1890-] Elliot on the Genus Dendrornis. 1 67 



have from Para, D. sfiixi, D. pai/iata, D. obsolctus, and D. cy- 

 toni ; the last is also found at Santarem, where D. multiguttata is 

 met with. D. occllata comes from Piauhy, and D. guttata ap- 

 pears to be confined to Bahia. D. elegans was procured at 

 Engenho do Gama, and is also a native of Peru ; while D. 

 d'orbignyamis is found at Matto G rosso in the west of Bra- 

 zil and also in Bolivia. D. triangularis is met with in Ecua- 

 dor, Peru, and Bolivia of the Colombian Sub-region, while D. 

 chunchotambo is apparently confined to Peru. 



Key to the Species. 



A. Back uniform. 



a. Throat buff. Bill strong, longer than head 1. D. zueddelli. 



b. Throat pure white. Bill small, long as head 2. D. kieneri. 



c. Throat buff, feathers margined with dark brown. .. .3. D. occllata. 



B. Back striated, under parts not dark olive, markings linear. 



a. Throat white, feathers margined with dark brown. 



4. D. stisurrans. 



b. Throat deep rusty buff, feathers margined with black. 



5. D. pardalotus. 



c. Throat uniform buff. Under parts yellow olivaceous brown. 

 a'. Back with lanceolate dark buff stripes, margined 



with black; breast striped with deep buff, mar- 

 gined with black 6. D. nana. 



b' . Back with broad pale buff stripes margined with 

 black; breast and abdomen with broad buffy- 

 white stripes margined with black 7. D. multiguttata. 



d. Throat pale or whitish-buff, feathers with dark margins. 



a'. Back with narrow buff lines 8. D. chunchotambo. 



b' . Back with pear-shaped buff lines 9. D. elegans 



e. Throat uniform buffy-white. 



a'. Bill: maxilla brown, mandible yellow. Under 



parts with narrow oblong fulvous spots 10. D. sfiixi. 



b' . Bill entirely yellow. 



a". Underparts with large whitish-buff spots, 

 margined with black, spots growing smaller on 



abdomen n. D. falliata. 



b". Underparts rather broadly striated with pale 



buff, margined with black 12. D.Jlavigaster 



c'.^ Bill blackish, base of mandible yellowish. 

 a". Large buff spots on back and breast ; abdomen 

 striped conspicuously with pale buff margined 



with blackish-brown 13. D. lacrymosa. 



b". Small buff spots on back and breast; abdo- 

 men nearly uniform brown 14. D. folysticta. 



