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Nos. 1699, 2002. SS juv., Faz. EsperanQa and Goyaz, April and Jannar}% 

 No. 2001. ? ad., Goyaz, April 1906. 



This series agrees perfectly with a large number of skius from Parand, Minas 

 Geraes (Rio .Jordao), S. Panlo and Rio de Janeiro, in tlic Tring Museum. 



141. Veniliornis olivinus (Malh.). 



"Picus nUrinm Malherbe, Mem. Soc. Rny. Llirje 1845. p. 67"* (Bresil ; coll. Natterer in Mus. 



Vindob.). 

 Mesopiciis olu-inus Malherbe, Momijr. Pk-kl. ii. 18G2. p. 65. tab. 59. fig. 4 ((J), 5 ( ? ) ("le type est 



dans la collection de Vienne" — type in Vienna Museum: ^ ad., Cuyabd, June 16, 1824, 



Natterer coll., examined). 

 CainpkiK uliriima Pelzeln, l.c. p. 246 (Goyaz). 



^'Picus murhius Malherbe, Mem. Soc. Rmj. Liige 1845. p. 67"* (Bresil ; coll. Natterer). 

 Mesopicus mnriiiiis Malherbe, Monogr. Pickl. ii. 1862. p. 62. tab. 58. fig. 5 (fj imm.), 6 (cj juv.), 



7 ( J ) (" le type est dans la collection de Vienue " — typo in Vienna Museum : cj imm. Engenho 



do Gama, July 30, 1820, Natterer coll., examined). 

 Campias murkiim Pelzeln, l.c. p. 246 (Abrantes, Meiaponte : Goyaz ; Engenho do Cap. Gama : 



Mattogrosso). 



Nos. 198.5, 1989, 1898. cJc? ad., Goyaz, March, April 1900.— Wing 89— 93 ; 

 tail 56—63; bill 19—21 mm. 



No. 1068. (d) ad., Faz. Esperan?a, December 1905.— Wing 91; tail 58; 

 bill 21 mm. 



No. 2393. ((?) juv., Rio Araguaya, August 1906.— Wing 89; tail 57; bill 

 18J mm. 



No. 2394. ? ad., Rio Araguaya, August 1906.— Wing 88; tail .55; bill 

 19^ mm. 



No. 2049. ? ad., Goyaz, April 1900.— Wing 91 ; tail 57; bill 19^ mm. 



The four first-named specimens, adult c?c?, agree with the type of P. olivinus in 

 the Vienna Museum, in having the forehead and vertex (as far as the posterior 

 angle of the eye) pale ashy brown while the feathers of the occiput and nape have 

 long scarlet tips. The back is uniform bright golden yellow. Other examples in 

 the Vienna Mnsenm, obtained by Natterer at Goyaz, Cuyab^ and Engenho do Gama, 

 Mattogrosso, are absolutely indistinguishable. 



The male from the Rio Araguaya (No. 2393) is practically identical with the 

 type of P. muri7ius, kindly lent by Dr. von Lorenz. Both are immature (this 

 being proved by the structure of the plumage), and differ from fully adult males 

 only in having the red of the occiput extended down to the base of the bill or 

 nearly so. It is a well-known fact that in some species of Woodpeckers (for 

 instance, the European Bendrocopits major) the young have more red on the top 

 of the head than the adults, and I am perfectly convinced that the so-called 

 " P. murinus " is nothing but the immature male of V. olivinus. This view is, 

 moreover, supported by geographical reasons, all the so-called " ?;j«n'««s " having 

 been taken within the range occujiied by I', olivinus. Natterer secured a specimen 

 of each at Engenho do Gama, and Dr. Alien,! who received a series of thirt3'-two 

 skins of Dendfobates olivinus in the Smith collection from Chapada, Mattogrosso, 

 also mentions that " two young males (probably birds of the year) have the whole 

 top of the head bright red." 



The type of P. murinus presents the following dimensions : Wing 89^ ; tail 54 ; 

 bill 19^ mm. 



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

 t Bull. Amei: Mus., JV. Y. v. 1893, p. 130. 



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