140 MESSRS. SCLATER AND SALVIN ON BIRDS [Feb. 5, 



for this wonderful bird. Since we examined this skin, Mr. C. Buckley 

 has sent an example of Steatornis from Sarayacu on the Rio Bobo- 

 naza, a confluent of the Pastaza, in Ecuador, thus connecting Prof. 

 Steere's Peruvian locality with those hitherto known for Steatornis 

 in Columbia and Venezuela. 



15. Picumnus sclateri, Tacz. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 327. 



"We are inclined to refer a skin of a Picumnus, obtained at Tumbez 

 in December 1872, to this recently described species, although in 

 this difficult group an actual comparison of specimens is necessary to 

 establish identity. 



Prof. Steere's specimen is marked " male," but agrees with a bird 

 described as a female by M. Taczanowski in having the head spotted 

 with white. If, therefore, the sexes are rightly determined in both 

 cases, it would seem that this species differs from most of its con- 

 geners in not having the head spotted with red or yellow in the male 

 sex. 



16. ChLORONERPES SEDULUS. 



Campias sedulus, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. iv. p. 153. 



Chloronerpes sedulus, Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 99. 



A "male" of this little known species was obtained by Prof. 

 Steere at Obidos, on the Amazons. Sclater's collection contains a 

 single female from Guiana ; and the type described by Cabanis and 

 Heine was of the same sex. The male, which is hitherto undescribed, 

 differs from the female in having the feathers of the cap terminated 

 with red instead of yellow. 



The species is easily recognizable by the large well-defined pale 

 yellow spots on the wing-coverts. Prof. Steere notes the eyes as 

 " blood-red." 



17. Colaptes rupicola (Lafr. et D'Orb.). 

 Colaptes rupicola, Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 101. 



A " female " skin from Cajamarca, which we refer to this species, 

 differs slightly from skins obtained in Southern Peru by Mr. Whitely 

 (see P. Z. S. 1869, p. 154) in having the spots on the chest produced 

 laterally into narrow transverse bands. The rump and lower surface 

 are likewise rather deeper in colour. 



The label states that the bird is found " in the Upper Andes, among 

 the rocks ; nests in mud walls ; eyes sulphur yellow." 



18. Capito steerii, sp. nov. (Plate XII.) 



Supra laeth viridis, pileo vivide coccineo, nucha coendea ; subtus 

 pallide limonaceo-flavus, plagd gulari et altera subpectorali 

 coccineis ; ventre viridi Jfavoque variegato ; rostro plumbe- 

 scente, tomiis et apice flavis ; pedibus obscurh plumbeis : long. 

 tota 5*8, alee 2'8, cauda? 1*8, tarsi 0"8. 



Hab. Moyobamba, Peru (Steere). 



