33. CELEUS. 



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Malacolophus flavescens, Swains. Classif. B. ii. p. 309 (1837). 

 Celeopicos flavescens, 3Ialh. N. Classif., Mem. Acad. Metz, 1848-49 

 p. 334. ' 



Celeopiciis flavescens, Malh. Picid. ii. p. 21, pi. liii fio-s 1 o ?. n 

 ad., 3, 4, S vars. (1862). o ■ , , ¥ 



Adult male. Back and scapulars black, narrowly barred with 

 yellow ; rump yellow ; upper tail-coverts black, some of the upper 

 series partially margined with yellow ; wing-coverts black, the 

 lesser series margined with yellow, the median and the greater 

 series margined with yellow at the tip and barred with yellowish 

 white ; bastard-wing and primary-coverts black, spotted with yel- 

 lowish white ; quills brownish black or black, the outer webs of the 

 inner primaries sparingly spotted with buify or yellowish white 

 at the base, the inner webs barred with yellowish white ; the 

 secondaries narrowly barred across both webs with yellowish white 

 tinged with buff; shafts blackish brown; tail brownish black, the 

 two outer large feathers spotted with white on the apical portion of 

 the inner web, the dwarf feather spotted on the apical portion of 

 both webs, shafts black ; head and crest, posterior half of the neck, 

 chin and throat yellow, tinged with buff, the lores spotted with 

 black; a very large malar patch of crimson; fore neck and under 

 surface of the body, likewise the under tail-coverts, black, the 

 feathers on the upper part of the fore neck margined with yellow, 

 , the black appearing as a stripe ; some of the feathers of the lower 

 fore neck and of the thighs, and also some of the under tail-coverts, 

 l)arti ally and narrowly margined with dull buffy white: the sides of 

 the body barred with yellow ; tibial plumes uniform yellow, with a 

 buff tinge ; under wing-coverts and axillaries uniform lemon-yellow. 

 Total length 11-5 inches, culmen 1-42, wing 6, tail 3-.55, tarsus l-l ; 

 toes (without claws) — outer anterior 1-02, outer posterior U-98, inner 

 anterior 0-72, inner posterior 0-4r). 



Adnlt female. Has the malar region of the same colour as the 

 head, but it is striped with black. In other respects it resembles the 

 adult male. Total length 11-5 inches, culmen 1-25, wing 6-1, tail 

 3"6, tarsus I'Oo. 



Hah. Eastern and Southern Brazil, extending north to Bahia. 



a. cJ ad. sk. 



h. c? ad. ; c. $ 

 imm. sk. 



d. S ad. sk. 



e. 2 ad. sk. 

 f-k. c? imm. ; I, 



m. 2 imm. sk. 

 n, o. (^ 2 imm. 



sk. 

 p, q. S ad. sk. 

 r. 2 ad. sk. 



s. S ad. ; t. 2 

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Brazil. 



Brazil. 



Brazil. 

 Brazil. 

 Brazil. 



Bahia, Brazil [Dr. Wu- 



cherer). 

 Sao Paulo, Brazil (Joyner). 

 Novo Fribourgo, Brazil (J. 



Toitds). 

 Rio Grande, Brazil. 



Lord Stuart 



Rothesay [P.]. 

 M. Clausseu [P.]. 



de 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Sclater Coll. 

 Tweeddale CoU. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Tweeddale CoU. 



