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16. Picumnus aster ias. 



Picuiumis asterias, Sundev. Consp. Av. Picin. p. 97 (1866) ; Gray, 

 Lid Picid. Brit. Mus. p. 28 (1868) ; id. Hcmd-l. B. ii. p. 180, 

 no. 8.j29 (1870) ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 442 (1870). 



Adult. " Above duskj- ; below, from the bill to the anus, black, 

 closely spotted with white. Similar to P. pygmaus, but with the 

 under surface black, closely spotted with round spots of lai-ge size ; 

 the spots on the back also larger, but fewer in number ; in the 

 female (? young) less distinct. Flanks and vent black, banded with 

 white. The crown, bill, &c. as in P. inigmceus. Wing 1 "93 inches." 

 i^Sundevall.) 



Hah. Brazil. 



17. Picumnus guttifer. 



Picumnus guttifer, Smidcv. CoJisp. Av. Picin. ^.101 (1866); Pelz. 

 Orn. Bras. -^.U^ (1870). 



Adidt male. Back, scapulars, and rump brown, spotted with 

 white, the spots being partially surrounded with dusky ; upper 

 series of the upper tail-coverts also brown with white tips, the lower 

 series black, minutely spotted with white at the tip ; wing-coverts like 

 the back, but the spots rather smaller ; quills brown, the secondaries 

 externally margined with greyish white, the inner webs of the (juills 

 with whitish margins ; shafts brown ; tail typical ; nasal plumes 

 buff, with black tips ; forehead and crown orange-scarlet, the bases 

 of the feathers black ; occiput, nape, and orbital region black, 

 minutely spotted with pure white ; ear-coverts brown, barred with 

 greyish white ; the remainder of the face, side of the neck, chin, 

 throat, and fore neck black, with more or less drop-like spots of 

 pure white ; taking the remaining underparts as white, the feathers 

 of the chest and breast are margined with black and have a black 

 central stripe widening at the base on the chest ; the remaining 

 underparts are mainly striped with black, and the thighs as well as 

 the under tail-coverts transversely spotted ; the underparts have a 

 very scaly appearance ; under wing- coverts huffy white, the edge of 

 the wing brown and a dusky spot near it. Total length 4 inches, 

 culmen 0'5, wing 2-25, tail 1-35, tarsus 0'5 ; toes (without claws) 

 — outer anterior 0-46, outer posterior 0-5, inner anterior 0-32, 

 inner posterior 0'25. 



Adult female. Differs from the adult male in the absence of red 

 on the forehead and crown, the entire top of the head being black, 

 spotted with pure white. Total length 4 inches, culmen 0-52, wing 

 2-3, tail 1-4, tarsus 0-5. 



Hah. Provinces of Goyaz and Matto Grosso, Brazil. 



«, h. J 5 ad. sk. Chapada, Matto Grosso, Marcli, Sahin-Godman Coll. 

 April (H. H. Smith). 



