p. 184 (R. Ucayali), 1808, p. 56, 1873,p. 271 (E. 



Peru), 1875, p. 237 (Tachira), et 1870, p. 523 (Antioquia) ; iid. 



Nomencl. p. 67; Tacz. P. Z. H. 1874, p. 529 (C. Peru); id. Orn. 



Per. ii. p. 169 ; Bed. et Tacz. P. Z. S. 1884, p. 301 (W. Ecuador). 

 Dendrocops validus, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1851, p. 324. 

 Dendrocolaptes multistrip:atus, Eyton, Contr. Orn. 1851, p. 75 (cf, 



Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1808, p. 50). 



Above fulvoiis-browu, head rather darker with pale fulvous shaft- 

 stripes and narrow black terminal margins ; upper back with 

 linear shaft-stripes of pale fulvous ; rump, wings, and tail ferruginous : 

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

 breast more or less covered with round black points ; belly regularly 

 barred with black cross bands ; under wing-coverts ochraceous with 

 black cross-bands ; bill pale horn-colour : whole length 10'5 inches, 

 wing 5-1, tail 4*7. Female similar. 



liah. Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, and Ui:)per Amazonia. 



The round black spots on the breast distinguish this species. 



a. Ad. sk. Panama. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



b, c. Ad. sk. Medellin, Antioquia, U. S. C. Sclater Coll. 



{Salmoii). 



d. (S ad. sk. Medellin, Antioquia, U. S. C. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



{Salmon). 



e. S a.d. sk. Frontino, Antioquia, U. S. C. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



{Salmon), 



f. Ad. sk. Colombia. Sclater Coll. 



g. (S ad. sk. San Christobal, Venezuela {Que- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



riuff). 



h. Ad. sk. Amazonia (?). Sclater Coll. 



i. (S ad. sk. Chamicuros, Upper Amazons. E. Bartlett [C.]. 



j. (S ad. sk. Upper Ucayali {Bartlett). Sclater Coll. 



5. Dendrocolaptes plagosus. 



Dendrocolaptes plagosus, Salv. et Godm. Ibis, 1883, p. 210 (Brit. 

 Guiana) ; Salcin, Ibis, 1885, p. 421 (Brit. Guiana). 



Similar to D. validus, but the black cross bands on the belly are 

 broader and more strongly marked and are carried up over the 

 breast. 



Hab. British Guiana. 



a, 6. cJ ? <id. sk. Camacusa, Brit. Guiana Salvin-Godman Coll. 



{Whitely). (Types of the species.) 



c. c? ad. sk. Carimang Biver, Brit. Guiana Salvin-Godman Coll. 



( Whitely). 



