448 FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY ZOOLOGY, VOL. XIII. 



Genus CELEUS Boie. 



Celeus Boie, Isis, 1831, p. 542 (Type, as fixed by Gray, 1841, Picus flavescens 

 Gmelin). 



"Celeus flavescens flavescens (Gmelin). BRAZILIAN YELLOW WOOD- 

 PECKER. 



Picus flavescens GMELIN, Syst. Nat., I, 1788, p. 427 ("Brasilia")'; SPIX, Av. 

 Bras., I, 1824, p. 58, pi. XLIX, figs. 1-2. 



Celeus flavescens BOIE, Isis, 1831, p. 542; HARGITT, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., XVIII, 

 1890, p. 422, part; HELLMAYR, Abh. K. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., XXII, 1906, p. 

 604, part. 



Celeus flavescens flavescens HELLMAYR, Nov. Zool., XV, 1908, p. 82 (Minas 

 Geraes; Rio Janeiro, Sao Paulo); BERTONI, Ann. Soc. Cient. Arg., LXXV, 

 1913, p. 86 (Upper Parana R.). 



Range: Southeastern and southern Brazil (Minas Geraes; Rio 

 Janeiro; Sao Paulo; Parana). 



4: Brazil (Rio das Velhas, near Lagoa Santa, Minas Geraes 2; 

 "Brazil" 2). 



*Celeus flavescens intercedens Hellmayr* HELLMAYR 's YELLO\T 

 WOODPECKER. 



Celeus flavescens intercedens HELLMAYR, Nov. Zool., XV, 1908, p. 82 (Faz Es- 

 peranca, Goyaz, Brazil). 



Range: Central eastern Brazil (Goyaz; Bahia, etc.). 

 a: Brazil (Sao Amaro, Bahia i, "Brazil" i). 



*Celeus flavescens ochraceus (Spix)* OCHRACEOUS WOODPECKER. 



Picus ochraceus SPIX, Av. Bras., I, 1824, p. 59, pi. LI, fig. I ("in sylvis ama- 



zonum"). 

 Celeopicus ochraceus MALHERBE, Mon. Picidae, II, 1862, p. 23; IV, 1862, pi. 



LIV, figs. 5-6. 

 Celeus ochraceus HARGITT, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., XVIII, 1890, p. 425 (Ceara); 



HELLMAYR, Abh. K.Bayer. Akad. Wiss., XXII, 1906, p. 604 (Spix's Types); 



Id., Nov. Zool., XIV, 1907, p. 34 (Lower Amazon; Pernambuco?); PELZELN, 



Orn. Bras., 1871, p. 250 (Tapajos R.); RIKER and CHAPMAN, Auk, 1891, p. 



31 (Santarem); SNETHLAGE, Bol. Mus. Goeldi, VIII, 1914, p. 251 (Monte 



Alegre; Cussary; Maranhao, northeastern Brazil). 

 Celeus flavescens ochraceus HELLMAYR, Nov. Zool., XV, 1908, p. 83 (Obidos, 



Ceara, etc., Pernambuco?). 



Range: Lower Amazon region. 

 i: Brazil (Boa Vista, Rio Branco). 



I suggest State of Rio de Janeiro for the type locality. 



b Celeus flavescens intercedens HELLMAYR: Similar to C. f. flavescens, but wings 

 and bill shorter; crest shorter; bands on the back narrower. Male: wing, 142; bill, 

 25 mm. 



Celeus flavescens ochraceus (Spix): Readily recognized by its much deeper 

 coloration and the oval or cardiform blackish brown markings on the back, instead 

 of bars. I am strongly inclined to give this bird specific rank. 



