436 picidj:. 



abdomen, vent, and upper series of under tail-coverts having more 

 or less cordate spots of deep black, these being very large upon the 

 upper breast ; the flanks and thighs having only a icw spots or 

 stripes of black ; under wing-coverts and asillaries fulvescent buff, 

 the former having rounded spots of black. Total length 10 inches, 

 culmen 1-18, wing 5-95, tail 3-85, tarsus 0-8G ; toes (without claws) 

 — outer anterior 0-88, outer posterior 0-76, inner anterior 0*66, 

 inner posterior 0'4. 



Hab. Sarayacu, Ecuador. 



a. 2 ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador (C. Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Type of species.) 



34. CERCHNEIPICUS. ™ 



Type. 

 Cerchneipicus, Bj). Consp. Volucr. Zygod. p. 9, no. 9.3 



(1854) 0. tinnunculus. 



Bill of Cerchneipicus torqiiatus. 



Range. Guiana, and throughout the greater part of Brazil, east 

 to Pernambuco, south to the Paraguay and Guapore Hivers, and 

 into North-east Peru. 



Key to the Species. 



A. Not barred either above or below ; the 



lower part of the hind neck and the 



extreme upper part of the back black, 



this forming a broad collar. 



a'. With red malar suripe torqiiatus (J ad., p. 437. 



b'. "With no malar stripe torquatus 5 ad., p. 437. 



B. Barred above and below ; with no black 



collar on the lower hind neck and upper 

 part of the back. 

 c . Upper parts, wings and their coverts 



broadly barred with black, the bars 



(genej-ally) very much broader than 



the interspaces ; the three outer large 



tail-feathers black and not barred, 



but with buif or rufous spots at the 



base of the inner webs. 



«". With red malar stripe tinmmculus S ad., p. 438. 



b' . With no malar stripe tinnunculus $ ad., p. 438. 



