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ries edged with the color of the back, the throat pale ochraceous, and 

 the breast and upper belly narrowly streaked with ochraceous. 



3. Dendrocincla minor PELZ. 



Dendrocincla minor Pelz., Om. Bras., 1871, 42, 60 (S. Vicente, Brazil). 



U D. supra -olivaceo brunnea, pileo nuchaque striis scapalibus augustis 

 ochraceis, stria ab oculo versus nucham ducta ferruginea valde distincta, 

 uropygio et tectricibus caudre superioribus paruin rufescentibus, tectri- 

 cibus, alarum superioribus et remigum limbo augustissimo dorso con- 

 coloribus, remigibus cinnamomeo runs, niajoribus apicibus brunneis, 

 tectricibus alarum inferioribus pallide ferrugineis, cauda cinnamomeo 

 rufa, gula et capitis lateribus pallide griseis, scapis plumarurn ochra. 

 scentibus, gastrteo reliquo color! dorsi, plumarum pectoris scapis 

 ochraceo, rostro corneo nigro, pedibus corneis. Lougit. 7J", alae 3" 

 S'", rostri a fronte 9'", a rictu 14'", caudae 3" 3'", tars. 9'". 



" The only specimen of this species, an old female, was shot in the 

 woods at St. Vicente in December by Mr. H. Sochor. 



" It is similar to I), meruloides LAFR., but is smaller than both of the 

 species with which D. meruloides (of which no measurements have been 

 published) has been compared. The yellow streak behind the eye is 

 also very prominent, as in D. fumigata. 



" D. olivacea Lawr from Kew Granada seems to be larger; it 



shows a blackish line from the upper mandible to the eyeand an oblong 

 spot of the same color beneath the eye ; the lower mandible is whitish."* 

 (Translation.) 



This species is also unknown to me. 



* This is an error, only a streak on the gonys being whitish. The supposed blackish 

 streaks also have no existence in fact, although mentioned both by Mr. Lawrence, in 

 his original description, and in remarks quoted by him from Dr. Sclater. They ap- 

 parently consist of mere shadows, caused by the feathers standing on end, thus giving, 

 the appearance of dark markings unless carefully examined. 

 Proc. N. M. 87 32 



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