46. PICUMNUS. 



541 



Young female. Has the top of the head dusky, the feathers of 

 the forehead and crown with a subterminal crescenl'shaped markiu" 

 of^brownzsh white, the occipital feathers having a whiter subapi^cal 



Hab. Neyy Granada (Bogota) and Venezuela, north to Caraccas. 



«, 6. d 2 ad. sk. 

 c, d. c? ad. et inim 



sk. 

 e,/. d2 ad. sk. 

 (/, h. 2 ad. sk. 

 i. $ imm. sk. 

 k. $ ad. sk. 

 I. $ imm. sk. 



«*. J imm. sk. 



New Granada. 

 New Granada. 



New Granada. 

 New Granada. 

 Venezuela. 

 Caraccas, Venezuela. 

 San Esteban, Venezuela, 



Jan. {A. Goeriuff). 

 San Esteban, Jan. (A. 



Goering). 



Sclater Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 



Purchased. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll, 

 Gould Coll. 

 Mr. Dyson [C.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Sclater Coll. 



21. Picunmus iheringi. 



Picumnus iheringi, i?eW.J6/. 1884, p. 441; id. i^- Jher. in Madar 

 Zeitsch. gesamm. Orn. ii. p. 156, pi. ix. fig. 1, cj (1885). 



Adult male. Back, rump, and scapulars brown, with paler and 

 more rufescent margins to the feathers; the uprfr tafl covers 

 buffy brown stnped with black; wing-coverts blackS Wn 

 narrowly margined with rufescent or brou^ish buff; qums blacklh 

 brown, whitish on more or less of the inner margin the secondaries 

 externally edged with rufescent buff: quills br'ownish b a k aU 

 ypical; nasal plumes brownish white tipped with black ba'seo 

 forehead brownish b ack spotted with white ; remainder of forehead 

 and anterior part of the crown crimson, the bases of the feathers 

 black; the hinder part of the crown and the occiput black the 

 feathers having a white apical spot, and being very much eloniVed! 

 lores and orbital region dusky, spotted wi?h white ;sup"cilum 

 black spotted with white; sides of the neck and th nape cinl^ 

 white, the ear-coverts and a broad stripe behind being iufJceft 

 brown varied with blackish; malar region, chin, and upper throit 

 dusky black, the feathers tipped with whit;; entire uiSpLts and 

 under tad-eoverts buff, more or less rufescent, broadly stri S Vi h 

 dusky black; under M'ing-coverts bufty white. Totil leSh 

 rt ifhollt ?' '" "'" .^■''' "^'>^ --1'' '^"^ 1-^5, tarsus 55 : t^oet 



In 1 ,w-''''^~°"*'' ^^^•^'^"^ *^'^^' °^ter posterior 0-4S inner 

 anterior (»-2o, inner posterior 0-25 ' 



