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LEPIDOCOLAPTES ANGUSTIROSTRIS CERTHIOLUS (Todd) 



Picolaptes hivittatus certhiolus Todd, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 26, 

 Aug. 8, 1913, p. 173. (Curiche Rio Grande, eastern Bolivia.) 



Four specimens from west of Puerto Pinasco, Paraguay, a female 

 shot at Kilometer 25 on September 1, and three from Kilometer 80 

 (two males secured September 9 and 13, and a female taken Sep- 

 tember 17), seem best referred to the present form, described from 

 eastern Bolivia. L. a. certhiolus differs distinctly from L. a. angusti- 

 rostris in the fainter streaking on the ventral surface that in some 

 specimens becomes nearly obsolete. The four skins from near 

 Puerto Pinasco agree closely with the type of certhiolus (that through 

 the kindness of W. E. Clyde Todd, has been compared directly with 

 them) in color and amount of streaking on the breast and abdomen. 

 The Paraguayan specimens are slightly variable in this respect, 

 some representing a closer approach to typical angustirostris than 

 others. They are slightly duller above than the type of certhiolus, 

 and are also a trifle smaller (in males, wing, 91.6-95.2 mm.). In 

 Mr. Todd's type-specimen the wing measures 100.6 mm. 



Examination of a small series of these wood hewers shows con- 

 clusively that the bird with unstreaked breast, known as hivittatus, 

 intergrades through certhiolus with the heavily marked group that 

 has been maintained as angustirostr'is. In fact, intergradation seems 

 so complete as to render division into forms difficult, since, when the 

 vast range occupied is considered, comparatively few localities have 

 been represented in the series seen. Since angustirostris of Vieillot 

 is the older name, the forms of the species as at present known will 

 stand as follows : 



LEPIDOCOLAPTES A. ANGUSTIROSTKIS (Vieillot). 



Dendrocopus angustirostris Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., vol. 26, 1818, 

 p. 116. (Paraguay.) 



Lower surface heavily streaked; streaks of head terminated on 

 nape. 



Eastern (?) and southern Paraguay, northern Argentina (Chaco, 

 Tucuman), probably south to the limits of the Chaco in the Province 

 of Santa Fe. 



LEPIDOCOLAPTES A. PRAEDATUS (Cherrie). 



Picolaptes angustirostris praedatus Chekrie, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 

 vol. 25, May 20, 1916, p. 187. (Concepcion del Uruguay, Entre Rios, 

 Argentina. ) 

 Larger than angustirostris with longer bill, and with the streaks 

 on the head and nape extended onto the lower back. 



Central Argentina (Entre Rios, northern, Buenos Aires, and 

 central Pampa) and Uruguay (Rio Negro). 



