1 18 riciii.n. 



Chrysoptilus punctipectus, Vuh. if Heine, Mns. Hein. iv. p. 163 

 (]8(i.'^) ; Gray, List Picid. Brit. Mus. p. 92 (18G8) ; id. Hand-l. 

 B. ii. p. 19o, uo. 8731' (1870) ; Sidr. Cat. Sfrickl. Coll. p. 397, 

 no. 1941 (1882); Tucz. Orn. Perou, iii. p. 88 (1886). 



Picus punctipectus, Sunder. Cunsp. Ac. Piciii. p. 74 (18G6). 



Adult male. Resembles C. j)uiu-tii/i(la of Boddaert, but differs in 

 having the chin and throat wliitc striped with black, the stripe ex- 

 panding at the base and on the tips of the feathers. In younger 

 birds tlie white is less developed and appears as a spot on tho web, 

 but in the adult the extent of the white marginal spots reduces the 

 black to a distinct stripe ; the underparts below tho chest are of a 

 brighter yellow, and the upper tail-coverts more spotted than 

 barred : the measurements are also greater. Total length 8 inches, 

 culmen 0-95, wing 4-25, tail 2-55, tarsus 0-8:5 ; toes (without claws) 

 — outer anterior 0'7, outer posterior 0*7, inner anterior 0"52, inner 

 posterior 0"33. 



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

 region black longitudinally spotted with white. Total length 8 

 inches, culmen 0'8S, wing 4-38, tail 2-65, tarsus 0-82. 



Younij (sex ?). Has the malar stripe black, or Avith at most a few 

 almost obsolete white specks : the chin and throat black, spotted 

 with white ; the underparts diiller, and no red on the chest- feathers ; 

 no red on the feathers of the forehead and crown, and the red 

 occipital band narrower. 



Hah. Upper Amazon region, into North-east Pern, and North 

 into the U.S. of Colombia, and Venezuela. 



a. S ad.; h, c. $ U.S. Colombia. Tweeddale Coll. 



ad. ; d. 5 imm. 

 sk. 

 e. <S ad. ; /. S Bogota. Sclater Coll. 



juv. sk. 

 y. S ad. sk. New Granada. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



h. S ad. sk. Remedios, U.S. Colombia Salvin-Godman Coll. 



{T. K. Salmon), 

 i. (S ad. sk. Santa Marta, U.S. Colombia. Tweeddale Coll. 



h. S ad. sk. Upper Amazons. Sclater Coll. 



/. (J ad. sk. Pebas, E. Peru, Dec. (J. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Hau.rivell). 

 ni. (5 ad. sk. Upper Ucayali, Peruvian Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Amazons, Aug. {H. Bartlett). 



8. Chrysoptilus atricoUis. 



Chrysopico? atricollis, Malh. N. Classif., Mem. Acad. Metz, 1848-49, 



p. 355. 

 Chrysopicus atricollis, Ma//;. Bev. et Mag. de Zool. 1860, p. 156; 



Bp. Co7isp. Volua-. Zygod. p. 9, no. 142' (1864); Malh. Picidee, ii. 



p. 178, pi. Ixxxviii. fig. 4,d' (1862). 

 Chrysoptilus peruvianus, Beichenh. Scans. Picifice, p. 419, no. 985, 



pi. delxxx. figs. 4493-94, S 6 (1854). 

 Chr^.soptilus Htncollis, Beichenb. Scans. Picinee, f. 430, no. 1015 5 



