12. MELAKERrES. 163 



Dendrobates cactorum, Ihtrm. J. f. O. 1800, p. 244 ; id. Reisv La 



Plata-St. 11. p. 445 (18(il). 

 Cactocrauo-us cactorum, Cab. (.y Heme, Mas. Hein. iv. j). 72 (186:3). 



Adult male. Back and scapulars black, the former striped with 

 drab down the centre ; rump and upper tail-coverts white, with 

 broken bars of black ; wing coverts black, the lesser and the median 

 series having the apical portion drabby white spotted Avith black, 

 the light part of the feathers forming a conspicuous patch on the 

 wing,^ the greater series spotted with white on both webs ; quills 

 blackish brown, spotted with white on both webs, the shafts dusky 

 brown ; tail-feathers brownish black, entirely barred with white upon 

 both webs, the shafts black ; nasal plumes and sinciput white, slightly 

 drab ; hinder part of the crown, the occiput, upper part of face, and 

 a broad stripe bordering the nape black, and in the middle of the 

 crown a longitudinal spot of crimson ; chin and throat golden yel- 

 low ; lores and malar region creamy white, grading into vinous drab 

 on the side of the neck, nape, and hind neck ; under surface of the 

 body and under tail-coverts brownish buff, the thighs and under 

 tail-coverts with bar-like spots and bars of black; under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries drab. Total length 6-7 inches, culmen 0-8, 

 ■wing 4-1, tail 2-3, tarsus 0-77; toes (without claws) — outer anterior 

 0-58, outer posterior (>6, inner anterior 0-43, inner posterior 0-32. 



Adult female. Resembles the adult male, but wants the red 

 feathers in the centre of the crown : " beak black ; legs grey ; iris 

 brown " {Alan Peel). Total length 7 inches, culmen 0-83, wing 4-1, 

 tail 2-15, tarsus (>63. 



The young female has the chin and upper throat white (not yel- 

 low), and the underparts smoky grey, instead of brownish buff as 

 in the adult. 



Hah. Peru (probably in the southern part only), Bolivia, Argen- 

 tine Eepublic, and Lower Uruguay. 



a,h. c? 2 ad. sk. Bolivia. T. Bridges [C.l. 



c. ? juv. sk. BoUvia. Purchased. 



d,e. (S 2 ad. sk. Mendoza, Arg. Eep. ( Jf m«- Sclater Coll. 



ha apt). 



/. .y- d 2 ^^- sk. Mendoza, Feb. ( Weisahaiqjt). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



h. 5 ad. sk. Mendoza ( Weisshavpt). Tweeddale Coll. 



«. c? ad. St. Mendoza. Mr. Weissbaupt [C.]. 



k. 2 juv. sk. Salta, Arg. Eep. II.Dumford.Esq.rC.J. 



I. 6 ad. ; m, ?i 5 Uruguay. Alan Peel, Esq. [C.l. 

 ad. sk. 



1 3. Melanerpes herminieri. 



Pious heiniiuieri, Less. Traite, i. p. 228 (1831); Des Murs, Icon. 



Orn. pi. xxxviii. (1849) ; Sundev. Consp. Av. Pkm. p. 51 (1866). 

 Melampicos herminieri, Malh. N. Classif., Mevi. Acad. Metz, 1848- 



49, p. 305. 

 Melanerpes herminieri, Bp. Covsp. Geti. Av. i. p. 115 (1850); 



Peicfienl). iSca)ig. Picivce, p. 38], no. 880, pi. dcxlii. figs. 4280-81 



(1854); Gray, List Picid. Brit, Mus. p. 117 (1868) ; id. Hand-l. 



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