356 piciD^. 



white, the malar region with transverse markings of olive, the ear- 

 coverts yellowish olive, striped with dusky black ; chin and upper 

 throat white, spotted with olive, the remainder of the neck and the 

 ■whole of the underparts and under tail-coverts fulvescent white, 

 barred with olive ; under -wing-coverts creamy white, with a few 

 olive spots. Total length 5-2 inches, culmen 0-75, wing 3'27, 

 tail 1-68, tarsus 0-63 ; toes (without claws) — outer anterior 0-38, 

 outer posterior 0-55, inner anterior 0-32, inner posterior 0*23. 



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

 of the upper part of the forehead, crown, and occiput tipped with 

 scarlet, the base of the forehead spotted with smoky white. Total 

 length 5-5 inches, culmen 0-86, wing 3-2, tail 1-8, tarsus 0-72. 



Hah. North-eastern Peru and Eastern Ecuador, north to Santa Ee 

 de Bogota, Colombia. 



a. (S juv. sk. Yquitos, Peru, Oct. (H. TJ^itely). Sclater Coll. 



16. Dendrobates olivinus. 



Picus olivinus, Malh. Mem. Soc. Roy. Sc. Lieye, 1845, p. 67 ; Sundev. 



Consp. Av. Pidn. p. 40 (1866). 

 Eleopicus olivinus, Bp. Consp. Volucr. Zyyod. p. 10, no. 161 (1854). 

 Mesopicus olivinus, Malh. Picidce, ii. p. 65, pi. lix. figs. 4, 5, c? 5 



(1862). 

 Phseonerpes olivinus, Cab. S,~ Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 140 (1863). 

 Chloronerpes olivinus, Gray, List Picid. Brit. Mus. p. Ill (1868); 



id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 200, no. 8804 (1870); Sclat. 8f Salv. Nomencl. 



Av. Neotr. p. 99 (1873) ; Salv. Cat. Sfrickl. Coll. p. 395, no. 1932 



(1882). 

 Campias olivinus, Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 246 (1870) ; id. ^ Lorenz, Ann. 



k. k. Natitrh. Hoftn. iii. Th. iv. p. 44 (1888). 



Adult male. Back, scapulars, rump, and upper tail-coverts olive- 

 golden, the rump having faint and narrow yellow bars ; wing-coverts 

 golden olive, spotted with white or yellowish white ; bastard-wing 

 and primary-coverts brown ; quills brown, the outer webs of the 

 primaries at the base and those of the secondaries along their 

 whole length margined with golden olive ; the outer webs of the 

 primaries spotted with dull white, the inner webs with larger and 

 whiter spots on the basal half, the outer webs of the secondaries 

 spotted with dull yellow, the inner webs having transverse spots of 

 pure white ; shafts orange-brown ; tail dark brown, both webs of 

 the feathers having marginal spots of brownish white, giving the 

 tail a barred appearance ; shafts blackish brown : forehead and crown 

 pale umber-brown, with dull whitish spots ; occiput and nape 

 brilliant scarlet ; hind neck like the back ; face pale umber-brown, 

 shading into golden olive on the side of the neck, the latter being 

 crossed by a few indistinct whitish bars ; lores and a stripe above 

 the malar region dull white ; malar stripe brownish dusky ; chin dull 

 white, striped with pale brown ; throat, fore neck, and the whole of 

 the under surface of the body pale brown with an olivaceous tinge, 

 and narrowly barred with white, more or less fulvescent; under 



