iy6 Elliot on the Genus Dendrornis. [April 



and instead of being- grayish olive beneath, are of a decided red- 

 dish shade, and are also reddish brown on the back. In size, 

 shape and distribution of markings, and in general dimensions, 

 however, they agree with the Jnly specimen, and probably merely 

 represent a reddish phase of plumage, which I have noticed oc- 

 curs sometimes with other species of the genus. 



I place Picolaptes notatus Eyton (I.e.) as a synonym of this 

 species, as Sclater says (P. Z. S., 1S73, p. 3 7 2 ) ne ' ias compared 

 the type with D. multiguttata Lafres. and decided it to be the 

 the same. 



Dendrornis chunchotambo. 



Dcndrocolaptes chunchotambo Tschud. Faun. Peruv. p. 241, Tab. xxii. 



fig. 1 (1844-46). Lafrks. Rev. Mag. Zool. 1S50, p. 2S1. — Sclat. 



Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871, p. S6. 

 Dendrornis peruviana Lafres. MS. 



Nasica chunchotambo Lafres. Rev. Mag. Zool. 1850, p. 421. 

 Dendrornis occllata Pelz. Ornith. Bras. p. 45 (186S). — Tacz. Ornith 



Per. Tom. II, p. 179 (1884). — Sclat. & Salv. Proc. Zool. Soc. 



1S67, pp. 575, 75 x > lS 73> P- 3 7i- 

 Dendrornis palliata Sclat. Cat. Am. B. p. 164 (1S6S). — Sclat. & Salv. 



Proc. Zool. Soc. 1873, p. 271. 

 Dendrornis weddelli Sclat. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1S71, p. 86. (nee Lafres). 



Habitat. — Peru (Tschudi) Xeberos. Eastern Peru (Bartlett). 



Crown of head and nape brownish black, with small, apical, pear-shaped 

 buff spots on each feather, slightly larger on the nape than on the fore- 

 head. Back yellowish brown, each feather having a narrow, centra! buff 

 line. Cheeks dark brown, striated with narrow yellowish white lines. 

 Chin whitish, uniform. Throat pale buff, each feather bordered with 

 blackish brown. Under parts yellowish brown but lighter than the back. 

 Upper part of breast covered with elongated buff spots, broadest at their 

 apical portion, and bordered with blackish brown. The spots on lower 

 breast, abdomen and flanks are also buff, but narrower and much longer, 

 and become almost obsolete on the vent and lower tail-coverts. Wings, 

 rump and tail, chestnut; apical portion of inner webs of primaries pur- 

 plish brown. Bill yellowish brown. Feet blackish brown. Length, 

 7f in.; wing, 4 in.; tail, 3 A in.; bill, 1^ in. 



Described from a specimen obtained by Tschudi in Peru (now in U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., No. 41,918), and identified by Sclater in his own handwriting 

 as the same as D. ocellata Spix. 



There are three specimens in Lafresnaye's collection, bearing 

 the MS. name of D. peruviana, but without any locality given 



