4G. PICXTMNUS. 



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Subfamily II. PICUMNIN^. 



46. PICUMNUS. „ 



Type. 



Picumnus, Temm. Fl. Col. livr. 02 (1825) P. minutus. 



Asthenurus, Swaim. Zool. Journ. ili. p. 35.3 (1828). P. minutus. 

 Piculus, Geoffr. St.-Hil. Nouv. Ann. du Mus. 1832, 



p. .396 P- minutus. 



Vivia, Ho'd^'s. J. A. 's. B. 1837, p. 107 P. iimominatus. 



Microcokptes, Bp. Consp. Volucr. Zi/ffod. p. 11 



(1854) P. orbignyauus. 



Pipiscus, Ca'f). i^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 9 (1803). P. innoniinatus. 

 Crangiscus, Cah. Sf Heine, Mas. Hein. iv. p. 10 



(1803) : P. ciunamomeus. 



Head and tail of a Pieumnus {minutus). 



Eange. South and Central America, from the northern part of the 

 Argentine Eepublic to Honduras ; India and China, and through 

 Burmah and the Malayan Peninsula into Sumatra. 



Keij to the Species. 



A. Uuderparts entirely uniform in adult; some- 

 times with faint bars on the chest in young. 

 a . Under surface of the body deep rufous. 

 a" . Above olive. 



a'". Feathers of the forehead and crown 



tipped with red rufirentrisS ad., p. 527. 



U" . With no red on the head rit/iventris 5 ad., p. 527. 



h". Above rufous. 



c'". Crown broadly striped with golden [p. 528. 



yellow cinnamomeus cS ad., 



d'". With no yellow on the crown .... cinnamomeus $ ad., 

 b'. Under surface of the body white, or [p. 528. 



slightly yellowish, or ochreous. 

 c". With no rufous on the sides of the 

 head and neck ; underparts white or 

 yellowish. 

 e" . Above olive ; secondaries externally 

 yellow ; sides of the chest oliva- 

 ceous ; ear-coverts, sides of the neck, 

 and hind neck yellowish white 

 barred with olive. 

 «'. Crown-feathers tipped witli red ; 



occiput almost uniform black. . . . castelnani S ad., p. 528. 



