536 piciD^. 



the centre of the feathers indistinct ; top of the head black, the 

 feathers of the forehead and crown largely tipped with red, the 

 remainder spotted with white : nasal plumes and base of the fore- 

 head ochreoiis ; auricular region brownish grey ; throat dirty 

 whitish, the remainder of the underparts whitish, slightly tinged 

 with yellow and varied with black spots, those of the chest having 

 a barred character, those of the abdomen and flanks being somewhat 

 heart-shaped : under tail-coverts whitish with one or two central 

 spots of black; wings greyish brown, the coverts narrowly edged with 

 light grey ; the secondaries externally margined with whitish ; inner 

 webs of quills and under wing-coverts white ; tail typical : " bill 

 blackish, the mandible ashy at the base, yellowish in the middle, 

 and blackish at the tip ; feet grey ; irides dark brown " {Jelslci). 

 Wing 2-26 inches, tail 1-18, bill 0-52, tarsus 0-43. 



Adult female. Has the whole of the top of the head black, spotted 

 with white. In other respects it resembles the adult male. Wing 

 2-2 inches, tail 1-22, bill 0-55, tarsus 0-43. 



Never having seen this species, the above descriptions are ex- 

 tracted from Taczanowski's ' Ornithologie du Perou.' 



Hah. Central Peru (Paltaypampa, in the valley of Chancamayo). 



14. Picumnus nebulosus. 



Picumnus nebulosus, Svndev. Cotisp. Av. Picin. p. 103 (1866) ; Gray, 

 List Picid. Prit. Mus. p. 27 (1868) ; id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 180, 

 no. 8521 (1870). 



Female. " Back dusky rufescent and uniform, the rump of the 

 same colour ; underparts fulvous (or pale rufescent), the sides with 

 large spots, longitudinal in shape, reddish dusky in colour, and of 

 indeterminate form ; middle of the belly paler (buffy white), varied 

 with black spots. Peathers of the throat soft, broad, loose, black, 

 broadly margined with ashy white. Head obscurely dusky (but not 

 black ; it may be a sign of youth), spotted with larger white points 

 or dots ; sides of the head black, spotted with white ; wings more 

 obscurely dusky, the margins of the coverts slightly bright fulves- 

 cent ; the primaries not paler externally, the margins of the secon- 

 daries broadly fulvescent ; tail-feathers black, striped with white, 

 as in the others (Picumni) ; bill blackish, scarcely paler at the base; 

 iris (according to the label) dusky. Length of wing 2-3 inches, 

 tail 1'43." (S'undevall.) 



The Salvin-Godman collection contains an example of this species, 

 but as it appears to be slightly younger than Sundevall's type 

 specimen, I quote the original descrii)tion of the latter. The 

 British Museum example diflers from the type in having the spots 

 on the dusky crown almost obsolete, and the feathers of the back, 

 instead of being uniform, are margined at the tip with ochreous 

 brown, while those of the rump have a barred appearance. 



I/ah. Peru (Huiro, valley of Urubamba). 



a. Juv. sk. Huiro, valley of Urubamba, Peui, Salvin-Godmau Coll. 

 4800 feet {J. Orton). 



