46. PICUMNUS. CQQ 



the under tuil-coverts dusky at the base, and having the anical 

 portion uniform or at the most very minutely spotted with dSry 

 the ear-coverts blacker. Total length 3-5 inches culmen 52 Mdig 

 2-14, tail M.o, tarsus 0-53: toes (without c]aws)-outer an'tS 

 0-5 out.r posterior 0-5 inner anterior 0-3, inner posterior 25 



AduH ,„«?. Differs from the adult female in having the feathers 

 of the crown broadly tipped with scarlet. Total length 3-6 inches 

 culmen 0-53, wmg 2-1, tail 1-15, tarsus 0-55. ' 



ffah. Guiana. 



9. Picumntis orbignyanus. 



^^'^rf S^ST' Y'\^T- ^"^'- ^^f' I'P- ^' ^" = ^'-V, Gen. 



S'fi'k St tS (/sJof ^"- ^^- P- '' ^''''^ ■' ^'■"^' ^-^-^• 



t-'ciacg u IX J8.J (1802) ; 6imdev. Consp.Av. Pidn. p. 100 (1866) • 



flS) ' ''• '"• P- ^^ ^^*^^^^ ' ^'^'- «'•« ^'•«* P 442' 



Microcolaptes orbignyanus, Bp. Comp. Valuer. Zygod. p. 11, no. 247 



^'?ST. H'^y ^T ^'tl-^\^^'']^\: ^'"^'^' "• P- 295, text only 

 (I«b2) ; White, Cam. 8ih\-Land, ii. p. 3:33 (1889) •' 



Picumims, sp. mc., Salv. Ibis, 1880, p. ZQol Burnf in Biarv t r 

 pp. 423, 428 ; White, P. Z. S. 1882, f. G16. '^' ^' ' 



^•I'^'f /'T^'- ■^''? ''"'^ scapulars ashy umber-brown, spotted 

 with dul white; the rump darker brown with brownish-white 

 bas; quills dark brown, the outer webs of the secondaries ed-ed 

 with brownish white, the inner webs of the quills more or less 

 margined with whitish; shafts brown; upper tail-coverts white 

 barred with blackish; tail typical; nasal plumes rufous buff -fore! 

 head, crown supercilium, and occiput black, with rounded spots of 

 pure white, the nape also black with drop-like spots of white ; hind 

 neck dusky with whitish bars; sides of the face and neck Uite 

 the feathers having a dusky apical margin, the ear-coverts with 

 dusky brown bases, and having a spotted appearance : from the 

 ebin to the under tail-coverts (both inclusive) white, the feathers of 

 the ehm and throat margined with black, the chest barred the 

 upper breast and sides of lower breast spotted, the flanks thi'-hs 

 and under tail-coverts barred with black, the feathers of the middle 

 portion of the lower breast margined at the tip with blackish and 

 paving a scaly appearance ; under wing-coverts white, with a duskv 

 brown spot near the base of the primaries: "iris wood-brown 

 beak dark horn-colour, base of lower mandible lighter ; legs and feet 

 ohve-green " (//. Burnford). Total length 3-5 inches, culmen 0-48 

 yng2-US, tail 1-8, tarsus 0-5 ; toes (without claws)-outer anterio; 

 U 3b outer posterior 0-4, inner anterior 0-22, inner posterior 0-18 

 demU) " "^^^ *^^ CTown-feathers tipped with red." (^,;„_ 



JJab. Extreme north of the Argentine Kepublic (Salta). 

 «, b, c. 2 ad. sk. Salta, Argent. Eep., .Tune H. Dumford, Esq. [C.]. 



