528 nciD,!!:. 



pi. dclxxviii. figs. 4483-84 (1854) ; Malh. Picidfe, ii. p. 277, pi. cxix. 

 fifis. 4(5', 5 5 (1862); Sundev. Co7isp. Av. Picin. p. 96 (1866); 

 (Irmi, List Picid. Brit. Mas. p. 27 (1868); id. Hand-l. B. ii. 

 p. ISO, no. 8525 (1870) ; Sdat. ^~ Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 98 



Asthenurus cinnamomeus, Bp. Consp. Volucr. Zygod. p. 11, no. 253 



(1854). 

 Craugiscus cinnamomeus, Cab. Sf Heine, Mxis. Hein. iv. p. 10 (1863). 



Adult male. Entire plumage rich rufous, with the following ex- 

 ceptions : — nasal plumes and frontal band buffy white, the feathers 

 having dusky tips ; the top of the head intense black, broadly striped 

 with golden yellow, except on the extreme hinder part of the crown, 

 which has a band formed of large white spots ; wing-covcrts and 

 quills brownish dusky, the coverts edged with rufous ; the inner 

 Avebs of the primaries margined with greyish or brownish white, 

 the inner webs of the secondaries edged with buff and the outer 

 webs with rufous ; shafts brown ; tail typical, the white webs with 

 a buff or rufous tinge ; under wing-coverts pale rufous. Total 

 length 3-8 inches, culmen 0-58, wing 2-22, tail 1-15, tarsus 0-58 ; 

 toes (without claws)— outer anterior 0-42, outer posterior 0-42, 

 inner anterior 0-26, inner posterior 0-23. 



Adult female. Resembles the adult male generally, but differs in 

 the absence of the yellow tips to the feathers of the crown, this 

 region being black and the hinder half spotted with pure white, the 

 spots being large and forming almost a complete band between the 

 crown and the occiput. Total length 3-7 inches, culmen 0-55, wing 

 2-25, tail 1-15, tarsus 0-55. 



Hah. The extreme northern States of Colombia, in the neighbour- 

 hood of Carthagena, Valle Dupar, and Santa Marta. 



a,h. S 2 ad. sk. Santa Marta, U.S. Colombia. M. Verreaux. 

 c. $ imm. sk. Valle Dupar, U.S. Colombia, Salvin-CTodman Coll. 



Sept. 24 {F. Simons). 



3. Picxunnus castelnaui. 



Picumuus castelnaui, Ilalh. Picidce, ii. p. 281 (not plate) (1862) ; 



Cah. 8f Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 12 (1863) ; Sundev. Consp. Av. 



Picin. p. 104 (1866) ; Grai/, List Picid. Brit. Mus. p. 27 (1868) ; 



id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 180, no. 8523 (1870). 

 Piciimnus castelnaudi, Sclat. Sf Salv. P. Z. S. 186G, p. 196, 1873, 



p. 290 ; Tacz. Orn. Peroti, iii. p. 64 (1886). 



Adidt male. Back, rump, and upper tail-coverts pale dusky olive, 

 with almost obsolete and narrow dusky and yellowish-olive bars ; 

 wing-coverts dusky brown with olive margins ; quills blackish 

 brown, the primaries at their base and the secondaries along their 

 whole length margined with olive-yellow, the inner webs more or 

 less margined with white ; shafts brownish black ; upper tail- 

 coverts yellowish white, crossed by dusky bars ; tail typical ; nasal 

 ])lumes black with yellowish bases ; forehead, supercilium, crown, 

 and occiput black, the crown-feathers tipped with scarlet, the super- 



