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is only, however, in the hottest and densest forests of the districts bordering the 
Atlantic Ocean that C. castaneus is found occurring in such places, from the Mexican 
State of Vera Cruz to Nicaragua and Costa Rica. We have no record of its occurrence 
in any of the forests of the districts on the Pacific side of the mountain-range, though 
many such exist apparently suitable to its habits. 
In Guatemala it is strictly confined to the vast forest-tracts of Vera Paz which stretch 
from Coban to the Mexican frontier, and to the lower portion of the Valley of the 
Polochic river beyond the village of Teleman. 
Celeus castaneus has no very near allies—C. grammicus of Guiana and the Amazons 
Valley being, perhaps, its nearest relative, a species differing in many points. 
In Yucatan Dr. Gaumer says1!* this Woodpecker is very rare, and during a whole 
year he only saw two specimens. He noticed that the bird had a strong and peculiar 
odour, which he supposed to be derived from its food, which consists exclusively of a 
small Hymenopterous insect known as the “Uss.”” He adds that C. castaneus is solitary 
in its habits, living in the deepest part of the forest. The specimens obtained were 
very tame; they jumped nimbly about the trees, constantly catching the small insects 
which seem to be attracted to them by their odour. 
2. Celeus loricatus. 
Meiglyptes loricatus, Reich. Scansores, Picine, p. 405, t. 681. figg. 4495-961. 
Celeus loricatus, Scl. & Salv. P. Z.S. 1879, p. 583°; Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, 1887, 
p. 124°; Hargitt, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xviii. p. 4324. 
Celeus mentalis, Cassin, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1860, p. 187°; Journ. Ac. Phil. v. p- 461, t. 52. figg. 2, 3° 
Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 38677. 
Celeus fraseri, Malh. Mon. Pic. ii. p. 16, t. 43 bis, fig. 5°. 
Celeus squamatus, Lawr. Ibis, 1863, p. 184°; Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. p. 11”. 
Supra rufescenti-castaneus, interscapulio fere unicolore, dorso toto et tectricibus supracaudalibus pallidioribus 
nigro fasciatis, occipite rufescenti-castaneo, frontis plumis medialiter nigris; alis rufescenti-castaneis, 
secundariis et tectricibus omnibus lineis angustis nigris sparsim transfasciatis, remigibus nigricantibus 
castaneo guttatis: subtus ochraceo-albidus, plumis omnibus fascia distincta subterminali nigra, pectore 
castaneo lavato, mento et stria utrinque rictali coccineis, subalaribus castaneis; cauda nigra, pallide 
castaneo regulariter transfasciata ; rostro corneo; pedibus plumbeis. Long. tota circa 8-0, ale 4:8, 
caude 2°8, rostri a rictu 1-0, tarsi 0-7, dig. med. absque ungue 0°75, dig. ext. 0-6. (Descr. maris ex 
Veraguas, Panama. Mus. nostr.) 
Q mari similis, mento et striis rictalibus castaneis, colore coccineo nullo. 
Hab. Costa Rica, Talamanca, Jimenez (Zeledon*); Panama, Veraguas (Arcé), Lion Hill 
(M'Leannan’°), Turbo (W. S. & C. J. Wood*).—Cotompia2; W. Ecuapor® ; 
N. Perv. 
Specimens of this distinct species have been obtained from various places scattered 
over a wide area of North-western South America, but in very small numbers; never- 
theless the names bestowed upon the bird are, unfortunately, many. Messrs. Wood, 
who accompanied Lieut. Michler’s expedition to Darien, first obtained specimens in our 
