546 riciuiE. 



Adult female. Has the forehoutl and crown spotted with white like 

 the occiput and nape, the red which characterizes the male being 

 wanting. Total length 3 inches, culmen 0-42, wing 2-12, tail 0-9, 

 tarsus 0'42. 



Yoiimj. Differ from tlie adult in having the top of the head, 

 occiput, and nape brownish dusky striped with dingy white. 



Hub. South-eastern Ecuador, north to Sarayacu. 



a, h. (S ad.; c. Sarayacu, Ecuador (C. Buckley). Salvia- Godman Coll. 



$ ad. sk. 

 d, S ad. ; e. $ Sarayacu, Ecuador (6*. BucJcley). Sclater Coll. 

 juv. sk. 



27. Picumnus aurifrons. 



Picumnus ainit'rons, Fe/z. Orn. Brax. pp. 241, 334, 442 (1870); 

 Gray, Iland-l. B. ii. p. 179, no. 8519 (1870) ; Ptlz. Hy Loreiiz, 

 Ann. k.-k. Naturhist. Hofm. Wien, p. 42 (1888). 



Adult 7nalf. Above, including scapulars, olive brown, the feathers 

 of the rump and the upper tail-coverts tipped with olive-yellow ; 

 wing-coverts olive-brown margined with yellowish olive ; quills 

 dusky brown, the outer webs of the primaries marrowly margined 

 with greyish yellow, those of the secondaries more broadly margined 

 with olive-yellow, the inner webs of the quills more or less margined 

 with huffy white ; shafts dark brown ; ujjper tail- coverts yellowish 

 white ; tail typical, the white on the feathers tinged with yellow ; 

 nasal plumes and lores dull butfy white, the former tipped with 

 black ; top of the liead, occiput, and nape brownish black, the sin- 

 cipital feathers tipped with golden yellow, the remainder spotted 

 with white, the nuchal spots having a striated character ; sides of 

 the face and neck dull yellowish white, the ear-coverts striped, the 

 malar region barred, and the side of the neck spotted with black ; 

 chin and throat dull white, the under surface of the body aud under 

 tail-coverts dull yellowish white ; the chest barred with dusky 

 black, the remaining underparts striped with the same ; under wing- 

 coverts pale buff. Total length 3 inches, culmen 0*4, wing 1-9, tail 

 U'9, tarsus 0*45; toes (without claws) — outer anterior 0-3, outer 

 posterior 0-3, inner anterior 0-22, inner posterior 0-15. 



Immature inale. Has the sincipital feathers tipped with yellow 

 as in the adult male, but those of the hinder crown and occiput are 

 of an umber-brown more or less striped with dull white, and on the 

 forehead and crown some of the blackish-brown feathers which 

 characterize the adult are appearing ; the markings on the under- 

 parts are similar to those of the adult but fainter, and the ground- 

 colour of the breast and abdomen slightly whiter. 



Female {not fully adult). " Similar to the male but less, and with 

 the crown entirely spotted with white " (Felzchi). 



Hah. Upper Amazon Eegion (Borba and following the course of 

 the Rio Madeira). 



a. S ad. sk. Rio Madeira, Oct. 10 (/. Natterer). Sclater Coll. 



t. cJ imm. sk. Uorba, Aug. 30 (./. Xntterer). Sclater Coll. 



