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2. Celeus lugubris. 



Picus lugubris, Mctlh. Mem. 8oc. d' Hist. Nat. Metz, 1851, p. 77; 



Simdev. Omsp. Av. Ficln. p. 85 (1866). 

 Celeus lugubiis, Bjh Consp. Vulucr. Zyc/orf. p. 8, no. 87 (1854); Sclaf. 



Cat. Amer. B. p. 335, no. 2002 (1862); Grai/, List Picid. Brit. 



Mus. p. 87 (1868) ; id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 194, no. 8717 (1870) ; 



Peh. Orn. Bras. p. 250 (1870) ; Sclat. S^- Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. 



p. 101 (1873). 

 Celeopicus lugubris, Malh. Picidce, ii. p. 19, pi. liv. figs. 1 cJ > 2 2 , 



3 ^,4 $ var. (1862). 



Adult male. Back, scapulars, and wing-coverts brown, the former 

 with a strong fulvescent tinge, the whole being irregularly barred 

 with yellow ; rump and upper tail-coverts yellow, the latter tinged 

 with rufous ; outer webs of primaries brownish black, the innermost 

 irregularly spotted with rufous ; the inner webs black on their apical 

 portion, the base yellow, rufous near the shaft, barred with black ; 

 outer webs, likewise the tips of the inner webs of the secondaries, 

 rufous, the base of the inner webs yellow, the whole being barred 

 with black or brown ; shafts of primaries brownish black, those of 

 the secondaries reddish brown ; tail (except the dwarf feather, which 

 is uniform rufous) uniform black, and the shafts black ; head and 

 crest, hind neck, chin, and throat yellow, more or less ochreous, the 

 malar stripe crimson, the loral region and the feathers immediately 

 below the eye varied with brown ; stripe behind the malar region 

 brown, the feathers having yellowish margins ; fore neck and the 

 under surface of the body brown, the feathers margined with rufous 

 at the tip ; sides of the body, flanks, and thighs yellow, the two 

 latter with bars and heart-shaped spots of brown ; short tibial 

 plumes uniform yellow ; under tail-coverts rufesceut buff, spotted 

 with brown ; under wing-coverts and axillaries uniform yellow. 

 Total length 10 inches, culmen 1-07, wing 5-85, tail 3-45, tarsus 1 ; 

 toes (without claws)— outer anterior 0'95, outer posterior 0'87, 

 inner anterior 0'72, inner posterior 0*42. 



Adult female. Kesembles the adult male, but differs in the absence 

 of red on the malar region, this being dark brown ; the dimensions 

 are much the same. 



Immature. Have a greater amount of brown on the orbital I'egion; 

 the lower series of upper tail-coverts and the under tail-coverts 

 rufous, barred with black, and the dwarf tail-feather also barred 

 ■with black ; the short tibial plumes less yellow and considerably 

 varied with brown ; the under wing-coverts and axillaries less 

 yellow, the latter barred with dusky brown ; the underparts have a 

 few longitudinal spots of buff" or rufous; the male has a crimson 

 malar stripe, and in the female this is replaced by brown. 



A specimen of a female which I take to be immature (judging 

 by its pale under wing-coverts and brown-spotted tibial plumes) has 

 the lower series of the upper and under tail-coverts, and also the 

 dwarf tail-feather, uniform rich rufous. 



