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138. Chrysoptilus nattereri (Malh.). 



" Pi'cKs ?i«/(e;rW Malherbe, Mem. Sue. liuy. Liiije 1845. p. 66"* (Br^sil. — coll. Natterer, sc. Goyaz 



and Mattogros.so). 

 Chrysoptilus irieroiiielus (aot Picus ideromelas Vieillot ?) Pelzeln, Zur Oni. Bras. iii. 18()9. p. 248 



(Abrantes, Goyaz; Cuyabd, Villa Maria, Cai^ara : Mattogrosso) ; Allen, BuU. Amer. Mus. v. 



1893. p. 129 (Chapada) ; Hargitt, Cat. Birds Brit. Mua. xviii. 1890. p. 114 (CuyabA, Chapada). 



No. 1837. S ad. in moult, Goyaz, March 1906. 



No. 1865. (c?) imm., Goyaz, March 1906.— Wiug 120; tail 00; bill 2.5 mm. 



Nos. 1696, 1793. ¥ ?, Faz. Esperanpa, December 1905, January 19()6.~Wing, 

 124, 129 ; tail, 83 + x, 100; bill 24, 25J mm. 



In coloration, these specimens are practically identical with a series from 

 Minas Geraes (Rio Jordfio), Mattogrosso (Chapada), and northern S. Panlo (Franca, 

 Bebedonro), but wings and tail are decidedly, the bill slightly, shorter. The rumji 

 is always pale olive-yellow with numerous blackish transverse bands or spots, the 

 lower parts are jiale yellow and (except the longitudinally strii>ed throat) all over 

 spotted with black. 



Chi-ysoptilus Jiacilumbis (Sundev.),t from Bahia, has the rump and lower 

 parts much clearer, brighter yellow, and the former as well as the middle of 

 the belly are wholly or almost unspotted. Some specimens, however, approach 

 C. nattereri very closely. 



I feel pretty sure that t\ cristatus, C. i/ielanocklorus, C. nattereri, and C.Jlavi- 

 lumbis will turn out to be merely geographical representatives of the same type, 

 bnt I have neither time nor material to discuss this qnestion now. 



C. nattereri is known to me from the following localities : 



Goyaz : Abrantes, city of Goyaz (Natterer, Baer), Faz. Esperani;'a (Baer). 

 N.W. Minas Geraes : Rio Jordao, prov. Araguay (Robert ; three spec, in Tring 

 Museum). N.E. San Paulo : Franca, Bebedonro (Dreher & Garbe coll., Mus. v. 

 Berlepsch and Panlista). Mattogrosso : Chapada (Smith), Cnyabd, Villa Maria, 

 Uaicara (Natterer). 



139. Leuconerpes candidus (Otto). 



Picus candidus Otto, Naiurg. Viiijel Biiffon xxiii. p. 191 (1796. — ex Holandre, Abrigi d'hist. nal. iii. 

 p. 404a. — Cayenne). 



Nos. 1725, 1788, 1789. ??, c? juv., Faz. Esperan?a, January 1906.— Wing 

 1.54_160; tail 100—103; bill 30—31 mm. 



Nos. 1850, 1851. S<} jr., Goyaz, March 1906.— Wing 159, 155; tail 97 

 (moulting) ; bill 29, 30 lum. 



Agree well with examples from Paraguay and Argentine. Two skin.s from 

 Espiritu Santo, Lower Ama/ons, collected by Prof Steere in 1879, are not different 

 either. This species has not been met with in Cayenne by any of the recent 

 travellers, but as it occurs as far north as Parii, it might yet be rediscovered in 

 the French colony. 



14U. Melanerpes flavifrons (Vieill.). 



Picus flavifrons Vieillot, Noiir. Diet. xxvi. p. 75 (1818. — " Bresil "). 



Nos. 1880, 2003, 2005. SS ad., Goyaz, March and April 1906. 

 No. 1799. (J ad., Faz. Esperan^a and Goyaz, February 1906. 



* 1 have not been able to verify the above reference. 



t Picvs JtarituHthis Sundevall, Consp. Pit'iii. p. 71 (186G. — Bahia). 



