46. PICUMNUS. 



535 



the under tail-coyerts (both inclusive) white, the throat chest and 

 upper breast with sagittate markings of bi'ownish black tt" 

 maindcn- stnped with black, the stripes on the flanks and i4s" 

 diop-hke; under wing-coverts dull white, the edge of the wC 

 brown, and close to the edge a dusky spot. Total l^igth 3-8 1^ 

 culmen 0-53, wing 2-2, tail 1-35, tarsus 0-45; toes (without daws) 

 i^nr^sSrO-^-.''' '^''' '-''-'- '■''' i"--nterioVo^.S 



Adult male. " Has the top of the head red." (Pdzeln ) 

 SoS^uZtrLi ''"'''•"°°' ''° ""'" ^""-'■- '^C^yabai,. 



12. Picumnus steindachneri. 



Picumnus steindaclineri, Tacz. P. Z. S. 1882, p. 40, pi ii ficg 1 '> 

 d $ ; ed Orn. Peroii, iii. p. 67 (1886). ' ^ " ' ' 



Adult mule. Back, rump, and scapulars dusky grey, with a few 

 almos obsolete whitish spots; wing-coverts durky^b7own witl 

 greyish-white margins; quills brown, the secondaries ed'ed wth 



fv•T^^Y^'^/^^"""^ ^^^^ '^f ^he qums more or less mats eS 

 Avith dull white; shafts dark brown; upper tail-coverts whT w h 



S'.rr ?"''' '^"^^^ ---1 P1--S buff, tipped wth 

 black, loies, malar region, chin, and upper throat white the fea- 

 thers margined with black; top of tU head, occiput Ind nape 

 black, the leathers of the forehead and fore part' of thl crown tipped 



J tL'Soi ' '}'T7f'' T''''' "^^^ P-« ^^it°= posterior pS 

 of the face and side of the neck barred black and white ; fore neck 

 chest, and breast deep black, with drop-like spots of while the 

 remainder of the underparts and the Imder tlil coverTs roal 

 barred black and white ; under wing-coverts creamy wh te, wkh a 

 dusky spot near the base of the primaries, the edge of tLe win' 

 va led with brown. Total length 3-5 inches, culmen 45, win^ o."^ 

 tail 1-25 tarsus 0-52; toes (without claws)-outer anterior 0-38' 

 outer posterior 0-38, inner anterior 0-23, inner posterior 0-2 ' 



^'Ylfir>ic^e '^ Similar to the male, but having the whole of the 



-?8 tS'l .^r'rn n'.t''"'^^*" ''''''' ^-^^^^^^'^ inches, ILg 

 28, taill-26, bill 0-5, tarsus 0-42." (Taczunowslci.) 



Bab. North-east Peru (Chirimoto, in the valley of Huayabamba). 

 «. 6 ad. sk. Chirimoto, Peru (J. Siokmann). Sclater Coll. 



13. Picumnus jelskii. 



Picuuinus albosquamatus [non cFOrb.), Tsck. Av. Camp. Pep. Peruan 

 m Arch, fur Naturg. 1844, p. 302 • Cah in T^nh R,, \f™""- 

 Orn. pp.. 43 264 (I8V46)'; ^T^.: P. Z:Vl8^f;S" '"'''""■ 



Picumnus jelsku, Tacz. P. Z. S. 18S2, p. 41, pi ii ti- 3 ?^- ,v/ n 

 Pirou, iii. p. 68 (1886). ' ^ °' ' ^' ^'^- ^'''^^ 



Adult male. Ahovo ashy grey, the feathers edged with lighter 

 grey and less distinct than in P. stemdaolmeri, the^lack stripes fn 



