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, with projecting feathers; the sides compressed towards the tip, with is rather 
pointed; the gonys lengthened and advancing upwards. Wings moderate and 
pointed, with the second, third and fourth quills the longest. Tail moderate, 
wedgeshaped and rigid. Tarsi as long as the anterior outer toe, and partly 
covered with feathers. Toes short and nearly equal; the outer posterior toe longer 
than the anterior one; the inner posterior toe wanting; the claws long, much 
compressed and curved. 
alpinus Brehm, Vögel Deutschi. 194. = Picus tridactylus Lin. 
americanus Brehm, Vögel Deutschi. 195. = Picus americanus Sundev. 
arcticus Gray, Genera Birds II. 434. = Picus arcticus Swains. 
crissoleucus Baird, Report Explor. Mississ. Pacif. Railw. IX. 101. = Picus 
crissoleucus Brdt. 
dorsalis Baird, Birds N America 100. = Picus dor salis Sundev. 
europaeus Lesson, Traité Ornith. 217. ~ Picus tridactylus Lin. 
hirsutus Gray, Genera Birds II. 434. = Picus americanus Sundev. 
Lecontei Malherbe, Monogr. Picid. I. 182. = Picus imbescens Lin. 
montanus Brehm, Vögel Deutschi. 194. = Picus tridactylus Lin. 
septentrion alls Brehm, Vögel DeutschL 194. = Picus tridactylus Lin. 
tridactylus Lacépî^de, Mém. L'Institut 1799. = Picus tridactylus Lin. 
variegatus Valenciennes, Diet. hist. nat. XL. 191. = Picus tridactylus Lin. 
PICOLAPTES (Anabatidae). — Lesson, Traité Ornith. 1831. 313. — Gray, 
Genera Birds 1847. I. 140. — de Lafresnaye, Revue Magaz. Zooh 1850. 148. 
Synon.: Lepidocolaptes , Heliobletus Reichb. — Dacryophorus Bonap. — Thripo- 
brotus Cab. 
Rostrum elongatum, capite longius, gracile, valde compressiiin et per totam 
longitudinem modice curvatum^ gonyde valde elongato et curvato; alae magnis elon- 
gatae et pedes debiliores quam in Dendrocolaptide ; ptilosis in fere totis speciebus 
supra et subtus maculis pallidis, ovalibus, squamaeformihus aut striaeformibus 
insigne statura mediocris. — 20 Specc. 
affinis Gray, Genera Birds I. 140. — de Lafresnaye, Revue Mag. Zool. 1850. 
275. [Xala2m. 
Dendrocolaptes affinis de Lafresnaye, Revue Zool. 1839. 100, 
Lepidocolaptes affinis Reichenbach, Handl. Ornith. I. 184. 
Dacryophorus affinis Bonaparte, Consp. Vol. anis. 11. 
Thripobrotus affinis Cabanis, Mus. Heine. II. 38. 
albogularis Gray, Genera Birds I. 140. — de Lafresnaye, Revue Mag. Zoo]. 
1850. [Chili, 
Dendrocolaptes albogularis King, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1831. I. 30. 
Dendrodromus leucosternus Qould, Voy. Beagle Birds 82. Tb. 27. 
Dromodendron leucosternus Gray, List Genera Birds III. App. 
Pygarrhichus leucosternus Cabanis, Wiegm. Arch. 1847. XIII. 232. 
Pygarrhichus sitellus Lichtenstein, Mus. berolin. 
Pygarrhichus albigularis Cabanis, Mus. Heine. II. 34. 
alboliueatus de Lafresnaye, Revue Magaz. Zool. 1850. 278. 
[Mexico. Columbia. Guiana. 
Dendrocolaptes albolineatus de Lafresnaye, Revue Zool. 184G. 208. 
Lepidocolaptes albolineatus Reichenbach, Handb. Ornith. I. 186. 
Thripobrotus albolineatus Cabanis, Mus. Heine. II. 37. 
Dacryophorus albolineatus Gray, Handl. Birds I. 179. 
Picolaptes puncticeps Sclater, Nomencl. Av. neotr. 69. 
augustirostris Gray, Genera Birds L 140. — de Lafresnaye, Revue Mag. 
Zool. 1850. 151. 
Trepadore comun Azara, Apuntam. II. 279. 
Dendrocopus augustirostris Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 624. 
Picolaptes coronatus Lesson, Traité Ornith. 314. 
atripes Verreaux, Revue Magaz. Zool. 1851. 421. [Bolivia 
Lepidocolaptes atripes Reichenbach, Handb. Ornith. I. 185. 
