438  PICIDE. 
Pheonerpes oleagineus, Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. Heft 2, p. 140 *, 
Dendrobates oleaginus, Hargitt, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xviii. p. 344°. 
Supra oleagineo-brunneus, pileo toto summo fuliginoso-nigricante, plumis omnibus coccineo terminatis, tectri- 
cibus supracaudalibus brunneo-nigricantibus, loris et capitis lateribus sordide albidis, tectricibus auricu- 
laribus saturate oleagineis: subtus fere ut supra, gula tota obscure griseo-nigricante ; alis extus unicoloribus, 
intus in pogonio interno maculis albis notatis; cauda brunneo-nigricante immaculata; rostro et pedibus 
plumbeo-nigricantibus. Long. tota circa 6°5, ale 4-0, caude 2°15, rostri a rictu 1:0, tarsi 0°7, dig. med. 
absque ungue 0°5, dig. ext. 0°62. 
2 mari similis, sed pileo summo coccineo haud ornato. (Descr. maris et feminw ex Coatepec, Vera Cruz, 
Mexico. Mus. nostr.) 
Hab. Mexico, Papantla (Deppe?), Mineral de San Sebastian near Mascota, Jalisco 
(Dr. A. C. Buller, in Mus. Rothschild), Jalapa (de Oca*, Ferrari-Perez’, F. D. G.), 
Coatepec (Ferrari-Perez, M. Trujillo), Cordova (Sallé*), Uvero, Potrero (Sumi- 
chrast °), Orizaba (Sumichrast °, Botteri), Playa Vicente (Boucard °). 
This little Woodpecker seems fairly abundant in the temperate and lower regions of 
Mexico on both sides of the Cordillera, but perhaps more so in the State of Vera Cruz 
than elsewhere. 
The bird first came under the notice of Deppe during his travels in Mexico, 
and specimens were included in the list of his duplicates by Lichtenstein under the 
name of Picus oleagineus, but no description was given!. The title, however, became 
current through the writings of Reichenbach, Sclater, and others, the female being 
characterized by the latter from specimens obtained by Sallé*. Deppe’s specimens, 
according to Reichenbach, came from Papantla in Vera Cruz. In size D. oleagineus 
exceeds both the more southern Central-American races of the same group, and 
in this respect fully equals the South-American D. fumigatus. The latter is a darker 
bird, with the sides of the head dark, and is thus slightly differentiated. 
2. Dendrobates caboti. 
Chloronerpes oleagineus, Scl. & Salv. (nec Licht.) Ibis, 1860, p. 400’; Lawr. Ann. Lyc. N. Y. ix. 
p- 181°; v. Frantz. J. f. Orn. 1869, p. 364°; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 452*; Zeledon, 
An. Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, 1887, p. 124°. 
Mesopicus caboti, Malh. Mon. Pic. ii. p. 58, t. 57. figg. 1, 2°. 
Chloronerpes caboti, Scl. Cat. Am. Birds, p. 387"; Salv. Ibis, 1866, p. 206°; P.Z.S. 1867, p. 157°; 
1870, p. 212”. 
Dendrobates caboti, Hargitt, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xviii. p. 344". 
D, oleagineo valde affinis, sed minor, capitis lateribus plerumque obscurioribus vix distinctus. 
Hab. Mexico, Teapa in Tabasco (Mrs. H. H. Smith), Tizimin in Yucatan (Gaw- 
mer 11*); British Honpuras (£. Blancaneaux), Orange Walk (G. F. Gaumer); 
* Mr. Hargitt places this specimen with D. oleagineus ; but the specimen in question is a young male with 
a few red spots on the crown; the sides of the head are rather light, but the dimensions are those of the 
southern form. 
