164 Elliot on tfir Genus Dendrornis. [April 



species of the group. As the earliest writer on the birds of this 

 genus does not date back of 1818 I am fortunately not required to 

 decide which is the proper edition of Linnseus's 'Systema Naturae' 

 for ornithologists to consider as the true and only starting point. 



18 iS. Licmtenstein, Abhcind. KOnigl. Akad, Wissens. — Two 

 species are here described as Dendrocolaptes g?ittatus, and D. 

 obsoletits. ........ Species 2. 



iSiS. Vieillot," Nouveau Dictionnaire d Histoire Nat- 

 urelle. — Dendrornis pardalotus described as Dendrocopus par- 

 dalotus. ......... Species 3. 



1S24. Spix, Avium species nova? quas in itinere per JBrasil- 

 ia/u. — D. ocellata described as Dendrocolaptes ocellatus ; and 

 D. tefiuirostris (nee Licht.) described under the genus Den- 

 drocolaptes. ....... Species 5. 



1827. Swainson, Philosophical Magazine. — D. Jlavigaster 

 described as Xiphorhynch?is flavigaster. . . Species 6. 



1 S3 1. Lesson, Traite Omithologie. — Dendrocolaptes ten- 

 uirostris Spix, re-named Picolaptes spixi, which specific 

 name stands, as teuuirostris had already been employed by Licht- 

 enstein. 



1842. Lafresnaye, Revue et Magasin de Zoologic. — 

 Dendrornis triangularis described as JVasica triangularis. 



Species 7- 



1S43. Lesson, Echo du Monde Savant. — D. flavigaster 

 Swain, re described as Dryocopus eburncirostris. 



1844-46. Tschudi, UntersucJiuugen ilber die 7 7 a?i?ia. Per- 

 uana. — Dendrornis chunchotambo described. . Species 8. 



iS-47- Jardine, Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 

 — D. susurrans described as Dendrocolaptes susurrans. 



Species 9. 



1S50. Lafresnaye, Revue et Magasin de Zoologie. — D. 

 d'orbignyanus, D. multzguttata, and D. guttatoides described 

 under the genus Nasica. ..... Species 12. 



1S52. Lafresnaye, Revue et Magasin de Zoologie. — D. sus- 

 urrans re-described as Nasica beauperthuysii and N albi- 

 squama . 



1852. Eyton, Jardine\s Contributions to Ornithology. — £>. 

 multignttata re-described as Picolaptes notatus. 



