IN EEZ.C. 
100 BANGS — A NEW WOODPECKER pokes 
Characters. — Similar to V. cecilie (Malh.) of Colombia and westem Ecua- 
dor, but smaller, with a much stouter bill; general coloration much darker, 
especially below; under side of tail darker; under surface of wing with much 
wider blackish bands. 
Color.— Type, 2 adult (g unknown to me): Pileum dusky mummy brown, 
slightly freckled with yellowish ; occipital collar ochre yellow; back and outer 
edges of wings bright reddish olive, touched here and there with dull scarlet; 
lower rump and upper tail coverts scarlet; primaries and inner webs of second- 
aries and tertials dusky brown; throat grayish, marked with dull brown; breast 
dark purplish brown, each feather barred (two or three bars) with cinnamon; 
belly, sides and under tail coverts paler —the bars on the feathers becoming 
wider and isabella color instead of cinnamon; tail, above, dusky brown edged 
with reddish olive; tail, below, dark olivaceous brown, with a few obscure paler 
spots on inner webs of outer rectrices; under side of closed wing yellowish white 
crossed by broad bands of dusky, tips of primaries and secondaries uniformly 
dusky. 
Measurements.— Type, 2 adult: wing, $3.0; tail, 53.0; tarsus, 15.5; cul- 
men, 20.0; width of bill at base, 8.0; depth of bill, 5.5 mm. 
