178 CERTHIAD^. 



white in the middle ; a narrow superciliary white 

 stripe : the region of the throat is black, striped with 

 white ; the throat itself whitish, slightly sprinkled 

 with brown dots towards the breast : the quills rufous, 

 with brown tips : the under coverts reddish-white, 

 barred with brown ; the sides of the abdomen slightly 

 striped with white : beak black : legs rather slender 

 and pallid. 



Sp. 11. De. guttatus. Bed. Trans. 1820. {Lich.) p. 201. f. 4. 

 Spix, Avium Nova Spec. jJ- 89. 



De. mediocris, oUvaceo-castaneus j rostra compresso, subarcuato, 

 nigra, suhadtinco ; guld immaculate olivaced; capite toto, nucha, 

 dorso anteriure, collo antico pectoreque ochraceo strigillatis ; 

 abdomine immaculate Jerrugineo ; tectricibus axillaribusque 

 paliidejulvis. 



Moderate Dendrocalaptes of a chesnut-olive, with a compressed, 

 slightly bent, black, somewhat hooked beak ; the throat im- 

 maculate olivaceous ; the entire head, nape, anterior portion 

 of the back, the neck in front and breast, strigillated with 

 ochraceous ; the abdomen immaculate rust-colour, the coverts 

 and axillae pale fulvous. 



Dendrocalaptes nigricollis. Illiger — Le pic grimpereau commun. 

 D'Azara, 242. 



Length eight inches and a quarter. Inhabits 

 Brazil. 



Sp. 12. De. gracilirostris. 



De. minor, castaneus ; rostro cylindrico, arcuato ; guld brevi~ 

 penni, immaculate fulvd ; capite Jidvo ocellato; occipite albido- 

 maculato; nucha, collo, pectore abdomineque oblonge ct latissime 

 Julvo maculatis; macula auriculari periophthalmiisque J'ulvis, 

 nigra variegatis ; caudd Icete rujd. 



Small chesnut Dendrocalaptes with a cylindric bent beak; the 

 throat with short, immaculate, fulvous feathers; the head 

 ocellated with fulvous ; the occiput spotted with whitish ; the 

 nape, neck, breast and abdomen with oblong broad fulvous 



