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c' '. Under-parts not barred or spotted with black. 



d. General color above and below yellowish buff CrocomorPhus Aavus 



d'. General color above not yellowish buff. 

 e. Back black. 

 /. Basal half or more of primaries (except the two outermost) 



hazel brown Scapaneus IracheloDvrus 



f. Outer webs of primaries black (or at least with broad black 



edges) Scapaneus rubricollis. 



e . Back chestnut brown. 

 /. General color of under parts brown, darker than back. 



g. Crest dark chestnut, darker than back Celeus jumana. 



g . Crest tawny or cinnamon brown Celeus elegans hellmayri. 



f . Lower throat and breast black, remaining under parts dark 



buff Cerchneipicus lorquatus. 



a'. Tail-feathers soft (Picumnus). 

 b. Under-parts barred with black. 



c. Feathers of crown tipped with red or yellow. 



d. Feathers of crown tipped with red <?Picumnus undulatus. 



d . Feathers of crown tipped with yellow o" Picumnus stellae. 



c'. Feathers of crown with white or pale yellowish tips 9 Picumnus slellae. 



9 Picumnus undulatus. 

 b . Under-parts not barred Picumnus leucogaster. 



CHLORONERPES FLAVIGULA (Boddaert). 

 Picus ftavigula Bodd., Tabl. PI. Enl. 1783. p. 49. 

 Chloronerpes flavigula Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 91. 



Observed only in the heavily wooded region, beyond the falls of 

 Atures. Miller and Iglseder collected a specimen at the Foot of Mount 

 Duida (Am. Mus. Collection). 



CHRYSOPTILUS PUNCTIGULA PUNCTIPECTUS Cabanis & Heine. 

 Chrysoptilus punctipectus Cab. & Hein., Mus. Hein. IV. 1863. p. 163. 

 Chrysoptilus punctigulus guttatus Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 92. 



Common from Ciudad Bolivar to the mouth of the Apure. Found 

 more commonly in the scattering clumps' of trees on the savannas than 

 in the heavy timber along the river. 



Eye seal brown ; bill blackish slate ; feet olive green. 



CENTURUS SUBELEGANS SUBELEGANS Bonaparte. 

 Centurus subelegans Bonaparte, P. Z. S. 1837: p. 109 ("Mexico"- 



Venezuela, see Bonaparte Consp. Av. i: 1850: 119). 



Common at Ciudad Bolivar and at Caicara. Like the preceding 

 species this is rarely met with in heavily wooded districts. 



Eye mummy brown; bill black; feet dusky slate. 



CENTURUS TERRICOLOR Berlepsch. 

 Centurus terricolor Berl., Ibis, 1880. p. 130. 

 Melanerpes terricolor Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 92. 



Berlepsch and Hartert include all the specimens of Centurus that 

 I sent to the Tring Museum as terricolor, but the specimens secured on 



