BIRDS FROM BRAZIL AND SOUTHERN VENEZUELA—FRIEDMANN 445 
SPECIMENS COLLECTED 
1 ad. o&, Venezuela, Brazo Casiquiare, Raudal Corocoro, below Playa de 
Candela, February 7, 1931. 
lim. 9, Venezuela, San Antonio, Upper Orinoco, March 1, 1931. 
lad. o&,2ad. 9, Venezuela, Cerro Yapacana, Upper Orinoco, April 17-27, 1931. 
2 ad. co’, Venezuela, Puerto Ayacucho, Rio Orinoco, January 2, 1930, and May 
16, 1931. 
One of the April birds was noted as being in breeding condition 
when collected. A number of the birds taken in March and April 
show signs of molt. 
These birds present a curious variation in color, for which no 
apparent explanation is available. Two of them, an adult male and 
an adult female, lack ‘the bright light apricot yellow on the chin, 
throat, breast, and abdomen, having these parts between cream-buff 
and chamois. All the birds have the rectrices considerably matted 
with some yellowish powdery substance, probably derived from the 
trees on which they had been feeding. 
Another example from Puerto Ayacucho was preserved in alcohol. 
CEOPHLOEUS LINEATUS LINEATUS (Linnaeus): Lineated Woodpecker 
Picus lineatus Linnarvs, Systema naturae, ed. 12, vol. 1, 1766, p. 174 (based on 
Daubenton, Planches enluminées . . ., pl. 717: Cayenne). 
SPECIMENS COLLECTED 
lad. &, 1im. o&, 1 ad. 9, Venezuela, Puerto Ayacucho, Rio Orinoco, May 
8-18, 1931. 
lad. 9, Venezuela, Laguna Icacal, Bolivar, December 8, 1929. 
PHLOEOCEASTES RUBRICOLLIS (Boddaert): Red-necked Woodpecker 
Picus rubricollis BoppaErRtT, Table des planches enluminéez ... , 1783, p. 37 
(based on Daubenton, Planches enluminées . . ., pl. 509: Cayenne). 
SPECIMENS COLLECTED 
1 ad. -, Brazil, Camanaéos, Rio Negro, December 23, 1930. 
lad. 9, Brazil, SAo Gabriel, Rio Negro, January 3, 1931. 
lad. 9, Brazil, Salto do Hud, Rio Maturac4é, November 19, 1930. 
2 ad. o, Brazil, Serra Imeri, near Salto do Hud, December 4-5, 1930. 
lad. o&', 2ad. 9, Venezuela, Cerro Yapacana, Upper Orinoco, April 18-26, 1931. 
One of the April birds was noted as being in breeding condition. 
The depth of the cinnamon color of the under surface is somewhat 
deeper in freshly plumaged than in worn birds. 
PHLOEOCEASTES MELANOLEUCOS MELANOLEUCOS (Gmelin): Black and White Woodpecker 
Picus melanoleucos GmMEuin, Systema naturae, vol. 1, 1788, p. 426 (based on 
“Buff-crested Woodpecker” Latham: Surinam). 
SPECIMENS COLLECTED 
1 ad. o&, Brazil, Rio Cauabury, above Cachoeira Manajé, October 31, 1930. 
1 ad. o, Brazil, Sio Gabriel, Rio Negro, January 9, 1931. 
lad. 9, Venezuela, Cerro Yapacana, Upper Orinoco, April 18, 1931. 
