BANGS wi> PEN AM): NOTE8 ON wii.kk \\ BIRDS. 369 



A third specimen, M. C. Z. 84,578, Lafr. coll. 8,400, the origina] 

 label of which is missing, apparently also belongs to this race It. has 

 the characteristic heavy bill, is even larger than the type of aUirostru, 



and the under parts arc spotted well down the lower belly. It. can- 

 not be an example of D. p. kienerii, which is also large, because it 

 entirely lacks the deep cinnamon-rufous tone of that form. 



3. Dkndkoplex Piers kienerii (Dos Murs). 



Dendrornia kienerii \^s Murs in Castelnau, Voy. Ois., 1856, p. 45, pi. 14, 

 fig. 1 (Ega, Rio Soliinoens). 



Type. — Paris Museum, fide Menegaux and Hellmayr. 



Subspecific chakacters. — Similar to Dendroplex picus picus Gmelin, but 

 larger, and more cinnamon-rufous above and below. 



Measurements. — Im. — wing, 106.0; tail, 81.0; tarsus, 22.0; 

 culmen from base of forehead, 27.5. 



Range. — Central and western Brazil, eastern Bolivia, eastern Peru. 



Specimen examined. — Upper Amazon: one immature bird, Lafr. 

 coll. 2,281, "haut amaz." 



Remarks. — Although our specimen is an immature bird with 

 blackish bill, its large size and darker, richer color, distinguish it at 

 once from true picus. 



4. Dendroplex picus bahiae, subsp. no v. 



Type — M. C. Z. 73,792. Bahia (trade skin). 



Subspecific characters. — Similar to Dendroplex picus picus Gmelin, but 

 paler and more rufous, less olivaceous throughout; spotting on head larger 

 and more conspicuous, and whiter, less buffy. 



Measurements. — Type. Adult — wing, 100.00; tail, 79.5; tarsus, 

 20.0; culmen from base of forehead, 32.0. 



Adult (six specimens)— wing, 100.0-104.0 (101.5); tail, 79.5-85.0 

 (81.G); tarsus, 18.5-21.0 (20.0); culmen from base of forehead, 28.0- 

 32.0 (30.1). 



Range. — Eastern Brazil. 



Specimens examined. — Eastern Brazil: Bahia (trade skins), 3; 

 Ceara (trade skin), 1; Boa Vista (Schwanda), 3; Rio de Janeiro, 1. 

 Total, 8. 



