260 piciD^. 



a,b. S 2 ad. sk. S. Brazil. Sclater Coll. 



c. c? juv. sk. Pampas Argeutiuas, Chili Saivin-Godmau Coll. 



{Let/hold) . 



d,e. J 9 ad. sk. Punta Lara, Arg. Rep., Oct. H.Durnford,Esq.[C.]. 



/. 2 ad. sk. Punta Lara, May. Alan Peel, Esq. [C.]. 



(/. 5 ad. sk. Buenos Ayres {Haslehusf). Sahin-Godman CoU. 



h. 2 ad. sk. Conchitas, Buenos Ayres, Sclater Coll. 



Sept. ( W. II. Hudson), 



i. S ad. sk. Meudoza ( JVeisshaupt). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



A-, /. cJ ad. : ??i. J Chili. Zoological Society. 



ad. .sk. 



71. 2 ad. var. sk. Chili. Old Coll. 



23. Dendrocopus cancellatiis. 



Picus cancellatus, Wm/L Isis, 1829, p. 610, J ad. ( juv. ?),2(6 ad. ?) ; 



Bp. Comp. Gen. Av. i. p. 138, juv. (1850); Sdat. P. Z. S. 1856, 



p. 308 ; Sundev. Consp. Ai\ Picin. p. 21 (1866) ; Grai/, List Picid. 



Brit. Mus. p. 49 (1868) ; id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 186, no.' 8611 (1870) ; 



Pelz. Orn. Bras. pp. 245, 443 (1870). 

 Dyctiopicus wagleri, Bp. Consp. Valuer. Zyr/od. p. 8, no. -33 (1854). 

 Dendrobates maculatus, Burm. Th. Bras. ii. p. 224 (1856). 

 Picus waglerii, Mulli. Picida, i. p. 112, pi. xxix. figs. 1-3, ($ ad., 



(5 juv., 2 ad (1861). 

 Uictyopipo cancel'.ata, Cah. et Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 78 (1863). 



Adult female. Resembles D. muvtus 2 > l^ut differs in having the 

 whole of the top of the head umber-brown ; the dark barring above 

 as well as on the wings and tail browner ; the rump conspicuously 

 whiter, with small longitudinal and transverse blackish spots ; under 

 parts creamy white (not fulvescent), with extremely minute dusky 

 spots, slightlj' longitudinal ; the central tail-feathers crossed by live 

 black bars. Total length 5'7 inches, culmen O'T, wing 3'4, tail 1'62, 

 tarsus 0"58 ; toes (without claws ) — outer anterior 0'42, outer pos- 

 terior 0'48, inner anterior 0"3S, inner posterior 0'22. 



I have only seen one example of the present species, and this has 

 the top of the head uniform umber-brown, and in this respect 

 resembles the uniform head possessed by the females of the allied 

 species D. mixtus and D. lignarius. I believe (judging bj' analogy) 

 that Wagler's adult male is the young bird, and that his female is 

 the adult male, the former having been described as having the top 

 of the head red, the latter as having the occiput (only) red, the 

 forehead and crown-feathers striped with white. 



Hah. South BrazU (Province of San Paulo) *. 



24. Dendrocopus macii. 



Picus macei, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Xat. xxvi. p. 80 (1818) ; id. ^• 



* The exact range of this species is probably not known, as it is no doubt 

 often confounded with B. miaiiis. Wagler gives " Mexico " as the habitat of 

 I>. cancellat lis, but I apprehend tliere has been some mistake. 



