igig. Catalogue of Birds of the Americas — Cory. 505 



Picumnus steindachneri Taczanowski. Steindachner's Piculet. 



Picumnus steindachneri Taczanowski, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1882, p. 40, 

 pi. II, figs. 1-2 (Chirimoto); Id., Orn. Perou, III, 1886, p. 67; Hargitt, 

 Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., XVIII, 1890, p. 535 (Chirimoto, Huayabamba Valley). 



Range: Northeastern Peru. 



Picumnus jelskii Taczanowski. Jelski's Piculet. 



Picumnus jelskii Taczanowski, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1882, p. 41, pi. 11, 



fig- 3 (Chanchamayo, Peru); Id., Orn. P^rou, III, 1886, p. 68. 

 Range: Central Peru (Paltapampa and Valley of the Chancha- 

 mayo) . 

 Picumnus stellae* Berlepsch and Hartert. Stella's Piculet. 



Picumnus stellce Berlepsch and Hartert, Nov. Zool., IX, 1902, p. 96 (Mai- 

 pures, Rio Orinoco, Venezuela); Cherrie, Mus. Brooklyn lust. Arts & Sci., 

 Sci. Bull., II, No. 6, 1916, p. 309 (Upper Orinoco, above falls of Atures). 



Range : Venezuela. 



*Picumnus pygmaeus (Lichtenstein). Pigmy Piculet. 



Picus pygmcBus Lichtenstein, Verz. Doubl., 1823, p. 11 ("Brasilia"). 



Picumnus ocellatus Wagler, Isis, 1829, p. 646; Pelzeln, Orn. Bras., 1870, p. 442. 



Picumnus pygmceus Gray, Gen. Bds., II, 1845, p. 432, pi. 107; Malherbe, 

 Mon. Picidae, II, 1862, p. 285; IV, 1862, pi. 115, figs. 3, 4, 5; Hargitt, 

 Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., XVIII, 1890, p. 537 (Bahia; Novo Fribourgo, Brazil). 



Range: Southeastern Brazil, from Bahia southward. 

 2 : Brazil (Macaco Secco, near Andarahy , Bahia) . 



Picumnus asterias Sundevall. Brazilian Piculet. 



Picumnus asterias Sundevall, Consp. Av. Picin., 1866, p. 97 ("Brasilia"); 

 Hargitt, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., XVIII, 1890, p. 538. 



Range: Brazil. 



Picimmus guttifer {Sundevall) Matto Grosso Piculet. 



Picumnus guttifer Sundevall, Consp. Av. Picinae, 1866, p. loi (Prov. Goyaz, 

 Brazil); Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., V, 1893, p. 132 (Chapada, 

 Matto Grosso); Hargitt, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., XVIII, 1890, p. 538 (Chap- 

 ada, Matto Grosso); Hellmayr, Nov. Zool., XV, 1908, p. 83 (Goyaz and 

 Faz Esperanca, Prov. Goyaz); von Ihering, Aves do Brazil, I, 1907, p. 190 

 (Goyaz; Matto Grosso; Sao Paulo). 



chin black, narrowly banded with white; throat and breast black with more or less 

 numerous, somewhat triangular chalk white spots; rest of underparts bright yellow- 

 ish brown, banded with black (in adults); tail like that of cirrhatus. Wing, 52-55; 

 tail, 29-33; bill, 13-14 mm. 



"Picumnus stellcB Berlepsch and Hartert: Somewhat resembles P. wallacii 

 Hargitt, but distinguished at once by the abdomen being banded with narrow cross 

 lines of black like the chest (instead of dusky spots) . Differs from P. punctifrons of 

 Peru in its pale brown (not black) hinder part of the pileum; under brown ear coverts 

 narrower black bars on under parts and more extended area of the yellow spots on 

 the forehead. 



