3(j6 nciD^. 



a. Ad. St. Island of Tobago. Purchased. 



b. (S ad. sk. Trinidad. Sclator Coll. 



c. d. c? 2 ad. sk. Venezuela. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



e. 5 imm. sk. San Esteban, Venezuela Sclater Coll. 



(^■1. Goennff). 



f, I/. 2 fd- sk. Eoraima, British Guiana, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Aug., Sept. (iZ.7r7((V(V//J. 



25. Dendrobates cecilis. 



Mepopicos cecilii, Molh. liev. et 3Iaq. dc Zonl. 1849, p. 538 ; id. N. 



Vhtssif., Mem. Acad. Metz, 1848-9, p. 341. 

 Chloionerpes cecilii, Bp. Consj). Gen. Av. i. p. 117 (1850) ; lieichcnh. 



Semis. Picince, p. 352, no. .829 (1864) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1855, p. 101, 



1856, p. 143, 1800, pp. 280,297; Gray, List. Picid. Brit. Mus. 



p. 114 (1808) ; id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 200, no. 8812 (1870). 

 Venilia cecilii, Bp. Consp. Valuer. Zygod. p. 10, no. 160 (1854). 

 Mesopicus cecilite, Malh. Picidce, ii. p. 71, pi. Ix. figs. 1 c:J,2 ? 



(1802). 

 Chloronerpea ceciliffi, Sclat. Cat. Amer. B. p. 338, no. 2019 (1862) ; 



Salv. P. Z. S. 1807, p. 157, 1870, p. 213 ; id. ir Sclat. Nomencl. Av. 



Neotr. p. 99 (1873) ; iid. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 633 ; Berl. ^ Tacz. op. 



eit. 1883, p. 571. 

 Erythronerpes cecilise, Cab. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 143 (1863). 

 Picus cecilise, Sundev. Consp. At: Picin. p. 36 (1866). 



Adult male. Has the rump and upper tail-coverts red, and the 

 colour, generally, as in D. kirki, but diflers from the latter species 

 in having the wing-coverts devoid of yellow spots ; the malar region, 

 chin, and upper throat conspicuously whiter and with only a few 

 dusky spots ; the bill much lighter at the tip, and the entire dimen- 

 sions considerably less: "iris brown " (SiemiraclsJci). Total length 

 55 inches, culmen 0*82, wing 3*35, tail 1-78, tarsus 0-67 ; toes 

 (without claws) — outer anterior 0-55, outer posterior 0'58, inner 

 anterior 0"4, inner posterior 0-28. 



Immature male. In addition to its less brilliant coloration, it differs 

 from the adult in the rump having a mottled appearance, caused by 

 the feathers having, as well as the red tip, a dusky-olive cres- 

 centic marking and a yellowish spot, the latter being more or less 

 exposed. 



Adult female. Differs from the adult male in having the forehead, 

 crown, and occiput blackish brown, the feathers of the forehead and 

 crown with paler umber-brown tips, those of the occiput having 

 minute whitish stripe-like spots. Total length 5"5 inches, culmen 

 0-68, wing 3-26, tail 1-96, tarsus 0-57. 



Hab. Colombia and Western Ecuador ; north into the Province of 

 Chiriqui. 



a. c? ad. sk. Mina de Chorcha, Chiriqui, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Veragua (P. Arcc). 



b. S ad. sk. Bibalaz, Chiriqui {E. Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



c. 2 ad. sk. New Granada. Purchased. 



d. S ad. sk. New Granada. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 c,/. cJ ad.; ^. $ ad.sk. Bogota. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



