45© Field Museum of Natural History — Zoology, Vol. XIII. 



Celeus elegans elegans Hellmayr, Nov. Zool., XIII, 1906, p. 39 (Approuague, 



Cayenne). 

 Celeus elegans Berlepsch, Nov. Zool., XV, 1908, p. 272 (Ipousin, R. Approuague, 



Cayenne; Oyapoche, Cayenne). 



Range: Cayenne. 



*Celeus elegans approximans subsp. nov.^ Pale-crowned Crested 

 Woodpecker. 



Celeus cinnamomeus {nee. Gmelin) Pelzeln, Orn. Bras., 1871, p. 251 (Barra 

 do Rio Negro; Forte do Rio Branco). 



Range: Northern Brazil (Rio Negro and Rio Branco Region) and 

 probably southwestern British Guiana (Quonga).'' 



5 : Brazil (Base of Serra da Lua, near Boa Vista), including the type. 



Celeus elegans leotaudi Hellmayr.'' Trinidad Crested Woodpecker. 



Celeus elegans leotaudi Hellmayr, Nov. Zool., XIII, 1906, p. 39 (Valencia, 

 Trinidad). 



Range : Trinidad. 



*Celeus elegans hellmayri Berlepsch. Hellmayr 's Crested Wood- 

 pecker. 

 Celeus elegans hellmayri Berlepsch, Nov. Zool., XV., 1908, p. 272 (British Gui- 

 ana);"* Stone, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1913, p. 200 (Guinipa R., Venez, 

 uela); Cherrie, Mus. Brooklyn Inst. Arts & Sci., Sci. Bull., II, No. 6, 1916- 

 p. 307 (La Union, Caura R., Venezuela); Bangs and Penard, Bull. Mus. 

 Comp. Zool., LXII, No. 2, 191 8, p. 57 (Paramaribo, etc., Surinam). 



Celeus hellmayri Chubb, Bds. Brit. Guiana, I, 1916, p. 490. 



» Celeus elegans approximans subsp. nov.: Type from Base of Serra da Lua, near 

 Boa Vista, Rio Branco, Amazons, Brazil. Adult male, No. 50389, Field Museum of 

 Natural History. Collected by M. P. Anderson and R. H. Becker, March 26, 1913. 

 Similar to Celeus elegans elegans from Cayenne, but differs in having general colora- 

 tion somewhat brighter; crown and rump averaging paler (more whitish); under 

 wing coverts almost white (faintly buffy); size smaller. Wing, 160; tail, no; bill, 

 26 mm. Females are decidedly smaller; wing, 155-158; tail, 97-102; culmen, 24-27. 



■' Although the five specimens before me from the Rio Branco region seem to be 

 separable from typical elegans elegans from Cayenne (of which unfortunately I have 

 seen but one specimen), it is possible a good series from French Guiana may prove 

 them to be the same. The birds mentioned by Sclater from Quonga, southwestern 

 British Guiana (Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., XVIII, 1890, p. 428, in text) probably repre- 

 sent approximans. 



« Celeus elegans leotaudi Hellmayr: Differs from C. e. elegans from Cayenne in 

 being decidedly smaller, etc. "Top of the head and crest pale cinnamon; back and 

 upper wing coverts bright cinnamon rufous, the former as well as the smaller wing 

 coverts with indistinct pale yellowish spots; under parts bright cinnamon rufous"; 

 Wing, 139-142; tail, 106-117; bill, 29-31. 



d The type is a male, collected by H. Whitely and the type locality as given by 

 Berlepsch is "Brit. Guiana." The specimen should be examined, but if no more 

 definite locality can be ascertained, I would suggest Cumacusa, Mazaruni River. 



