DENimOCOLAPTIN^. 
1. D. cayannensis (Linn.) Liclit. PI. enl. 621. Gracula scan- 
dens Lnt/i. ; Dendrocolaptes major Herm. ; Dentlr. picumnus Licht. 
Vieill. Ois. dor. t. 79-, Levaill. Prom. t. 26. ; Dendr. communis 
Less. Tr. d’Orn. t. 72. f. 2. 
2. D. ulhicollis (Vieill.) — Dendrocolaptes decumanus III. Licht. 
Berl. Trans. 1820. t. 1. f. 1., Azara, No. 241. ; Dendrocolaptes 
picumnus (pt.) TAcht. ; Dendrocolaptes falcirostris Spix, Av. Bras. 
t. 87. 
3. D. cyanotis Licht. Berl. Trans. 1818. p. 201., Levaill. Prom, 
t. 25. 
4. D. major (Vieill.) N. Diet. d’Hist. Nat. xxvi. p. 118. 
Dendrocolaptes rubiginosus Lafr. Mag. de Zool. 1833. Ois. t. l6. 
5. D. crassirostris Such, Zool. Journ. ii. p. 115. 
6. D. platyrostris Spix, Av. Bras. t. 8f). — Type of Dendrocops 
Swains. (1837). 
7. D . fortirostris Such, Zool. Journ. ii. p. 115. 
8. D. lineatoceplialus G. R. Gray, 
9. D. (juttatus Liclit. Berl. Mus. 1818. p. 201. — Dendrocolap^ 
nigrirostris III. ; Dendr. flammeus Licht. Levaill. Prom. t. • 
Dendr. pardalotus Vieill. Azara, No. 242. ? 
10. D. melanoceps Less. Rev. Zool. 1840. p. 26'). 
11. D. chunchotamho Tschudi, Faun. Per. 22. f. 1. 
12. D. valid us Tschudi, Faun. Per. t. 21. f. 2. 
13. D.picus (Gmel.) Licht. PI. enl. 605. ? — DendrocolaP e ‘ 
minor Herm.; Oriolus pico'ides Shaw; Dendr. chrysolophus ^ 
Dendrocopus rectirostris Vieill. Levaill. Prom. t. 27-> 
No. 243. ; Type of Dendroplex Swains (1827). .p 
14. D. longirostris 111. Licht. Berl. Trans. 1818. p. 200. 
Prom. t. £4. — Nasica nasalis Less. ; Type of NasicaLc®®- 0 
15. D. griseicapillus (Vieill.) N. Diet. d’Hist. Nat. xxvi. !’• 
Azara, No. 244. 
16. D. maculatus (Vieill.) N. Diet. d’Hist. Nat. xxvi. p- * ^ 
17. D. rufus (Vieill.) N. Diet. d’Hist. Nat. xxvi. p. 1 L9- 
18. D. fuscus (Vieill.) N. Diet. d’Hist. Nat. xxvi. p. I 17 ’ 
Xiphorhynchus Swains .* 
Bill very long, much curved, slender, broad at the base, and suddenly compressed on 
the tip, which is entire. The other characters like those of the former genus. 
the sides t0 
It is in the warmer parts of South America that the species of this division are found. 
1. X. trochilirostris (Licht.) Berl. 1 rails. 1818. p. 20/. t. 3. I 3. X. 
Dendrocolaptes procurvus Temm. PI. col. 28. j ®yn. Av. p. 12. 
2. X. falcularius (Vieill.) Encyc. Mdth. p.626., Gal. des Ois. 1 
t. 175. 
Dendrocolaptes procurvus D Orb. 
Lap'- 
Picolaptes Less .\ 
i + the t J P’ 
Bill long, rather slender, and curved for its entire length, with the sides much compressed to . 
which is entire ; the gonys very long, and curved ; the nostrils lateral and basal, with the opening 
"1 1 Oil 
and partly closed by a membrane. Wings rather long and pointed, with the third quill 'the 
The remaining characters are similar to those of the former divisions. 
The species that compose this genus are found in the tropical parts of South America. 
Xipl> 0 ' 
6. P. obsoletus (111.) Licht. Berl. Trans. 1818. p. 203- 
rhynchus flavigaster Swains. ? r iiY n d' llS 
7. P. Wagleri (Spix), Av. Bras. t. 90- f. 2. 
leucogaster Swains. ? 
8. P. ocellatus (Spix), Av. Bras. t. 9L t , t< 32. 
g. P. ? — Picolaptes guttata Less. Cent. j0 ° 
10. P. affinis (Lafr.) Rev. Zool. 1839- P- 10®* ajO- 
11. P. promeropirhynchus (Lafr.) Rev. Zool. 1840. 1 
12. P. albogularis (King), Proc. Z. S. 1830. P- ^®* 
13. P. ? Levaill. Prom. t. 29- f- L 
1. P. angustirostris (Vieill.) — Dendrocolaptes bivittatus Licht. 
Berl. Trans. 1820. t. 2. f. 2., Spix, Av. Bras. t. 90. f. 1., 
Azara, No. 242 . ; Picolaptes coronatus Less. ; D. rufus Pr. Max. 
2. P. squamatus (Licht.) Berl. Trans. 1820. t. 2. f. 1. 
3. P. tenuirostris (Licht.) Berl. Trans. 1818. p. 202., Spix, Av. 
Bras. t. 91. f. 2. — Picolaptes Spixii Less. 
4. P. superciliosus (Licht.) Berl. Trans. 1818. p. 204., Azara, 
No. 245. — Dendrocopus pyrrhophius Vieill. 
5. ? P. miniatus (111.) Licht. Berl. Trans. 1818. p. 202., Azara, 
* Established by Mr. Swainson in 1 827 ( Zoological Journal, p. 354.). 
| M. Lesson established this genus in 1831 ( Traits J Ornithologie, p. 313.). 
