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Family DENDROCOLAPTID/E. Woodhewers. 

 224. Dendrocincla lafresnayei lafresnayei Ridgway. 



Dendromanes mcruloides (not Dendrocops meruloides Lafresnaye) Salvin 



and Godman, Ibis, 1879, 202 (Manaure; crit.). 

 Dendrocincla olivacea (not Dendrocops olivaceps Eyton) Sclater, Cat. 



Birds Brit. Mus., XV, 1890, 166 (Manaure). 

 Dendrocincla olivacea anguina Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, XII, 



1898, 138 ("Santa Marta"; orig. descr. ; type now in coll. Mus. Comp. 



Zool. ; crit.); XIII, 1S99, 100 (Palomina, Chirua, and La Concepcion). — ■ 



Allex, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XIII, 1900, 121 (Bangs' record). 

 Dendrocincla meruloides Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XIII. 1900, 156 



(Salvin and Godman's reference). 

 Dendrocincla olivacea lafresnayei Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XIII, 



1900, 156 (Minca, Onaca, Las Nubes, and Valparaiso; crit.). — Oberholser, 



Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1904, 457 (Santa Marta region; syn. ; 



crit.). 

 Dendrocincla anguina Sharpe, Hand-List Birds, III, 1901, 75 (ref. orig. 

 • descr.; range; syn.). — Dubois, Syn. Avium, II, 1903, 1070 (ref. orig. 



descr. ; syn.). 

 Dendrocincla lafresnayei lafresnayei Ridgway, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 



50, V, 1911, 288 (diag. ; syn.). — Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 



XXXVI, 1917, 418 (Valparaiso; crit.). 

 Dendrocincla meruloides lafresnayei Hellmayr, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 



1911, 1156 (Manaure; range; crit.). 



Additional records: Tucurinca (Carriker). 



Thirty-one specimens: Don Diego, Valparaiso, Cincinnati, Las Ta- 

 guas, La Tigrera, Las Vegas, Minca, Mamatoco, Pueblo Viejo, and 

 Fundacion. 



Dr. Oberholser and Dr. Chapman have both remarked on the varia- 

 tions shown by the respective series of this form studied by them. 

 There is certainly a considerable range of variation in color, some 

 specimens being more olivaceous, others more brownish by comparison. 

 It is fairly certain, however, that an olivaceous cast indicates imma- 

 turity, as also does a dark-colored bill. 



As will be seen from the above list of references, the present form 

 has suffered numerous nomenclatural vicissitudes. Salvin and God- 

 man referred their single specimen to D, meruloides, from which it 

 seems specifically distinct. Sclater confused it with the Panama form, 

 adopting therefor a name which turns out to be preoccupied. Mr. 

 Bangs described it as a new subspecies. Dr. Allen and Dr. Oberholser 



