cherrie: ornithology of the Orinoco region. 269 
On going a little nearer, a Woodhewer of this species, a male, flew 
from the opening and examination revealed three fresh eggs at the 
bottom of the cavity. These eggs are slightly smaller than the two 
preceding sets, short ovate in form, and measure 24.4 x 19; 23.6 x 19 
and 2^ x 19 mm. 
XiPHOcOLAPTES orenocensis Berlepsch & Hartert. 
Xiphocolaptes orenocensis Berlepsch & Hartert, Novit. Zool. IX. 1902. 
p. 65.1 
Four specimens of this interesting new species were taken, three 
at Munduapo and one at Nericagua. No others were seen. 
PicoL.APTES ALBOLINEATUS ( Laf resnaye) . 
Dendrocolaptes alboliiieatus Lafr.. Rev. Zool. 1846. p. 208. 
Picolaptes albolineatus Berlepsch & Hartert. p. 66. 
This species is not common but found all along the lower and 
middle stretches of the river as far as the mouth of the Apure River. 
Eye seal brown; maxilla blackish at base, ecru drab at tip, mandible 
pale grey; feet dusky pea green. 
A female taken at Ciudad Bolivar April 15th had a nearly devel- 
oped egg in the oviduct. 
Nasica longirostris (Vieillot). 
Dendrocopus longirostris Vieill., Nouv. Diet. XXVI. 1818. p. 117. 
Nasica longirostris Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 66. 
X^'ot uncommon on the upper river at the first falls and beyond. 
Campylorhamphus trochilirostris ( Lichtenstein). 
Dendrocolaptes trochilirostris Licht.. Abh. Kon. .\kad. Wiss. Bed. 1820. 
P- ^07. PI- 3 - 
have access to the Xovitatcs Zoologicae. I reproduce the 
. _ a rufescenti alba, corpora inferiore reUque capitisque lateribus 
lulvescenti rufo-brunneis, colli inferioris pectoris ventrisque superioris capitisque laterum plumis stria 
mediana fulvo-alba signatis. abdominis medii plumis maculis pogonio utroque tribus nigris (fasciis instar) 
praeditis. alis caiidaque obscure castaneis, rostro albo-corneo. 
"Habitat: in vie. locorum Nericagua et Munduapo dictorum, Orinoco. 
"Typus: in Mus. Tring cf Nericagua. no. 12484 (Cherrie coll.) * * * This quite distinct new 
species has a very long and powerful bill, agreeing in form nearly with that of X. major, while in its colora- 
tion it resembles most A', promeropirhynchtis. differing, however, in its darker back, and the more rufous 
brown, less olivaceous tint of the lower parts of the body, as well as in the much darker chestnut of its tail 
and wings. 
'*(A'. emigrans of Central America is smaller, and is easily distinguished by the much lighter tail, 
while the color of the upper surface is not so verj- different). " 
