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*Venilioniis sanguineus (Lichtenstein). Blood-colored Wood- 

 pecker. 



Picus sanguineus Lichtenstein, Cat. Rer. Hamb., 1793- P- ^7 (Guiana). 



Picus rubescens Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., XXVI, 1818, p. 90. 



Mesopicus sanguineus Malherbe, Mon. Picidas, II, 1862, p. 74, pi. LX, figs. 4-5. 



Venelia alhertuli Bonaparte, Consp. Gen. Av., I, 1850, p. 129. 



Dendrobates sanguineus Hargitt, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., XVIII, 1890, p. 348. 



Veniliornis sanguineus Berlepsch, Nov. Zool., XV, 1908, p. 271; Chubb, Bds. 

 Brit. Guiana, I, 1916. p. 487 (Guiana and Venezuela); Bangs and Penard, 

 Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., LXII, No. 2, 1918, p. 57 (Paramaribo, Surinam). 



Range: The Guianas and "Venezuela."" 



2: Surinam (near Paramaribo i, Little Wanica i). 



Veniliornis nigriceps nigriceps (Lafresnaye and D'Orhigny). Black- 

 headed Woodpecker.'' 



Picus nigriceps Lafresnaye and d'Orbigny, Voy. Amer. M^rid., IV, 1835-44, 

 p. 380, pi. LXV, fig. 2, female (Ayupaya). 



Mesopicus nigriceps Malherbe, Mon. Picidae II, 1862, p. 68, pi. LIX, figs. 1-2. 



Campias malherbei Cabanis and Heine, Mus. Hein., IV, 1863, p. 155, part. 



Chloronerpes nigriceps Gray, List Picidas, Brit. Mus., 1868, p. in, part. 



Dendrobates nigriceps Hargitt, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., XVIII, 1890, p. 350, part 

 (Peru and Bolivia). 



Range: Bolivia and Peru. 



Veniliornis nigriceps pectoralis {Berlepsch and Stolzmann).^ Pectoral 

 Woodpecker. 



Dendrobates malherbei pectoralis Berlepsch and Stolzmann, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 Lond., 1902, p. 33 (Maraynioc, central Peru, alt. 13000 ft.). 



Range: Andes of Central Peru. 



Veniliornis nigriceps equifasciatus Chapman.'^ Colombian Banded- 

 tailed Woodpecker, 



Veniliornis nigriceps equifasciatus Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XXXI, 

 1912, p. 144 (Santa Isabel, central Andes, Colombia); Id., XXXVI, 1917, p. 

 352 (Santa Isabel; Almaguer, central Andes, Colombia). 



(?) Chloronerpes malherbii" Sclater, Cat. Am. Bds., 1862, p. 338, localities 

 only: (Matos and Rio Napo, Ecuador). 



• Cf. Chubb, /. c. 



^ Name from the female, which has the entire top of the head deep black. 



"= Veniliornis nigriceps pectoralis (Berlepsch and Stolzmann): The type (a 

 female) is described as differing from V. n. nigriceps from Bolivia in the dusky olive 

 crown (not black); shorter wings and less regular banding of the underparts (no 

 specimens seen by me). 



<* Veniliornis nigriceps equifasciatus Chapman: Similar to V. n. nigriceps, but 

 olive green and yellowish bars on under parts of equal width. 



« New name proposed for Picus nigriceps Lafresnaye and D'Orbigny. 



