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187. Dendroplex picus kienerii (Des Mnrs). 



[Orinhis Picus Gmelin, Si/st. Nat. 1. i. p. 381 (1788.— based on D'Auhenton, PI. enl. 605 : 



Cajenne).] 

 Deiidrornis kienerii Des Mur.s in Castelaau's Voi/age, Oiseaux p. 45. pi. xiv. fig. 1 (1856. —Ega, 



Rio Solimoens) : cf. Mene'^taux & Hellmayr, Mem. Soc. d'Hi.it. Nat. .iatifi xi.K. pp. 108-10). 

 Dmdrop!e,r picus Pelzein, Zur Orn. Bras. i. p. 46 (.Salto Theotonio, Borb.v) ; Hellmayr, Noc. Znol. 



xiv. p. 366 (Borba). 



Nos. 103, 286, 391. <?c? ad., Cilama, 2i. vi., 28. vii,, 14. viii. lODT.— Wiug 

 111—114; tail 100—104 ; bill 28-291 mm. 



Nos. 388, 524, 722. ?? ad., Calama, 12. viii., 7. \x. 1907; S. Isabel, Rio 

 Preto, 19. ix. 1907.— Wing 97—103; tail «5i— 90 ; bill 27—29 mm. 



" Iris brown, feet grey or green, bill grey or pale green." 



These specimens, like others from Chiquitos (Eastern Bolivia), Mattogrosso, 

 and the Rio Pim'is, present larger dimensions than a series of skins from Cayenne, 

 Venezuela, Bahia, and Goyaz, and are much more rufesceut ou the lower parts. 

 Menegaux & Hellmayr (I.e.) have already called attention to these differences and 

 suggested the possibility of recognizing a race D. picus kienerii. Since then, I have 

 examined mnch additional material, and, although single specimens from the 

 interior of Brazil and Pern are sometimes hardly larger, I am now convinced that 

 kienerii 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 BrazU: 

 Rio Branco and Rio Negro (Barcellos). Eastern Brazil : from Marajo and Para 

 along the Amazons to Obidos and Monte Alegre, the left bank of the Tapajoz 

 (Itaitulia), south to Bahia and the sources of the Rio Araguay (Goyaz, Rio Thesouras, 

 Rio dos Piloeus, etc.). 



Obs. Specimens from Barcello-, Obidos, Itaitiiba, and Goyaz are perfectly 

 similar to the topotypical Cayenne bird. 



(h) D. picus kienerii (Des Mnrs). 



('entral Brai;il, Mattogrosso : Cuyaba, Villa Maria (on the Rio Paraguay) ; 

 Villa Bella de Mattogrosso, Sao Vicente, Rio Guapore (Natterer) ; Rio Madeira : 

 Salto Theotonio, Borba (Natterer), Calama, S. Isabel (Hoffmanns); Rio Pnrus : 

 Monte Verde * ; Rio Solimoens : Ega (Casteluau). Eastern Bolivia : Chiquicos 

 (D'Orbigny). Eastern Peru : Sarayacu, on the Ucayali (Casteluau), Pebas 

 (idem), etc. 



Obs. The birds from Cuyaba and Villa Maria are extreme specimens of this 

 form, being large-sized and strongly suffused with rufesceut underneath. For 

 measurements see Mem. Soc. d'Bisf. Ji'af. Autun xix. pp. 109-10. It is well to 

 remark that the exceptionally small c? from Rio Guapore (wing 88^, tail 75 mm.) 

 is a very young bird, consequently of very little use. 



188. Dendrexetastes rufigula subsp. 



[Dendi'ocolaptea (Orthocolaptes) rufigtila Lesson, CEni-r. compl. Buffon (ed. Leveque), xx. p. 281 

 (1847.— Cayenne).] 



No. 407. ? imm., Calama, 1*3 viii. 1907. "Iris yellowish brown, feet dark 

 grey, bill greyish green." — Wing 104; tail incomplete; bill 31 mm. 



• Dp. liienerl Snethlage, Journ.f. Orn. 1908. p. 14,-^ Specimen examined. 



