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A third specimen, M. C. Z. 84,578, Lafr. coll. 8,490, the original 

 label of which is missing, apparently also belongs to this race. It has 

 the characteristic heavy bill, is even larger than the type of altirostris, 

 and the under parts are spotted well down the lower belly. It can- 

 not be an example of D. p. kienerii, which is also large, because it 

 entirely lacks the deep cinnamon-rufous tone of that form. 



3. Dendroplex picus kienerii (Des Murs). 



Dendrornis kiettmi Des Murs in Castelnau, Voy. Ois., 1856, p. 45, pi. 14, 

 fig. 1 (Ega, Rio Solimoens). 



Type.^ — Paris Museum, fide Menegaux and Hellmayr. 



SuBSPECiFic CHARACTERS. — Similar to Dendroplex picas picus Gmelin, but 

 larger, and more cinnamon-rufous above and below. 



Measurements. — Im. — wing, 10(3.0; tail, 81.0; tarsus, 22.0; 

 culmen from base of forehead, 27.5. 



Range. — Central and western Brazil, eastern Bolivia, eastern Peru. 



Specimen examined. — Upper Amazon: one immature bird, Lafr. 

 coll. 2,281, "haut amaz." 



Remarks. — Although our specimen is an immature bird with 

 blackish bill, its large size and darker, richer color, distinguish it at 

 once from true jpicus. 



4. Dendroplex picus bahiae, subsp. nov. 



Type.— M. C. Z. 73,792. Bahia (trade skin). 



SuBSPECiFic CHARACTERS. — Similar to Dendroplex, picus picus Gmelin, but 

 paler and more rufous, less olivaceous throughout; spotting on head lai'ger 

 and more conspicuous, and whiter, less huffy. 



Measurements. — Type. Adult — wing, 100.00; tail, 79.5; tarsus, 

 20.0; culmen from base of forehead, 32.0. 



Adult (six specimens)— wing, 100.0-104.0 (101.5); tail, 79.5-85.0 

 (81.6); tarsus, 18.5-21.0 (20.0); culmen from base of forehead, 28.0- 

 32.0 (30.1). 



Range. — Eastern Brazil. 



Specimens exaisiined. — Eastern Brazil: Bahia (trade skins), 3; 

 Ceara (trade skin), 1; Boa Vista (Schwanda), 3; Rio de Janeiro, 1. 

 Total, 8. 



