420 PICID.T!. 



black bar-like spots ; nnderside of qiiill-shafte and of tail-shafts; 

 golden yellow, and the feathers themselves also deeply washed with 

 yellow. Total length 12 inches, culmen l-Go, wing 5-8, tail 4-8, 

 tarsus 1-15 ; toes (without claws)— outer anterior 0-82, outer pos- 

 terior 0-73, inner anterior 0-(), inner posterior 0-38. 



Adidt female. Differs from the male in having the malar region 

 striped like the chin and throat. Total length 11-5 inches, culmen 

 1-55, wing 5-8, tail 4-G5, tarsus 1-15. 



Hab. Cuba. 



a. c? ad. sk. Cuba (W. S. Maclewj). Zoological Society. 



(Type of species.) 



b. $ ad. sk. Cuba. Sclater Coll. 

 cJ ad. sk. Cuba. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



c. 



33. CELEUS. T^p^ 



Celeus, Boie, Isis, 1831, p. 542 C. flavescens. 



Celeopicos, Malh. Mem. Acad. Metz, 1848-49, p. 332 . . C. flavescens. 

 Xanthopicus, Malh. Introd. Monogr. Picid. p. liii. (1861) C. flavescens. 



Bill of Celeus flavescens. 



Ranrje. From Southern Mexico, through Central and South 

 America into South Brazil. 



Key to the Species. 



A. Under surface of the body uniform, or with, 

 at most, only a few almost obsolete paler 

 markings. 

 a'. Head and more or less of the neck yellow 

 or buff, contrasting with the rest of the 

 plumage. 

 a". Back barred. 



a'" . Back, wings and their coverts barred 

 black and yellow ; underparts deep 

 black. 



«'. With red malar patch Jlaoescens (^ &&. , p. 423. 



h*. With no red on malar region, this 



being yellow striped with black . . flavescens 2 ad., p. 423. 

 h'". Back, wings and their coverts brown, 

 barred with dull yellow or with 

 rufous ; underparts, fore neck, and 

 part of orbital region brown 



c*. With red malar stripe hif/iibris(^ nd., p. 424. 



d''. With no red on malar region, this 



being brown hujubris 5 ad., p. 424. 



