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187. Dendroplex picus kienerii (Des Murs). 
[Oriolus Picus Gmelin, Syst, Nat. 1. i. p. 384 (1788,—based on D’Aubenton, Pl. enl. 605: 
Cayenne). } 
Dendrornis kienerii Des Murs in Castelnau’s Voyage, Oiseaue p. 45. pl. xiv, fig. 1 (1856. —Eiga, 
Rio Solimoéns) ; cf, Ménégaux & Hellmayr, Mém. Soc. d' Hist. Nat. Autun xix. pp. 108-10). 
_Dendroplex picus Pelzeln, Zur Orn. Bras. i. p. 46 (Salto Theotonio, Borba) ; Hellmayr, Nov. Zool. 
xiv. p. 366 (Borba). 
Nos. 108, 285, 391. ¢d ad., Calama, 24. vi, 28. vii., 14. viii. 1907.—Wing 
111—114; tail 100—104 ; bill 28~294 mm. 
Nos. 388, 524, 722. ?9 ad., Calama, 12. viii., 7. ix. 1907; 8S. Isabel, Rio 
Preto, 19. ix. 1907.—Wing 97—108; tail 854—90; bill 27—29 mm. 
“Tris brown, feet grey or green, bill grey or pale green.” 
These specimens, like others from Chiquitos (Eastern Bolivia), Mattogrosso, 
and the Rio Purtis, present larger dimensions than a series of skins from Cayenne, 
Venezuela, Bahia, and Goyaz, and are much more rafescent on the lower parts. 
Ménégaux & Hellmayr (/.c.) have already called attention to these differences and 
suggested the possibility of recognizing a race D. picus hienerii. Since then, I have 
examined much additional material, and, although single specimens from the 
interior of Brazil and Peru are sometimes hardly larger, I am now convinced that 
hienerit is a fairly well-marked subspecies. The range of D. picus picus and its 
ally is as follows :— 
(a) D. picus picus (Gm.). 
Cayenne, Surinam, British Guiana, Venezuela (Orinoco Valley). North Brazil: 
Rio Branco and Rio Negro (Barcellos), Eastern Brazil: from Marajé and Para 
along the Amazons to Obidos and Monte Alegre, the left bank of the Tapajéz 
(Itaitiiba), south to Bahia and the sources of the Rio Araguay (Goyaz, Rio Thesouras, 
Rio dos Piloens, etc.). 
Obs. Specimens from Barcello:, Obidos, Itaituba, and Goyaz are perfectly 
similar to the topotypical Cayenne bird. 
(6) D. picus kienerii (Des Murs). 
Central Brazil, Mattogrosso: Cuyabdi, Villa Maria (on the Rio Paraguay) ; 
Villa Bella de Mattogrosso, Sio Vicente, Rio Guaporé (Natterer) ; Rio Madeira : 
Salto Theotonio, Borba (Natterer), Calama, S. Isabel (Hoffmanns); Rio Puris: 
Monte Verde*; Rio Solimoéns: Ega (Castelnau). Eastern Bolivia: Chiquitos 
(D’Orbigny). Eastern Peru: Sarayacu, on the Ucayali (Castelnau), Pebas 
(idem), ete, 
Obs. The birds from Cuyabaé and Villa Maria are extreme specimens of this 
form, being large-sized and strongly suffused with rafescent underneath. For 
measurements see Mém. Soc. d’Hist. Nat. Autun xix. pp. 109-10. It is well to 
remark that the exceptionally small ¢ from Rio Guaporé (wing 884, tail 75 mm.) 
is a very young bird, consequently of very little use. 
188. Dendrexetastes rufigula subsp. 
_ [Dendrocolaptes (Orthocolaptes) rufigula Lesson, Guvr. compl. Buffon (ed. Levéque), xx. p. 281 
(1847.—Cayenne).] 
No. 407. ? imm., Calama, 16 viii. 1907. “Iris yellowish brown, feet dark 
grey, bill greyish green.” —Wing 104; tail incomplete; bill 31 mm. 
* D. p. kieneri Snethlage, Journ, f. Orn. 1908, p. 14,—Specimen examined. 
