23. DENDROBATES. 3fi.'3 



Dendrobates passerinus {7wn Limi.), Hartl. Ind. Azara, p. 17, no. 258 



(1847). 

 Eleopicus affinis, Bp. Consp. Valuer. Zygod. p. 10, no. 164 (1854). 

 Chloronerpes selvsii {Malh.), Sclat. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 74 ; id. Cat. Amer. 



B. p. 3-37, no."2015 (1802) ; Gray, List Picid. Brit. Mus. p. 108 



(1868) ; id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 199, no. 8788 (1870) ; Sclat. ^ Salv. 

 ■ Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 99 (1873) ; Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. .•]95, 



no. 1930 (1882). 

 Mesopicus selvsii, Malh. Picidce, ii. p. 67, pi. Ixii. fij^s. 1, 2, r? 9 ad. 



(1862). 

 C'ampias affinis, Cuh. Sf- Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 151 (1863). 

 Pious selysii, Sundev. Consp. Av. Picin. p. 38 (1866). 

 Campias selysii, Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 245 (1870). 



Adult male. Eack, rump, and upper tail-coverts, scapulars, wing- 

 coverts, outer webs' of secondaries and of primaries at the base 

 golden olive, the back slightly tinged with red, the rump and upper 

 tail-coverts with a few longitudinal spots of yellow, and the wing- 

 coverts with sagittate spots of yellow occasionally washed with rod ; 

 outer webs of primaries spotted with buff, those of the secondaries 

 having almost obsolete yellow spots, the inner webs of the quills 

 spotted with buffy white ; shafts brown ; tail brownish black, the 

 central feathers olive ou the basal margin and transversely spotted 

 with brownish buff, the lateral feathers barred with the same, but 

 lighter on the inner webs, shafts brown with black tips ; nasal 

 plumes brown; forehead, crown, and occiput crimson, the bases of 

 the feathers nearly black ; face and upper side of the neck ochreous, 

 the ear-coverts with lighter shaft-stripes, the nuchal band golden ; 

 chin and upper throat dull buff spotted with brown ; lower side of 

 the neck, throat, fore neck, and the entire underparts and under 

 tail-coverts buff, barred with dusky brown ; under wing-coverts and 

 axillaries bulfy wliite or yellowish, with transverse spots of blackish 

 olive. Total length 6-5 inches, culmen 0-92, wing 3-65, tail 2-15, 

 tarsus 0'6 ; toes (without claws) — outer anterior '4, outer posterior 

 0-55, inner anterior 0-4, inner posterior 0-23. 



Adult female. Has no red on the head, the feathers of the fore- 

 head and crown being dusky brown faintly tipped with olive, those 

 of the occiput being also dusky brown but having bright golden tips. 

 Total length G-o inches, culmen 0-87, wing 3-67, tail 2-25, 

 tarsus 0-68. 



Young. Have the malar region spotted, like the chin and throat. 

 Hah. Eastern Erazil (Provinces of Bahia, Rio Janeiro, and 

 Goyaz). 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 Sclater Coll. 



Purchased. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



