540 piciD^. 



Piciimnus squainiger, Sttndev. Consp.Av. Picin. p. 102 (18fiG) ; Grai/, 

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

 no. 8517 (1870). 



Adult male. Resembles P. alhosquamatus, but differs in having 

 the upper parts browner, with large fulvescent-white spots, and 

 within and joining these a smaller spot of black ; the feathers of 

 the underparts not elongated, but shorter and rounder, with a very 

 narrow black margin ; the base of the bill conspicuously yellow. 

 Total length 3-8 inches, culmen 0'53, wing 2-16, tail 1'17, tarsus 

 0"55 ; toes (without claws) — outer anterior 0'42, outer posterior 

 0'42, inner anterior 0'28, inner posterior 0-2. 



Adult female. Has no red on the top of the head, the whole being 

 spotted with white. Total length 3"75 inches, culmen 0"46, wing 

 2-15, tail 1-12, tarsus 0-53. 



Hah. Surinam and Cayenne. 



a. S ad. sk. [N. Brazil.] Old Coll. 



Spec, a of Gray's List, p. 26. 



b. cj ad. ; c. 2 imm. sk. Caj-enne. Sclater Coll. 

 d. (S ad. sk. Surinam. Sclater Coll. 



20. Picumnus squamulatus. 



Picumnus squamulatus, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1845, p. 208 ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 



1855, p. 162 ; id. Cat. Amer. B. p. 331, no. 1970 (18(^.2) ; Malh. 



Picidce, ii. p. 282, pi. cxvii. figs. 3, 4, d" $ (1862) ; Cab. Sr Heine, 



Mus. Hein. iv. p. 14 (1863) ; Sundev. Consj). Av. Picin. p. 102 



(1866); Sclat. ^ Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 629; Graij, List Picid. 



Brit. Mils. p. 26 (1868) ; id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 179, no. 8515(1870); 



Sclat. 4- Salv. Nojnencl. Av. JVeotr. p. 98 (1873). 

 Microeolaptes squamulosus, Bp. Consp. Volucr. Zygod. p. 11, no. 251 



(1854). 

 Picumnus alhosquamatus {non I^afr. ^' d'Orb.), Licht. Nomencl. Av. 

 p. 78 (1854). 



Adidt male. Back, rump, scapulars, and wing-coverta brown, the 

 feathers margined with black, and having a subapical squamate 

 marking of light fulvescent brown ; quills dark brown, the secon- 

 daries externally margined with olive-yellow ; inner webs of the 

 quills more or less mai'gined with white ; shafts dark brown ; upper 

 tail-coverts yellowish white, with blackish margins ; tail typical ; 

 nasal plumes reddish brown tipped with black ; top of the head, 

 occiput, and nape black, the feathers of the forehead and crown 

 tipped with orange-scarlet, the remainder, including the supercilium, 

 spotted with pure white ; lores, sides of the face, and neck white, 

 with a brown auricular stripe, the white feathers being narrowly 

 margined with black ; from the chin to the under tail-coverts, both 

 inclusive, white, all the feathers margined with black, and having 

 a squamate appearance ; under wing-coverts huffy white margined 

 with dusky, and having, near the base of the primaries, a dusky 

 patch or spot. Total length 3-5 inches, culmen 0'5, wing 2-2, tail 

 1'2, tarsus 0"52 ; toes (without claws) — outer anterior 0"38, outer 

 posterior 0"38, inner anterior 0*22, inner posterior 0*15. 



