534 prciD^. 



10. PicTunnus sclateri. 



Picumnus sclateri, Tacz. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 327 ; Sclat. l^ Salv. op. cit. 

 ]878, p. 140 ; Bed. Sf Tacz. op. cit. 18S3, pp. 537, 570, 1885, p. 122; 

 Tacz. Om. Ferou, iii. p. 6b (188G). 



Adult female. Back, scapulars, and rump umber-brown, trans- 

 versely varied with paler brown ; wing-coverts umber-browu mar- 

 gined with brownish white ; quills brown, the secondaries externally 

 margined with dull yellowish white, the inner webs of the qiiills 

 more or less margined with dull white ; shafts brown ; upper tail- 

 coverts dull white crossed by dusky bars ; tail typical ; nasal plumes 

 and lores white ; top of the head, supercilium, occiput, and nape 

 deep black, the nape with small longitudinal spots of white, the 

 remainder having larger rounded white spots ; sides of the face 

 (except the ear-coverts) and neck, hind neck, chin, throat, and chest 

 white barred with black, the ear-coverts brown ; underparts below 

 the chest, also the under tail-ccverts, creamy white striped with 

 dusky brown ; under wing-coverts huffy white, with a dusky brown 

 spot near the base of the primaries. Total length 3'2 inches, culmen 

 0-5, wing 2-07, tail 1-12, tarsus 0-56 ; toes (without claws) — outer 

 anterior 0*4, outer posterior 0'4, inner anterior 0-25, inner posterior 

 0-2. 



Young. Have the top of the head blackish brown (not deep black) 

 ■with short and narrow white stripes. 



Adult male. " Differs from the adult female in having the sinci- 

 pital white-spotted feathers tipped with sulphur-yellow. Wing 

 2-05 inches, tail 0-95, bill 0-6, tarsus 0-43." {TaczanowsU.) 



Hah. The extreme north-west of Peru (Lechugal andTumbez), and 

 north into Western Ecuador (Guayaquil and the Balzar Mountains). 



a. 5 ad. sk. Guayaquil, Ecuador (J. Stolz- Sclater Coll. 



mann). 



b. 2 ad. sk. Guayaquil (J". Sfokmann). Salvin-Godiuan Coll. 



c. d. 2 ad. et Balzar Mts., Ecuador (Illing- Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 juv. sk. worth). 



11. Picumnus sagittatus. 



Picumnus sagittatus, Sundev. Consp. Av. Picin. p. 103 (18G6) ; Gray, 

 List Picid. Brit. Mus. p. 26 (1868) ; id. Hand-L B. ii. p. 179, 

 no. 8518 (1870) ; Pelz. Om. Bras. pp. 241, 442 (1870). 



Adult femcde. Back, scapulars, and rump pale umber-brown, 

 sparingly spotted with white, each spot having at its base a small 

 dusky spot ; upper tail-coverts black spotted with white ; wings 

 and their coverts brown, the latter spotted like the back, the quills 

 darker, except on the external margins of the secondaries, and 

 having their inner webs margined with whitish ; shafts light brown ; 

 tail typical ; nasal plumes huffy white ; to]) of the head, occiput, 

 and nape black spotted with pure white ; sides of the face and neck 

 white barred with blackish brown, the ear-coverts washed with 

 brown ; malar region black spotted with white ; from the chin to 



