33. CELEus. 427 



the general rufous colour of the bird ; entire face and neck, under 

 surface of the body, and under tail-coverts uniform deep rufous, the 

 malar region crimson, and the sides of the body, as well as the short 

 tibial plumes yellow ; under v\ing-coverts and axillaries uniform 

 yellow. Total length D-3 inches, culmen l-2o, wing 5-53, tail 3" 35, 

 tarsus 0'96 ; toes (without claws) — outer anterior 0*95, outer pos- 

 terior 0"7o, inner anterior 0-65, inner posterior 0'42. 



Adult female. Differs from the adult male in wanting the crimson 

 malar stripe. Total length 9 inches, culmen 1-2, wing 5-75, tail 

 3'(j, tarsus 0'97. 



Younf/. Eesemble the adult of their respective sexes, but differ in 

 having the back, scapulars, and wing-coverts uniform (or nearly so), 

 the spots being generally concealed ; the top of the head and the 

 crest are slightly lighter. 



Hab. Venezuela and the island of Trinidad, and in North Brazil. 



a. cJ imni. sk. Sdiith America. .T. Gould, Esq. 



b, c. S ad. ; d. $ ad. sk. Venezuela. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 e. S imm. sk. Trinidad. Sclater Coll. 



/. S ad. sk. - Brazil. Tweeddale Coll. 



6. Celeus reichenbachi. 



Coleopicus reicheubachii, Mdlh. Pickl(e, ii. p. iIS, pi. Ivi. figs. 4, 5, 

 cJ $ ad. (1862). 



Picus reicheubachii, Siindev. Consp. Av. Picin. p. 8.5 (1866). 



Celeus reiclienbachii, Gray, List Picid. Brit. Mus. p. 87 (1868) ; id. 

 Hand-l. B. ii. p. 194, no. 8713 (1870) ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 251 

 (1870) ; Sclat. ^ Salv. Noviencl. Av. Neotr. p. 101 (1873). 



Celeus cinnamomeus (pt.), Salv. Ibis, 1886, p. 59. 



Adult male. Ecsembles G. elegans, but may be distinguished by its 

 very much larger dimensions, and dark brown back and uuder- 

 parts, and in having the crown and crest more rufous ; the black bars 

 on the inner webs of the secondaries more numerous and broader, 

 and showing on more or less of the outer webs, and also on the rufous 

 outer web of the primaries ; the back, scapulars, and wing-coverts 

 are more or less distinctly barred with blackish brown ; the primary- 

 coverts more distinctly barred black and rufous ; the sides of the 

 body and the under wing-coverts are of a deeper yellow, and occa- 

 sionally tinged with rufous. Total length 11 inches, culmen 1 25, 

 wing 6-65, tail 4, tarsus 1 ; toes (without claws)^outer anterior 

 0'95, outer posterior 0*77, inner anterior O-H, inner posterior 0-38. 



Adidt female. Differs from the adult male in the absence of the 

 red malar stripe. Total length 11 inches, culmen 1-3S, wing G'45, 

 tail 3"85, tarsus 1. 



Yoking. Eesemble the adult of their respective sexes, but may be 

 distinguished by having the primary-coverts and outer webs of the 

 primaries less barred with black ; the rump, upper tail-coverts, and 

 the under wing-coverts less yellow. 



