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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
DeNDROCOLAPTIDjE. 
Furnarius tricolor j Burm.,” is described as a new species from Bolivia. 
0. Giebel, Zeitschr. gesammt. Naturwissench. 18G8, pp. 11-13. 
Synallaxis mlphurifera is described as a new species from Buenos Ayres, 
having the longer arid rather curved bill of striaticeps, D’Orb., but the 
broad and long-pointed rectrices of S. spuvi, Sclat. (P. Z. S. 1850, p. 98). II. 
Burmeister, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 030. 
Synallaxis rujiymis is a new species from Costa Bica, somewhat resem- 
bling S> ei'ythrops, but with an olive crown and greyish-white chin, besides 
wanting the pale cinnamon-colour on the throat and breast, and having 
darker under wing-coverts and a larger bill. G. N, Lawi’ence, Ann. Lyc. 
N. H. New York, 1868, p. 105. 
Oxyrhamphus frater is a new species from Vei’agua, in colour resembling 
O. JlammicepSy but with a longer bill, shorter wings, and much shorter tail. 
Tlie genus is spoken of as belonging to a himily Oxyriiamphidad.” P. 
L. Sclater & 0. Salvin, P. Z. S. 1868, pp. 822, 326, 327. 
Sittasomus stictolcemus is a hitherto undescribed species from Borba on 
the Bio Madeira, where it was obtained by Natterer. A. von Pelzeln, 
Orn. Bras. pp. 42, 69, 60. 
Dendrocincla rujiceps is a riew species from the Isthmus of Panama, like 
D. homochroa (Scl. P. Z. S. 1869, p. 382) from Mexico and Guatemala, but 
larger, with a riiuch stronger bill, and the back tinged with olivaceous. A 
list of the ten species (of Dendromanes and Dendrocincla proper) known to 
the authors is subjoined. P. L. Sclater & O. Salvin, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 64. 
Dendrocincla lonyicauda and D. minor are two hitherto undescribed species 
obtained by Natterer. The first, met with in several localities, is allied to 
D. atrirostris (Lafr. & D’Orb.) {cf. Zool. Bee. i. p. 75), but is larger, and has 
a much longer tail and a yellow throat. The second, from Sao Vicente, 
resembles D. mei'uloides (Lafr.), but is sriialler, and a yellow streak behind 
the eye distinguishes it from D. fumiyata (Licht.). A. von Pelzeln, Orn. 
Bras. pp. 42, 60, 01. 
Xiphocolaptes emiyrans and X major are figured. P. L. Sclater & 0. 
Salvin, Ex. Orn. pis. xxxv., xxxvi. 
Dendrocolaptes puncticoUis is described and figured as a new species from 
Vera Paz, Guatemala. It resembles D. picumnus (Licht.) from Brazil, 
but has a longer, narrower, and paler-coloured bill, the neck spotted with 
black, and the under wing-coverts ochraceous. It is D. ptmcticollis, Scl. & 
Salv. (Ibis, 1860, p. 276), nco Eyton (Contr. Orn. 1861, p. 76), which is 
regarded as D. validus, Tschudi. Eull-sized woodcuts of the head, bill, and 
foot are given, as well as a list of the seven species (of Dendrocops and Den- 
drocolaptes proper) known to the authors. P. L. Sclater & 0, Salvin, 
P. Z. S. 1868, pp. 64-66, pi. v. 
Dendrocolaptes pallescens and D. coticolor are two hitherto undescribed 
species obtained by Natterer in Brazil : the first greatly resembles D. validus 
(Tsch.), but the hinder border only of the crown-feathers is dark, and some 
other difterences distinguish it ; the second, which in colour vividly resem- 
bles Xiphocolaptes perroti (Lafr.), seems in many points to agree with 
Premnocopus undidatus, Cab., but the markings of the head, neck, and breast 
are different. A. von Pelzeln, Orn. Bras. pp. 43, 61, 63. 
Dendroi'nis clegans is a hitherto undescribed species, obtained by Natterer 
