448 Field Museum of Natural History — Zo5logy, Vol. XIII. 



Genus CELEUS Boie. 

 Celeus Boie, Isis, 1831, p. 542 (Type, as fixed by Gray, 1841, Picus flavescens 

 Gmelin). 



*Celeus flavescens flavescens (Gmelin). Brazilian Yellow Wood- 

 pecker. 

 Picus flavescens Gmelin, Syst. Nat., I, 1788, p. 427 ("Brasilia")"; Spix, Av. 



Bras., I, 1824, p. 58, pi. XLIX, figs. 1-2. 

 Celeus flavescens Boie, Isis, 1831, p. 542; Hargitt, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., XVIII, 

 1890, p. 422, part; Hellmayr, Abh. K. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., XXII, 1906, p. 

 604, part. 

 Celeus flavescens flavescens Hellmayr, Nov. ZooI., XV, 1908, p. 82 (Minas 

 Geraes; Rio Janeiro, Sao Paulo)- Bertoni, Ann. Soc. Cient. Arg., LXXV, 

 1913, p. 86 (Upper Parana R.). 

 Range: Southeastern and southern Brazil (Minas Geraes; Rio 

 Janeiro; Sao Paulo; Parana). 



4: Brazil (Rio das Velhas, near Lagoa Santa, Minas Geraes 2; 

 "Brazil" 2). 



*Celeus flavescens intercedens Hellmayr.^ Hellmayr's Yellow 

 Woodpecker. 

 Celeus flavescens intercedens Hellmayr, Nov. Zool., XV, 1908, p. 82 (Faz Es- 

 peranca, Goyaz, Brazil). 



Range: Central eastern Brazil (Goyaz; Bahia, etc.). 

 2: Brazil (Sao Amaro, Bahia i, "Brazil" i). 



*Celeus flavescens ochraceus (Spix)." Ochraceous Woodpecker. 



Picus ochraceus Spix, Av. Bras., I, 1824, p. 59, pi. LI, fig. i ("in sylvis ama- 



zonum"). 

 Celeopicus ochraceus Malherbe, Mon. Picidae, II, 1862, p. 23; IV, 1862, pi. 



LIV, figs. 5-6. 

 Celeus ochraceus Hargitt, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., XVIII, 1890, p. 425 (Ceard); 



Hellmayr, Abh. K.Bayer. Akad. Wiss., XXII, 1906, p. 604 (Spix's Types); 



Id., Nov. Zool., XIV, 1907, p. 34 (Lower Amazon; Pernambuco?); Pelzeln, 



Om. Bras., 1871, p. 250 (Tapajos R.); Riker and Chapman, Auk, 1891, p. 



31 (Santarem); Snethlage, Bol. Mus. Goeldi, VIII, 1914, p. 251 (Monte 



Alegre; Cussary; Maranhao, northeastern Brazil). 

 Celeus flavescens ochraceus Hellmayr, Nov. Zool., XV, 1908, p. 83 (Obidos, 



Ceard, etc., Pernambuco?). 



Range: Lower Amazon region, 

 i: Brazil (Boa Vista, Rio Branco). 



» I suggest State of Rio de Janeiro for the type locality. 



*> Celeus flavescens intercedens Hellmayr: Similar to C. /. flavescens, but wings 

 and bill shorter; crest shorter; bands on the back narrower. Male: wing, 142; bill, 

 25 mm. 



" Celeus flavescens ochraceus {Svix): Readily recognized by its much deeper 

 coloration and the oval or cardiform blackish brown markings on the back, instead 

 of bars. I am strongly inclined to give this bird specific rank. 



