2/0 BROOKLYN INSTITUTE MUSEUM. SCIENCE BULLETIN 2. 6. 
XiphorhyHchus trochilirostris Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 67. 
Rare. Observed only in the belt of heavy forest bordering the ri\er. 
Specimens taken at Altagracia. Caicara and Quiribana de Caicara. 
Eye dark sepia brown; bill hazel brown; feet olive green. 
Dendr()l'i.\'cl.\ merul.-\ (Lichtenstein). 
Dcndrocolaptcs incrula Licht., .Vhli. Kon. Akad. Wiss. Berl. 1820. p. 208. 
Dendrocincla incntla Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 67; Oberholser, Proc. Ac. 
Nat. Sci. Phila. LVI ; 1904; p. 456 (Suapure). 
Rare, observed and collected at Miinduapo and Nericagua on the 
upper river. In the American Museum collection are specimens taken 
at Suapure on the Caura River by Klages. Berlepsch and Hartert 
also record it from Suapure and as well as from Nicare on the Caura 
River. 
Dendrocincla meruloides phaeochroa Berlepsch & Hartert. 
Dendrocinda [sic] phaeochroa Berlepsch & Hartert. Novit. Zool. IX. 
1902. p. 67 (Type. S Munduapo. Orinoco River). 
Dendrocincla olii'acca phaeochroa Oberholser, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 
Phila. L\'I. 1904. p. 458 ( Suapure. La Union, Caura River, 
Venezuela). 
D[endrocincla] meruloides phwochroa Hellm. P. Z. S. Pt. IV: 1911 : 
p. 1 1 56. 
This species is closely related to D. merula but while the other is 
rare this is the common Deiulrociiuia of the region. (Observed only on 
the upper river. 
As there are probably many who do not have access to Berlepsch 
and Hartert's paper, I have thought it might be worth while to re- 
produce their original description and remarks on this species which 
are given below^ 
"Dendrocinda phaeochroa sp. nor. 
^" D.D. mt-rithviifs 'Lafr 1 dictan nffini?. sed paiilo major et corpore ^ 
brunneo. minus rnfu^' -ni.- tin< tn ii.-,ni.t! t/nhi >;or.iiiii- alhescente (nee gL 
■•d"cf al. lO.S. 1. ..,,.,,!;. i ... , ::„, ,,.,,,!,- ,,'■ mm 
reddish, darker and nion .: i >i ..im.i;'. ,> hii i.h ii]iper throat and slightly larger 
" ., . i. . I . II i' 'i\ Its larger bill with a brownish. 
. . I . .. ! .1 .. 1 1 liiilitcr color above and below. 
-111!. .11- I. I 1,1. . ..\ ' 1 1 - .11.1 ;.ii'i mill. 1 wing-coveits and lining of the 
1 find n. mcruhl anil /). plnieo.hrna in 
m as two species, but he is now, togel 
the correctness of their differentiation." 
