28 PICIDiE. 



brownisli black, the outer webs of the primaries on their basal por- 

 tion and those of the secondaries along their whole length spotted 

 ■with buff, the inner webs of the primaries more or less margined 

 with pale buff which scallops the black, the inner webs of the 

 secondaries with marginal spots of buff, the innermost of the latter 

 feathers narrowly barred across with buff; shafts golden yellow; 

 tail brownish black, the iimcr webs of the feathers, at the base, and 

 the whole of the outer large feather with irregular and narrow buff 

 bars ; shafts black with golden bases, the shaft of the outer large 

 feather yellow; upper nasal plumes, forehead, crown, occiput, and 

 nape, also malar stripe, dusky slate-grey ; lower nasal plumes and 

 lores, sides of the face and neck, chin, throat, and fore neck rufescent 

 buff, grading into a brighter and paler shade on the chest and 

 breast, and more goiden yellow on the remaining underparts and 

 under tail-coverts, the lower part of the fore neck and the upper 

 part of the chest narrowly barred with black ; upon the sides of the 

 body a few almost obsolete dusky bars ; under wing-coverts and 

 axiUaries clear rufous buff: " eyes sulphur-yellow " (Steere). Total 

 length 14-5 inches, culmen 2-1, wing 6-75, tail 5, tarsus 1-26 ; toes 

 (without claws) — outer anterior 1, outer posterior 0-96, inner 

 anterior 0-7, inner posterior 0-45. 



Adult male. According to Taczanowski, the male differs from the 

 female in having the malar stripe red posteriorly ; the measure- 

 ments given by the above author are as follows : — Total length 

 14 inches, wing 7, tail 5-3, bill 2-2, tarsus 1-25. 



Hab. Northern Peru, at from 8,000 to 11,000 feet elevation. 



a. 2 ^^' ^'^' Cutervo, Peru. Sclater Coll. 



13. Colaptes pitius. 



Picus pitius, Molina, Hist. Nat. Chili, p. 209 (1782); Lath, hid, 



Oni. i. p. 234 (1790). 

 Picus pitiu, Gm. Si/st. Nat. i. p. 432 (1788). 

 Picus clnlensis, Gam. Sf Less. Voy. Coq. i. p. 241, pi. xxxii. $ imm. 



(1826) ; Less. Traite, i. p. 226 (1831J ; Hundev. Cunsp. Av. Picin. 



p. 78 (1866). 

 Colaptes ehilensis, Vic/. Zool. Beecheijs Voy. p. 24 (1839) ; Brulyes, 



P. Z. S. 1841, p. 94 ; Goidd, in Darwin's Voy. Beay., Bds. p. 114 



(1841) ; Gray, List Picid. Brit. Mus. p. 122 (1868) ; id. Hand-l. 



B. ii. p. 202, no. 8835 (1870). 

 Colaptes pitiguus, Bridyes, P. Z. S. 1843, p. 114; Gay, Faun. Chili, 



i. Zool. p. 373 (1847) ; Philippi, Cat. Av. Mus. Nat. Santiayo, 



p. 27 (ISGO). 

 Colaptes pitius, Bp. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 114 (1850) ; Reichenb. 



Scans. Ficince, p. 414, no. 974, pl. dclxvii. tigs. 4425-26, $ $ 



(1854); Sclat. Cat. Amer. B. p. 344, no. 2052 (1862) ; id. ^- Salv. 



Ibis, 1869, p. 283; iid. op. cit. 1870, p. 499; iid. No^nencl. Av. 



Neotr. p. 101 (1873). 

 Pituipicus ehilensis, Bp. Consp. Volucr. Zijyod.i^. 11, no. 236 (1854). 

 Pituipicus pitiguus, Gray, List Gen. 1855, p. 94. 

 Geopicus ehilensis, Malh. I'icidce, ii. p. 269, pl. cxi. figs. 4 & 5, c? & 



$ ad. (1862). 



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



