182 Elliot on the Genus Dendrornis. ■ [April 



In some specimens the throat is deep buff with a tinge of rufous 

 on the abdomen and lower tail-coverts. Apparently younger 

 birds have the underparts white tinged with buff, the feathers 

 margined with dark brown. 



Dendrornis polysticta. 



Dendrornis polysticta Salv. & God. Ibis, 1883, p. 210. — Salv. Ibis. 

 18S5, p. 422. — Reich. & Schol. Jour. fur. Ornith. 1885, p. 91. 



Habitat. — Bartica Grove, British Guiana (Whiteley) . 



''Supra brunnea, capite summo nigricante, uropygio, alis et Cauda ferru- 

 gineis ; capite summo, cervice et interscapulio cervino guttatis, guttis sin- 

 gulis nigro marginatis ; subtus gutture cervino, pectore et abdomine toto 

 brunnescentibus, illo guttis cervinis nigro marginatis notato ; rostri max- 

 illa nigricante, mandibula inteidum nigricante interdum ad basin flavi- 

 cante, pedibus corjlinis; long tota 8.5, ala? 4.0, rostri a rictu 1.5, tarsi 0.9." 



"Obs. D. lacrymosae affinis, sed guttis supra et subtus minoribus, ab- 

 domine imo fere immaculato et tectricibus alarum brunneis diversa." 



The above are Salvin and Godman's description and observations. I 

 have not seen the species. 



Dendrornis eytoni. 



Dendrocolaptes eytoni Sclat. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1853, p. 69. 



Dendrornis eytoni Sclat. Cat. Am. B. p. 165, sp. 1013 (1862). — Sclat. 



& Salv. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 575. 

 Dendrornis eytonii Pelz. Ornith. Bras. p. 45 (1868). 



Habitat. — Brazil, Capin River, Lower Amazon, Para (Wal- 

 lace), Santarem (Riker). 



Head and nape black with central pale buff spots. Lower part of neck 

 and back dark olive brown, centre of feathers with broad buff stripes mar- 

 gined with black, the stripes becoming narrower towards the middle of 

 the back. Lower part of back, wings, rump, upper tail-coverts and tail 

 cinnamon, the tail darker than the wings, and ends of primaries dark 

 brown. Throat white, upper part of breast and sides dark brown with 

 broad, large, buffy white spots margined with black. Abdomen and under 

 tail-coverts fulvous, obscurely striped with pale buff. Bill black. Feet 

 black. Total length, 9! in.; wing, 4! in.; tail, 4^ in. ; bill, i| in. De- 

 scription from an example from Santarem, Brazil, Coll. C. B. Riker. 



Dendrornis d'orbignyanus. 



Nasica d'orbignyanus Puch. & Lafres. Rev. Mag. Zool. 1850, p. 420 . ex 

 Peru. 



