46. ricuMNus. 527 



nn*. Sincipital featlieis black, with 



dull orange-red tips chincmsis (^ ad., p. 551. 



ooK vSincipital feathers entirely rufous, 



like those of the remainder of the 



crown and occiput ckinensin J ad., p. 552. 



1. Picumnus nifiventris. 



Asthenurus rufiventris, Bp. P. Z. S. 1837, p. 120 ; i'l. Consj). Vvlucr. 



Zygod. p. 11, no. 252 (1854). 

 ricuninus rufiventris, Lnfr. Rev. Zool. 1845, p. 366; Gray, Gen. B. 



ii. p. 4.32 (1845); Bp. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 141 (1850); Mnlh. 



Picidee, ii. p. 283, pi. cxviii. fig. 2, ? (1862) ; Sclat. ^- Salo. P. Z. S. 



1866, p. 1<J6 ; Gray, List Picid. Brit. Mus. p. 27 ( 1868) ; id. 



Hand-l. B. ii. p. 180, no. 8526 (1870) ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 442 



(1870) ; Sclat. cf Salt. P. Z. S. 1873, p. 291 ; Tacz. Orn. Pervu, 



iii. p. 63 (1886). 

 Picumnus rufiveuter, Reichenb. Sca7is. Picincp, p. 345, no. 791 (1854) ; 



Simdev. Consp. Av. Picin. p. 96 (1866). 

 Craugiscus rufiventer, Cab. <$• Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 11 (1863). 



Adult male. Back, rump, scapulars, aud wing-coverts olive, 

 slightly rufescent ; upper tail-coverts rufous ; quills dusky brown, 

 the primaries externally margined with olive, the secondaries ex- 

 ternally maigined with olivaceous rufous ; inner webs of the quills 

 margined with buff, shafts dark brown ; tail typical, the white webs 

 tinged with rufous ; nasal plumes rufescent, tipped with black ; 

 top of the head and occiput black, the feathers of the forehead and 

 crown tipped with scarlet, the occipital feathers spotted with rufous 

 buff; hind neck rufescent olive ; lores rufescent, spotted with white ; 

 sides of the face and neck, and entire underparts from the chin to 

 the under tail-coverts, both inclusive, uniform rich rufous ; under 

 wing-coverts and axillaries pale rufous, with a dusky spot near the 

 base of the primaries. Total length 4 inches, culmen 0-6, wing 2-3, 

 tail 1'07, tarsus 0"6 ; toes (without claws) — outer anterior O'o, outer 

 posterior 0"54, inner anterior 0'32, inner posterior 0-25. 



Adult female. Differs from the adult male in wanting the red on 

 the head, the forehead, crown, and occiput being entirely spotted 

 with white. Total length 4-2 inches, culmen 0-7, wing 23, tail 

 1-2, tarsus 0-G5. 



Hah. Eastern Ecuador, North-east Peru, and the adjoining part 

 of Brazil. 



a. $ ad. sk. Rio Napo. Salvin-Gndman Coll. 



h, c. c? $ ad.sk. Sarayacu,Ecuador (C.i);<r^-^'?/). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



d. 2 ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador {C.BucIdey). Sclater Coll. 



e. 5 ad. sk. Saravacu, E. Peru, Aug. {IJ. Sclater Coll. 



Bartktt). 



2. Picumnus cinnamomeus. 



Picumnus cinnamom('u.s, IJ'cu/l. Isis, 182;t. p. 646; Lafr. Rer. Zool. 

 1845, pp._7, 8, 111 ; Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 4.32 (1845) ; Bp. Consp. 

 Gcn.Av. i. p. 141 (1860); Reichenb. Scans. Picince, p. 345, no. 787, 



