24 nciDiE. 



p. 16 (1847); Bp. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 123 (1850); Reiclmih. 



Scans. Picince, p. 418, no. 982, pi. dulxx. figs. 4437-38, $ $ 



(1854); Gray, List Picid. Brit. Mus. p. 94 (1868); id. Hand-l. 



B. ii. p. 195, no. 8742 (1870). 

 Soroplex campestris, Glog. Handh. p. 198 (1842). 

 Geopicos campestvis, Malh. N. Classif. Mem. Acad. Meiz, 1848-49, 



p. 358. 

 Colaptes campestris, LicJd. Nomencl. Av. p. 77 (1854) ; Btirm. Th. 



Bras. ii. p. 235 (1856) ; Sclat. Cat. Amer. B. p. 343, no. 2050 



(1862) ; Iluds. P. Z. S. 1870, pp. 112, 748 ; Darwin, t. c. p. 705 ; 



Hamilt. Ibis, 1871, p. 308 ; Sclat. ^ Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. 



p. 101 (1873). 

 Malherbipicus campestris, Bp. Consp. Volucr. Zyqod. p. 11, no. 226 



(1854). 

 Geopiciis campestris, Malh. PicidfP, ii. p. 251, pi. cviii. figs. 1, 2, 



cJ 2 ad. (Ib62). 

 Pediopipo campestris, Pek. Orn. Bras. p. 249 (1870). 



Adult male. Back, scapulars, and wing-coverts blackish brown 

 narrowly barred with smoky white ; quills blackish brown, the 

 outer webs of the primaries having yellowish spots, the secondaries 

 with white spots ; inner webs of primaries margined and spotted, 

 those of the secondaries spotted along their whole length with 

 white, except the innermost of all, which are barred across both 

 webs with brownish white ; shafts golden yellow; rump and upper 

 tail-coverts white, the former with a few narrow transverse mark- 

 ings of black, the latter entirely barred with black ; tail black, the 

 base of the inner webs of the central pair of feathers and the 

 entire outer web of the outer large feather spotted with buff; shafts 

 black ; upper nasal plumes, forehead, crown and elongated occipital 

 feathers, chin, throat, and malar region black, the feathers of the 

 latter having mulberry-red tips, and bristly in character, the black 

 on the side of the neck being on a line with the upper part of the 

 malar stripe ; lower nasal plumes and lores pale golden buff; face, 

 side of the neck, nape, fore neck, and upper part of chest deep 

 golden yellow; hind neck like the back, but the feathers having 

 golden tips ; entire under surface of the body yellowish white with 

 narrow transverse markings of black ; under tail-coverts barred 

 black and white ; under wing-coverts and axillaries golden pale 

 buff, the coverts at the base of the primaries having dusky spots. 

 Total length 12 inches, culnaen 1-55, wing 6-7, tail 4'o, tarsus 1-27 ; 

 toes (without claws) — outer anterior 0-97, outer posterior 0'85, 

 inner anterior 0-G8, inner posterior 0*5. 



Adult female. Eesembles the male, but has the feathers of the 

 malar region tipped with white and not bristly in character. Total 

 length 11 inches, culmen 1*45, wing Cy'-I, tail 4-lo, tarsus 1'18, 



A young bird (sex?) has the malar region uniform black. 



Hah. Southern and Eastern Brazil north to Pernambuco ; Bolivia, 

 Paraguay, and through Uruguay to Buenos Ayres. 



a, b. S 9- ^^' sk. Brazil. Lord Stuart de 



Rothsay [P.]. 



c. ? ad. sk. Brazil. Sclater Coll. 



d. (S imm. sk. Pernambuco, Brazil. Sclater Coll. 



