23. DENDROBATES, 365 



k,l. S 9- ^^- sk. Simacu, Eolivia {C. Bvckhnj). Salviu-Godman Coll. 

 m, (S ad. sk. Destacamento do Ribeiroa, W. Sclater Coll. 



Brazil, Sept. {J. Natterer). 



24. Dendrobates kirki. 



Chloi-opicus kirkii, Malh. Rev. Zool. 1845, p. 400. 



Chloronerpes kirkii, Oray, Gen. B. ii. p. 443 (1840) ; Bi). Comp. 



Gen. Av. i. p. 117 (1850); Reichenh. Scans. Pici/ice, p. 352, no. 



808, pi. dcxxv. tig. 4163, cJ (1854) ; Sclat. Cat. Amer. B. p. 338, 



no. 2018 (1862) ; Leot. Ois. Trinid. p. 339 (1866) ; Sclat. .y Salv. 



P. Z. S. 1868, p. 029 ; Gray, List Picid. Brit. Mus. p. 113 (1868) ; 



id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 200, no. 8811 (1870) ; Sclat. ^ Salv. Nomend. 



Av. Neotr. p. 99 (1873) ; Salv. Ibis, 1886, p. 58. 

 Chrysoptilus kirkii, Jard. Ann. Nat. Hist. 1847, p. 333 ; id. Contr. 



Orn. pi. 2, S (1848-52). 

 Mesoplcos kirkii, Malh. N. Classif., Mem. Acad. Metz, p. 341 



(1848-49). 

 Venilia kirkii, Bp. Consp. Volurr. Zyyud. p. 10, no. 159 (1854). 

 Mesopicus kirkii, Malh. Picidce, ii. p. 70, pi. lis. figs, 7, 8, c? 9 ad. 



(1862). 

 Erythronerpes kirki, Cub. 8f Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 144 (1863). 

 Picus kirkii, Sundev. Comp. Av. Picin. p. 36 (1866). 



Adult male. Back, scapulars, and Nying-coverts rich golden olive, 

 sometimes tinged with red, the median series of the coverts spotted 

 •with yellow and frequently having their apical portion red ; rump 

 and upper tail-coverts vermilion-red ; quills blackish brown, the 

 outer webs of the secondaries and of the primaries at the base golden 

 olive, the inner webs spotted with white ; shafts black ; tail brown- 

 ish black, the central pair of feathers margined with golden olive 

 at the base and unspotted, the remainder with brownish-white or 

 obscure brown spots on the inner or upon both webs : shafts black, 

 with brown bases ; nasal plumes brown ; forehead, crown, and 

 occiput vermilion ; nape varied with yellow ; lores and face white, 

 striped with olive-black, the ear-coverts dusky brown ; side of the 

 neck blackish olive, striped with yellow ; chin and throat white, 

 spotted with olive-black ; entire underparts, from the throat down- 

 wards, and the under tail-coverts blackish olive barred with ful- 

 vescent white ; under wing-coverts and axillaries yellowish or buffy 

 white, transversely spotted with blackish olive. Total length 6-3 

 inches, culmen 0*93, wing 3'43, tail 2-1, tarsus 0'67 ; toes (without 

 claws) — outer anterior 0*45, outer posterior 0-6, inner anterior 0-37, 

 inner posterior 0'25. 



Adult female. Has the feathers of the forehead, crown, and occiput 

 brownish black with lighter brown tips, the outer edge of the occiput 

 striped with yellow, the nuchal feathers having golden-yellow tips 

 and brownish-black bases. Total length 6"3 inches, culmen 0'9, 

 wing 3'5, tail 2-15, tarsus 0-65. 



Hab. Venezuela and British Guiana ; also the islands of Trinidad 

 and Tobago. 



