548 piciDJE. 



simiUirlj- tipped with yellow, and jiosteriorly spotted with white ; 

 the l)arring on the chest, and the spotting below this, being dusky 

 olive. Total length 3-2 inches, culinen U'-48, wing 195, tail 0-95, 

 tarsus O-IG ; toes (without claws) — outer anterior 0-3o, outer pos- 

 terior 0"35, inner anterior 0"2'd, inner posterior O'lS. 

 Hub. Upper Amazons. 



a. c? ad. sk. Upper Amazons (^-1. It. Wallaie). Sclater Coll. 



(Type of species.) 



31. Picumnus olivacexis. 



Picunnuis oHvaceus, Lafr. liev. Zool. 1845, pp. 7, 1 11 ; Gray, Gen. B. 

 ii. p. 432 (1845) ; Bp. C'oiisp. Gen. Av. i. p. 141 (1850) ; Reichenh. 

 Scans. Pici7ne,Tp. M5,iio. 788(1854); Malk. Bifida-, ii. p. 2U5, 

 pi. cxx. tigs. 4-6 (1862) ; Cab. S)- Heine, Mas. Hein. iv. p. 11 

 (1863); Sundev. Consp. Av. Bicin. p. 104 (1866); Gray, List 

 Bicid. Brit. Mvs. p. 27 (1868) ; id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 179, no. 8520 

 (1870) ; Schtt. B. Z. S. 1870, p. 837. 



Microcolaptes olivaceus, i)/>. Consj). Valuer. Zyyod. p. 11, no. 249 

 (1854). 



Picumnus granadensis (non Lafr.), Sclat. B. Z. S. 1855, p. 162 (pt.) ; 

 Sclat. Cat. Amer. B. p. 331, no. 1971 (1862). 



Picumnus fiavotinctus, Bidyiv. Broc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1888, p. 543*. 



Adult male. Back, rump, and scapulars pale brownish olive ; wing- 

 coverts pale brown margined with yellowish olive : quills dusk}' 

 brown, the primaries at the 1)ase and the secondaries along their 

 ■whole length externally margined with olive-yellow, the inner webs 

 of the quills more or less margined with dull white ; shafts dark 

 brown ; upper tail-coverts yellowish white ; tail typical ; nasal 

 plumes black, with yellowish-white bases ; the top of the head, super- 

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

 crown tipped with orange- scarlet, the remainder spotted with pure 

 white; anterior half of face white, the feathers margined with 

 black ; posterior half of the face and side of the neck pale oli- 

 vaceous brown ; the ear-coverts darker brown ; chin and upper 

 throat yellowish white, the upper feathers margined with black ; 

 chest olivaceous or yellowish brown, the remainder of the under- 

 parts and under tail-coverts yellow stri])ed with olive dusky or 

 brownish ; under wing-coverts pale buff, with a dusky brown spot 

 near the base of the primaries. Total length 3'5 inches, cnlmen 0-5, 

 wing 2-1, tail 1-15, tarsus 0-48 ; toes (without claws) — outer anterior 

 0-35, outer posterior 35, inner anterior 0"22, inner posterior 0"18. 



Adult female. Differs from the adult male in having the entire 

 top of the head black spotted with white. Total length 3'5 inches, 

 culmen Q-o, wing 2'2, tail 1'15, tarsus O'o. 



Hah. Eastern part of New Granada, and reappearing in Costa 

 llica and Honduras. 



* I cannot agree with Dr. Rklgway in separating this bird from the Colom- 

 binn P. olivaccKs: the differences given by tliis author are, to my miud, ratber 

 subtle. 



