414 Field Museum of Natural History — Zoology, Vol. XIII'. 



Picus rubricalus Wagler, Isis, 1829, p. 516, part (female). 



Geopicus rubricatus Malherbe, Mon. Picidae, II, 1862, p. 265, pi. no, figs. 1-2. 



Range: Guatemala and extreme southern Mexico (Chiapas), 

 Nicaragua (Matagalpa)." 



6: Guatemala (Sierra, St. Elena 2, Tecpam 3, Lake Atitlan i). 



Genus SOROPLEX Gloger. 



Soroplex Gloger, Hand- tind Hilfsbuch der Naturg., 1842, p. 198 (Type P»c«* 

 campestris Vieillot). 



Soroplex campestris campestris ( Vieillot). Pampas Flicker. 



Picus campestris Vieillot, Noi'-r. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., XXVI, 1818, p. loi (Par- 

 aguay); Spix, Av. Bras., I, 1824, p. 57, pi. 46 (female). 



Picus chrysosternus Swainson, Mem. Wern. Soc, III, 1821, p. 288 (female). 



Chrysoptilus campestris Swainson, Classif. Bds., II, 1837, p. 308. 



Geopicus campestris Malherbe, Mon. Picidae, II, 1862, p. 251, pi. 108, figs. 1-2. 



Pedeopipo campestris Pelzeln, Om. Bras., 1871, p. 249. 



Colaptes campestris Hargitt, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., XVIII, 1890, p. 23; Hell- 

 MAYR, Abh. K. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., XXII, 1906, p. 603; Id., Nov. Zool., XV, 

 1908, p. 79 (Goyaz); Chubb, Ibis, 1910, p. 277 (Sapucay, Paraguay); Sneth- 

 lage, Bol. Mus. Goeldi, VIII, 1914, p. 244 (Monte Alegre; Maranhao, 

 Brazil). 



Range: Greater portion of Brazil, Bohvia, Paraguay, and Uruguay 

 to N. Argentina. 



*Soroplex campestris cearse subsp. nov.^ Ceara Flicker. 

 Range: Northeastern Brazil (Prov. of Ceard). 

 2: Brazil (Quixada, Ceard) cT & 9, including the type. 



*Soroplex campestroides (Malherbe). Field Flicker. 



Geopicos campestroides Malherbe, Rev. et Mag. de Zool., 1849, p. 514 (south 

 Brazil). 



Geopicos agricola Malherbe, N. Classif. Men. Acad. Metz, 1849, p. 359. 



Colaptes australis Burm., Journ. fiir Omith., i860, p. 244. 



Geopicus agricola Malherbe, Mon. Picidae, II, 1862, p. 254, pi. 108, figs. 4-5. 



Colaptes agricola Sclater and Hudson, Argentine Om., II, 1889, p. 24; Har- 

 gitt, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., XVIII, 1890, p. 25; Kerr, Ibis, 1901, p. 229 

 (Paraguay); Hartert and Venturi, Nov. Zool., XVI, 1909, p. 226 (La Sole- 

 dad, Mocovi [Chaco], Argentina); Chubb, Ibis, 1910, p. 277 (Paraguay); 



» I have not seen specimens from Nicaragua. 



^ Soroplex campestris cearae subsp. nov. : Type from Quixada, Ceard, north- 

 eastern Brazil; male. No. 47243, Field Museum of Natural History. Collected by 

 Mr. R. H. Becker, June 25, 1913. 



Similar to S. campestris campestris, but smaller; upper parts paler with the pale 

 bands more whitish and wider; under parts with slight wash of yellow and the dark 

 bands very much narrower, those on the chest reduced to small arrow-shaped spots. 

 Wing, 143; tail, 115; bill, 35 mm. 



