114 PICIDJE. 



3. Chrysoptilus icteromelas. 



Picus icteromelas, Vieill. N. Bict. xxvi. p. 84, J (1818) ; id. ^- Bonn. 



Enc. MM. iii. p. ];113 (18l'3); Wwjl. Si/st. Ar. Piciis, sp. 43 



(1827) ; Drop. Diet. Class, xiii. p. 603 (1828) ; Sundev, Gms]). Av. 



Picin. p. 74 (1866). 

 Pious uattereri*, 3falh. MSm. Soc. Roy. Lieye, 1845, p. 66. 

 Chr\soptihis icteromelas, Bp. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 122 (1850); id. 



Consj). Vohior. Zi/qod. p. 9, no. 140 (1854) ; liekhenh. Scans. 



Picincp., p. 421, no. 988, pi. dclxxi. tier. 4446, ^ ad. (1854) ; Cnh. ^ 



Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 164 (1863) ; Gray, List Picid. Brit. 3Ius. 



p. 92 (1868) ; id. Handl-l. B. ii. p. 195, no. 8733 (1870) ; Pdz. Or7i. 



Bras. p. 248 (1870); Scl. S^- Salv. Numencl. Av. Keotr. p. 100 



(1873). 

 Dendromus meriani, Hartl. Syst. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 181 (1857)t- 

 Chrvsopicus icteromelas, Malh. Picides, ii. p. 182, pi. Ixxxviii. 



tigs. 1 d, 2 $ ad. (1862). 



Adult female. Back, scapulars, nimp, aud upper series of upper 

 tail-coverts bright yellowish olive, the lower series of the upper tail- 

 coverts less yellow, the whole being barred with black ; wing- 

 coverts and quills brownish black, the coverts barred, the outer webs 

 of the quills spotted and the inner feathers barred across both webs 

 with drab-brown more or less washed with olive-yellow ; the inner 

 webs of the quills spotted with white, and the shafts entirely golden 

 yellow ; tail black, the six central feathers more or less barred at 

 the base with bufty yellow and having black shafts, the two outer 

 large feathers on either side entirely barred with yellowish buff and 

 having golden shafts ; upper nasal plumes, forehead, aud crown 

 black ; occiput and nape scarlet, the hind neck yellowish olive with 

 longitudinal spots and bars of black ; lower nasal plumes and an- 

 terior half of face nearly white, the posterior half buff; malar 

 region striped greyish white and ])lack ; chin, throat, and fore neck 

 yellowish white narrowly striped with black; side of the neck, the 

 whole of the under surface of the body yellow spotted with black, 

 the spots almost entirely heart-shaped, but on the abdomen very 

 minute, and on the thighs somewhat V-shaped or transverse ; under 

 tail-coverts pale yellow barred with black ; under wing-coverts and 

 axillaries golden pale buff. Total length 8-7 inches, culraen 1*1, 

 wing 5, tail 3'2, tarsus 0"9 ; toes (without claws) — outer anterior 

 0'82, outer posterior 0-75, inner anterior 0'58, inner posterior 0-42. 



Aihdt mole. "Has the malar stripe red, but otherwise resembles 

 the adult female. Total length 9'4-9'8 inches, bill to gape 0'95- 

 1-15, wing 4-9, tail 3-3, tarsus 0-75." (Malherbe.) 



Hah. Brazil (Southern part of the Provinces of Matto Grosso and 

 Goyaz). 



* Malherbe in his Monograph (ii. p. 182) expresses a belief that his P. vat- 

 tercri and P. icteromelas of Vieillot are identical, at the same time admitting that 

 he has never seen the latter species. Judging from Malherbe's description of 

 P. ?iatiereri, I should have been inclined to refer it to C. milaiwchtorus, with 

 which it agrees better ; but as the latter species was apparently well known to 

 Malherbe, I presume that author's conclusions are correct. 



t According to Mallierbe this was founded on a " made-up' bird of the 

 present species, said to hare been obtained in Aguapim. 



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