546 BIRDS OF THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA PART 2 



it seems only to differ in having the inner webs of the wing-feathers 

 plain yellow, without the black bands or spots to be seen in that species. 

 If I do not err, my specimen has the preparation of Panama skins 

 (Agua dulce), from which locality, as yet, neither C. elegans nor 

 C. castaneus of Central America, has been recorded. Therefore it is 

 quite likely that a somewhat intermediate form should be found in that 

 locality, as my specimen seems to show." 



No one seems to have examined the specimen critically since it was 

 described. Hargitt (Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. 18, 1890, p. 426) and 

 Salvin and Godman (Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, vol. 2, 1895, p. 443) 

 merely quoted from the original description. Ridgway (U. S. Nat. 

 Mus. Bull. 50, pt. 6, 1914, p. 141) pointed out the resemblance to 

 Celeus elegans from the description, and questioned the locality. 

 Peters (Check-list Birds World, vol. 6, 1948, p. 124) made similar 

 comment. The specimen, evidently a trade skin, probably came from 

 South America. The record has no proven place in the list of the 

 birds of Panama.] 



DRYOCOPUS LINEATUS (Linneaus) : Lineated Woodpecker, 

 Carpintero Real Barbirrayado 



Figure 71 



Picus lineatus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, vol. 1, 1766, p. 174. (Cayenne.) 



Large ; a narrow white line from the nostril back along the side of 

 the head ; throat black streaked with white ; space around eye and side 

 of head dark slate ; bill black. 



Description. — Length 300-340 mm. Outer hind toe and outer front 

 toe equal in length; gonys about equal in length to unfeathered part 

 of mandibular rami ; nostril only partly covered by bristlelike feathers. 

 Adult male, crown, nape, and prominent pointed crest bright red; 

 center of hindneck and rest of upper surface including the tail black ; 

 a broad white stripe down the scapulars on either side ; side of head, 

 including space around eye and auricular region, slate-gray ; a narrow 

 line of dull orange-buff extends from the nostril back across the loral 

 region, changes to white, broadens at the neck, and then continues 

 down the side of the neck to terminate midway of the side of the 

 breast; malar stripe dark red; chin and throat streaked white and 

 black, some individuals appearing very black, others mainly white; 

 lower foreneck and upper breast black to sooty black; lower breast, 

 sides, abdomen, and under tail coverts brownish buff to rather dull 

 white, barred irregularly and spotted with sooty black; under wing 



