CERTHIAD^. 177 



Sp. 9. De. procurvus. Temm. PL Col. 28. 



De. rostro arcuato rufescente, capile collo, dorso, scapulisque 

 olivaceo-Jiiscis, albo strigillatis ; alls caiidaque rufis ; remigibus 

 apicejitscis; rectricium scapis validis, resilientibus, acid'is; cor- 

 pora supra olivaceOjJusco-albido strigillato. 



Dendrocalaptes with a bent reddish beak, with the head, neck, 

 back and scapulars olive-brown strigillated with white; the 

 wings and tail rufous ; the quills brown at the tip ; the shafts 

 of the tail-feathers stout, elastic, acute; the body beneath 

 olive- brown, strigillated with whitish. 



Inhabits Brazil. Head and neck olive-brown, 

 with the shafts of the feathers white, the back and 

 scapulars the same ; the feathers of the wings and 

 the tail are deep bright-red, those of the former being 

 tipped with brown, and of the latter having their 

 shafts strong, elastic, and pointed : the cheeks and 

 throat are similar in colour to the head, but the 

 white on the shafts of the feathers is broader : their 

 breast and belly are also olive-brown, with small 

 whitish stripes : the legs are ash-colour ; the beak is 

 reddish, curved. 



Sp. 10. De. fortirostris. Zool. Jour. {Such.) v. ii. p. 115. 



De. fusco-rtifus subtns pallidior, fusco fasciatus, capite, dorso 

 ptilisque albo lineatis, gula albidd Jusco variegatd; remigibus 

 uropygio rectricibusque rujis; rostro nigro, forti, subelongato, 

 paululum incurvo. 



Red-brown Dendrocalaptes paler beneath, and striped with 

 brown, with the head, beak, and ptilse lineated with white, 

 the whitish variegated with brown ; the quills, rump, and 

 tail-feathers rufous ; the beak black, ^strong, rather elongated 

 and a little incurved. 



Inhabits Brazil. Length eight inches and two- 

 thirds : the feathers of the head dusky, striped with 



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