33. CELEus. 433 



black, the under tail-coverts having somewhat similar markings or 

 heart-shaped spots, at the tip, and on the basal portion transverse 

 spots ot black ; under wing-coverts and axiUaries rufous, with a few 

 black spots on the edge of the wing. Total length 8-2 inches, culmen 

 U-yo,_wing 4-8, tail 2-8, tarsus 0-75; toes (without claws)— outer 

 anterior U-68, outer posterior 0-62, inner anterior 0-5 inner nos- 

 terior 0-30. '■ 



Adult female. Differs from the adult male in the absence of red 

 on the malar region, chin, and throat, these being uniform rufous, 

 iotal length 8-2 inches, culmen 0-92, wing 4-8, tail 2-75, tarsus 0-8. 



Hah. Central America, north into Costa Eica, south into Antioquia 

 and the western parts of Colombia and Ecuador, and extending into 

 l-eru (probably only the extreme north-west), Reichenbach's type 

 being from the latter country. 



a. S ad. sk. Veragua {E. Arce). Salvin-Godman CoU. 



J ''• V ad- sk. Panama (J. McLemman). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



rf.cJad.sk. Remedios, Antioquia (r. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



K. Salmon). 



e. dad. sk. Nicbi, Antiociuia (T. K. Sclater Coll. 



Salmon). 



f. ? ad. sk. Babahojo, Ecuador (Z. Sclater Coll. (Type 



Fraser). of C.fraseri Malh.). 



12. Celeus castaneus. 



Picus castaneus, Wagl. Ms, 1820, p. 515 ; Sundev. Consp. Av. Picin. 

 p. 86 (1866). 



Picus badiodes, Less. Cent, de Zuol. pi. xiv. $ (1830) 



Celeus badiodes, £o{e, Isis, 1831, p. 542 : Grai/, Gen. B. ii. p. 440 

 (1846); Bp. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 130 (1850) ; id. Consp. Volucr. 

 /.yrjod. p. 8, no. 90 (1854) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 229. 



Celeopicos badiodes, Malh. A'. Classif., Mem. Acad. Metz, 1848-49 

 p. 334. ' 



Celeus castaneus, Licht. Nomencl. Ac p. 77 (1854) ; Sclat P Z S 

 1858, p. 359 ; Moore, op. cit. 1859, p. 60 ; Selat. t. c. p. 388 •" id &■ 

 Salv. Ihs, 1859, p. 137 ; Cav.-Tayl. op. cit. 1860, p. 119: Sclat 

 Cut. Amer. B. p. 336, no. 2004 (1862) ; Laicr. Ann.Ujc. Nat. Hist. 

 N. Jork, 1868, p. 130 ; Gray, List Picid. BHt. Mus. p. 88 (1868) 

 id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 194, no. 8716 (1870) ; Sclat. S,- Salv. P Z S 

 1870, p. 837 ; Salv. Ibis, 1872, p. 320; id. c^- Sclat. Nomencl. Av 

 Neotr. p. 101 (1873) ; Zeled. Cat. Av. Costa-Rica, p. 23, no 485 

 (1882) ; Boucard, P. Z. S 1883, p. J 52. ' V , ■ o 



Meiglyptes castaneus, Beichenh. Scans. Picince, p. 405, no 946 

 pi. dclix. fig. 4372, ? (1854). 



Celeopicus castaneus, Malh. Picid<e, ii. p. 25, pi. 1 fios ^ "2 a O 

 (1862). ^ ^ o • , , d ¥ 



Adult male. Head and upper part of neck rufescent buff, the malar 

 region and the feathers more or less round the eye crimson ; the 

 remainder of the plumage (except the apical portion of the quills 

 and of the tail-feathers) rich rufous, tlie back, scapulars, and wino-- 

 covcrts with transverse black markings, the rump uniform, the 

 ujipcr tail-coverts with bar-like and sagittate spots of black • the 



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