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Celeus elegans reichenbachi Hellmayr, Nov. ZooL, XIII, 1906, p. 40 (Carimang, 

 Cumacusa, etc., British Guiana; Orinoco Delta, northeastern Venezuela; 

 Paramaribo, Surinam). 



Range: Eastern Venezuela, British Guiana, Dutch Guiana.* 

 3: British Guiana (Mazaruni River 2, Demerara River 1). 



*Celeus jumana {Spix). Spix's Amazonian Woodpecker. 



Piciis jumana Spix, Av. Bras., I, 1824, p. 57, pi. XLVII, figs. 1-2 ("in sylvis fl. 

 Amazonum"). 



Celeopicus jumana Malherbe, Mon. Picidae, II, 1862, p. 27; III, 1862, pi. LV, 

 figs. 1-2. 



Celeus jumana Hargitt, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., XVIII, 1890, p. 428; Berlepsch 

 and Hartert, Nov. ZooL, IX, 1902, p. 94 (Maipures, Guapare, etc., Orinoco 

 Region); Hellmayr, Abh. K. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., XXII, 1906, p. 603 (Spix's 

 Types); /t/., Nov. Zool., XII, 1905, p. 301 (Pard); Id., XIV, 1907, p. 398 (Rio 

 Madeira); Id., XVII, 1910, p. 384 (Calama, Santa Isabel, Rio Madeira); 

 Berlepsch, Nov. ZooL, XV, 1908, p. 272 (Cayenne). 



» Specimens from Dutch Guiana show considerable variation in the color of the 

 crown and spotting of the back, and in general coloration (including crown) they 

 agree very well with the few specimens I have seen from northern Venezuela, but 

 none of the ten specimens before me from Dutch Guiana have the crown and rump 

 so pale as in elegans elegans or so deep cinnamon as in typical hellmayri. Hellmayr 

 (Nov. ZooL, XIII, 1906, p. 40) has already called attention to the fact that birds 

 from Surinam have the crest somewhat paler and more ochraceous cinnamon than 

 those from British Guiana. Surinam birds appear to be intermediate (especially 

 in coloration of crown, rump and under surface of wing) between elegans and hell- 

 mayri, and the majority have the back conspicuously spotted or marked with 

 yellowish, as in elegans elegans, although in two of the specimens, the back is prac- 

 tically uniform. This variation is suggestive, but until a larger series is available for 

 cbmparison, it is impossible to judge how much it may be due to age or season, and 

 I have provisionally referred Surinam birds to hellmayri, although they certainly do 

 not represent the typical form of that race and may ultimately even prove worthy 

 of subspecific recognition. 



Key to the races of Celeus elegans. 

 A — Top of head and crest pale ochraceous buff or bufly white; rump, sides of body 

 and under wing coverts buffy white or yellowish white. 



1 — Crown more ochraceous buff.; chestnut coloration darker: size averaging 



larger; back spotted with yellowish; rump and under wing coverts not so 

 whitish. Male, wing, 164 to 170; tail, 106 to 112; culmen, 29 to 31 mm.; 



female: wing, 168; tail, 112; culmen, 29 mm Celeus elegans elegans 



(Cayenne) 



2 — Crown paler (more whitish buff) : chestnut coloration paler (less chestnut) : 



size averaging smaller; rump and under wing coverts more whitish or yel- 

 lowish white; back nearly immaculate, or with narrow tawny bars or 

 irregular spots. Male: wing, 160; tail, iio; culmen, 26; female: wing, 



156-158; tail, 97-102; culmen, 24-27 mm Celeus e. approximans 



(Northern Brazil (Rio Branco region) and southwestern British Guiana 

 (Quonga) ) 

 B — Top of head and crest cinnamon, or ochraceous cinnamon; rump, sides of 

 body and under wing coverts more deeply yellowish, or tawny ochraceous. 



1 — Size larger; crown darker; male: wing about 172; tail, 120; culmen, 



31; female: wing, 164-167; tail, 110-112; culmen 27 mm. Back (al- 

 ways?) without yellowish spots Celeus e. hellmayri 



(Northeastern Venezuela, British Guiana, Dutch Guiana?) 



2 — Size smaller; crown paler cinnamon. Wing, 139-142; tail, 106-117; bill, 



28-3 1 Celeus e. leotaudi 



(Trinidad) 



