DENDROCOLAPTINiE. 



third quill the longest. Tail long and broad, with the end of each shaft curved outwardly and acute. 

 The other characters like those of the former genus. 



It is in the tropical portions of South America, that the two species of this division are found. 



1. S. erythacus (Licht.) Berl. Trans. 1820. p. 266. t. 1. f. 2, 2. S. ? flammulatus (Less.) Tr. d'Orn. p. 25. 



3. — Dendrocolaptes sylviellus Temm. PI. col. 72. f. 1. ; Neops 

 spirurus Vieill. ; Sittasomus Temminckii Less. ; Dendr. xenops 

 Temm. ; Sitt. olivaceus Pr. Max. 



February, 1847. 



