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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. 1 1. De. guttatus. Berl Trans. 1820. [Lich.) p,20\.f.4. 



Spix, Avimn Nova Spec. p. B9. 

 De. mediocrisj oUvaceo-castaneus ; rostro compressor suharcuato, 



nigroy suhadunco ; giild imynaculate olivaced; capite toto, nucha, 



dor so anterior e, collo antico pectoreque ochraceo strigillatis ; 



ahdomiJie Immaculate ferrugineo ; tectricilms ax'illaribiisque 



pallide^fulvis. 



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

 slightly bent, black, somewhat hooked beak; the throat ini' 

 maculate olivaceous ; the entire head, nape, anterior portion 

 of the back, the neck in front and breast, strigiilated 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 r castaneus ; rostro cylindrico, arcuato ; guld brevi' 

 pennij immaculate Julva; capite Julvo ocellato; occipite albido" 

 maculato; nuchas collo, pectore abdomineque oblonge ct latissime 

 Julvo maculatis ; macula auriculari periophthalmiisque Julvis, 

 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 



