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UNSPOTTED GREY-EARED WOODPECKER. , 



Dendrobates immaculatus, SWAINS. 



Plumage unspotted ; above olive green ; beneath greyish- 

 olive ; sides of the head, ears, and chin, clear cinereous ; 

 crown and rump crimson. 



THE locality of this very distinct species partakes 

 somewhat of the uncertainty of the last, nor have 

 we been able to get any information respecting it. 

 We possess but one specimen, the only example we 

 have yet met with, and it does not appear to be 

 described by any author. 



In size and general proportions it differs much 

 from the last, particularly in its tail and wings, 

 both of which are unusually long. It is a slender- 

 shaped bird, and nearly of the size of Dendrobates 

 poicephalm. It may be known at once by its plumage 

 being devoid of any external spots or bands, for, 

 unlike others of its family, the white spots on the 

 quills, of which there are five, are on the inner 

 web alone, and can only be seen when the wing is 

 expanded. In all other respects its structure is 

 strictly typical. 



The front, the sides, and the nape of the neck, as 

 also the chin and ears, are of a full and somewhat 

 clear lead colour, or cinereous ; and this tint is the 



