1873.] THE BIRDS OF EASTERN PERU. 271 



Having recently compared together a series of specimens of this 

 genus from Brazil, Cayenne, Columbia, Ecuador, Panama, and Gua- 

 temala, we are of opinion that there are not sufficient grounds for 

 maintaining the local forms as distinct species. We therefore pro- 

 pose to reunite the so-called G. castelnaudi and G. pectoralis to G. 

 cuneatus. 



22. Dendrocincla merula (Licht.). 



"Two examples only of this species were obtained at Chamicuros. 

 The specimen from Borba in Dr. Sclater's collection is perhaps dif- 

 ferent, being larger than those obtained by me." — E. B. 



23. Dendrocolaptes validus (Tsch.) ; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 

 1866, p. 184. 



" Upper Ucayali and Chamicuros. Two specimens of this rare 

 bird were obtained in the above localities." — E. B. 



24. Dendrocolaptes radiolatus, Scl. ; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 

 1876*, pp. 750, 755. 



" Yurimaguas and Chamicuros. Several examples were obtained 

 in the latter locality. Only found in the dark and dense forest, 

 climbing about the trees like Xenops." — E. B. 



25. Dendrornis rostripallens, Des Murs ; Scl. & Salv. 

 P.Z.S. 1866, p. 184. 



" Sarayacu. I never saw this bird after obtaining it in this loca- 

 lity. The habits of all the species of this genus are so much alike 

 that one description will suffice for the whole of them. They are 

 always met with in the dense forest, on the trunks of trees, and 

 breed in holes very high up in the trees." — E. B. 



26. Dendrornis ocellata (Spix). 



Dendrornis palliata, Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 184. 

 Dendrornis oceUata, Scl. & Scl. P. Z. S. 1867, ,pp. 750, 755, 978. 

 Xeberos (Bartlett) ; Pebas (Hauxwell). 



This species is the D. palliata of Sclater's American Catalogue 

 (but perhaps not of Des Murs). See notes, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 86. 



27. Dendrornis elegans, v. Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 45. 



Dendrornis sp.?, Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 750. 



Mr. Bartlett's two skins from Chyavetas in Sclater's collection agree 

 with a typical Nattererian specimen. Sclater has a fourth example 

 of the same bird from Bogota. 



" One of the commonest of all this genus, especially at Chamicuros. 

 Very lively and active, alarming every other bird on the approach 

 of an intruder. Builds in holes of trees. I obtained two eggs, which 

 are nearly white." — E. B. 



28. Dendrornis multi guttata, Lafr. 



In April 1865 Mr. Bartlett obtained a single skin of a Dendrornis 



