514 IICID.E. 



Oni. Bras. p. 243 (1870); Sdat. ^- Salv. Nomencl Ar. Neotr. 



]i. 99 (1873) ; Bed. Ibis, 1834, p. 442 ; Pelz. ^- Loroiz, Ann. k.-k. 



Katurh. Ilofm. iii. Th. iv. p. 43 (1888). 

 DiNopicus gaieatus, Malh. N. C/as.vf., Mem. Jcml Mefz, 1848-49, 



p. 3i'2; id.Ficidcc, i. p. 38, pi. xi. fig-s. 1 d ad., 2 $ ad., 3 S juv. 



(1861). 

 Caiupephihis galeatus, Reichenh. Scans. Picin(e, p. 394, no. 912, pi. del. 



lig. 4337, c? (1854). 

 Driopicus galeatus, Bj). Consp. Volucr. Zi/f/od. p. 8, no. 22 (1854). 

 Ceophloeiis galeatus. Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 89 (1863). 



Adult female. Extreme upper back black, the lower feathers 

 barred "with pale buif ; middle aud lower back, rump, and upper 

 tail-coverts buff, the upper series of the latter with a few transverse 

 black spots or bars, more or less concealed by the feathers of the 

 rump ; scapulars, wings, and tail black, the quills having the basal 

 half of the inner webs rufous-buff: shafts of quills brown, those of 

 the tail-feathers black ; forehead rufous or rufous-buff, the feathers 

 tipped with crimson ; crown, occipital and nuchal crest, and nearly 

 the whole of the hind neck crimson ; lores, face, chin, and throat 

 rufous-buff, slightly greyer on the posterior part of the face, the 

 lores and fore part of the cheeks, also the chin and throat, being 

 uniform, the remainder narrowly baiTcd with black ; fore neck and 

 fore ])art of the side of the neck black, the former spotted with 

 buff, a buff stripe running down the side of the neck ; imder 

 surface of the body and under tail-coverts buff, narrowly barred 

 with black, the barring broader on the chest and breast ; under 

 wing-coverts and axillaries deep buff. Total length 11-5 inches, 

 culmen 1-47, wing 6-7, tail 4-25, tarsus 1 ; toes (without claws) — 

 outer anterior 0-8, outer posterior 0-72, inner anterior 0-62, inner 

 posterior 0"38. 



Adult male. Ecsembles the adult female, but may be distinguished 

 by its long red malar stripe. Total length 11-5 inches, culmen 1-4, 

 wing 6-5, tail 4-3, tarsus TOo. 



Hab. Southern Brazil, Province of llio Grande do Sul, north to 

 Ypanema, Province of Sao Paulo. 



a,b. 2.ad. sk. Brazil. Zoological Society. 



c. 2 ad. sk. Brazil. E. Wilson, Esq. [P.]. 



44. DRYOTOMUS. „ 



Type. 



Prvotonnis, Swains. Faun. Bor.-Amer. p. 304 (1831) .... D. pileatus. 



Hvlatonuis, Baird, Bep. E.xpl. ^- Suit. Mississ. Pacif. Bail. 



'Boute, ix. p. 107 (18.58) D. pileatus. 



Phloeotomus, Cab. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 102 (1803) . . 1). pUeatus. 



Range. Wooded region of Xorth America (generally), north to 

 63° lat., and reappearing in Tucuraan, Argentine Piepublic *. 



* The latter locality is the habitat of Dr. Cabanis's TJilixotomus schulzi, 

 which is placed by this author iu the same gemis as the northern B. pileatus. 



