7. CHRT80PTILUS. Ill 



Burm. Th. Bras. ii. p. 242 (1856) ; Scl. Cat. Amer. B. p. 340, 



no. 2032 (1862) ; Cab. ^- Heme, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 164 (1803) ; 



Gray, List Picid. Brit. Mus. p. 93 (1868) ; id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 195, 



no. 8735 (1870). 

 - Chrysopicos melanocliloriis, Malh. N. Classif., Mem. Acad. Metz, 



1848-49, p. 354. _ 

 Cbrvsoptilus buffonii, Bp. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 122 (1850) ; id. Consp. 



Valuer. Zygod. p. 9, no. 141 (1854) ; Reichenb. Scans. Picince, 



p. 419, no. 984, pi. dclxx. %. 4441 S (1854). 

 Clirysoptilus melanochloros, Reichenb. Scans. Picince, p. 420, no. 987 



pi. dckxl. figs. 4444-45, $ $ (1854). 

 Chrvsopicus melanochlorus, Malh. Bull. Soc. d'Hist. Nat. Moselle, 



1857, p. 11; id. Picidm, ii. p. 187, pi. Ixxxvii. bis, figs. 4,5, c? $ (1862). 

 Cbrysopicus cblorozostus, Malh. Picidce, ii. p. 183, pi. Ixxxvii. bis, 



figs. 1, 2, 6 2 (1862). 

 Chiysoptilus chlorozostus, Scl. Cat. Amer. B. p. 340, no. 2031 (1862), 



pt. ; Peh. Orn. Bras. p. 249 (1870) ; Berl. 8f Jhering, in Madar. 



Zeitschr. ges Orn. 1885, p. 158. 

 Chiysoptilus cristatus (pt.), Cah. 8f Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 165 



(1863) ; Gray, List Picid. Brit. Mus. p. 93 (1868) ; id. Hand-l. B. 



ii. p. 195, no. 8740 (1870). 



Adult male. Back and scapulars briglit yellowish olive barred 

 •with black ; the rump and upper tail-coverts golden yellow, the 

 former with varied spots of black, the latter having an apical 

 V-shaped marking and basal bars of black ; wing-coverts rather 

 browner than the back, with an apical heart-shaped spot and basal 

 bars of black, the lesser series black with golden-olive margins only ; 

 quills blackish brown, the outer webs (except the apical portion of 

 the primaries) spotted with golden olive, the inner webs of the 

 primaries margined with greyish white at the base, those of the 

 secondaries spotted with white on the margin, the innermost feathers 

 barred with olive across both webs ; shafts yellow, brownish at the 

 base ; tail black, the central pair of feathers transversely spotted 

 with yellowish brown at the base, the outer large feather barred 

 across with smoky buff, the shaft being yellow, the other shafts 

 black or brownish ; nasal plumes, forehead, and crown black 

 occiput, nape, and malar stripe crimson ; face yellowish white 

 chin, throat, and fore neck yellowish white striated with black 

 side of the neck, hind neck, chest, and breast yellowish olive, 

 becoming yellower on the remaining underparts and under tail- 

 coverts, the whole being covered with rounded or heart-shaped spots 

 of black ; under wing-coverts golden buff, the axillaries golden 

 yellow. Total length ll'o inches, culmen 1*17, wing 5-8, tail 4*2, 

 tarsus 1'06; toes (without claws) — outer anterior 1-03, outer poste- 

 rior 1, inner anterior 0'75, inner posterior O'o2. 



Adult female. Differs from the adult male in having the malar 

 region black with stripe-like spots of white. Total length 11 inches, 

 culmen 1"15, wing 5'55, tail 3'9, tarsus 1. 



Hah. Southern provinces of Brazil (Minas Geraes to Eio Grande 

 do Sul) and Paraguay. 



