1188 MR. C. E. HELLMAYR ON THE 



154. Melanerpes pucherani pucherani Malh. 



Zehrapicus pucherani Malherbe, Rev. Mag. Zool. (2) i. p. 542 

 (1849.— " Tabago," errore.*). 



Nos. 2258, 2279. S S ad. Novita : 10, 13.xi.08.— "Wing 115, 

 113 ; tail 67, 65 ; bill 26, 25 mm. 



Nos. 1970,2259. $ $ Guineo: 5.viii. ; Novita: 10.xi.08.— 

 Wing 108; tail 60, 62 ; bill 21 mm. 



'■'■ Iris brown, feet grey or greyish green, bill black." 



The series agrees with specimens from Western Ecuador. 



M. p. pucherani ranges from Nicaragua southwards through 

 Western Colombia to Guayaquil, S.W. Ecuador. Birds from 

 Central America are perhaps slightly diiferent, but I have not 

 sufficient material to decide the question. The form occurring 

 from Honduras north to S. Mexico has lately been separated as 

 M. p. 2}erileucits Todd f- 



155. Yeniliornis kirkii cecilii Malh. 



[Picus (Chloropicus) Kirkii Malherbe, Rev. Zool. viii. p. 400 

 (1845.— Tobago)]. 



Mesopicos Cecilii Malherbe, Rev. Mag. Zool. (2) i. p. 538 

 (1849.— Colombia). 



Chloronerpes cecilice Sclater &, Salvin, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 533 

 (Antioquia, Remedies, Neche). 



No. 1986. ( cJ ) ad. Guineo, Rio Calima : 10.viii.08.— Wing 84 ; 

 tail 55 ; bill 201 mm. 



" Iris brown, feet pinkish grey, maxilla dark grey, mandible 

 paler." 



This bird, in abraded, bleached summer plumage, is not 

 appreciably different from Bogota skins. Specimens from Western 

 Ecuador also agree well with the latter. 



V. k. cecilii is peculiar to Colombia (Coast, Central and Eastern 

 Cordillera J) and Western Ecuador. In Panama it is replaced 

 by the doubtfully separable V. k. darienensis Ridgw. § 



156. Celeus loricatus Reichb. 



Meiglyptesloricatus Reichenbach, Scansorise, p. 405, pi. dclxxxi. 

 figs. 4495-96 (1854.—" Peru " ; descr. $ ). 



Celeus loricatus Sclater & Salvin, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 533 

 (Remedies & Neche). 



* The species does not occur on " Tabago " (sc. Tobago), the original locality being 

 no doubt erroneous. Later, in the Ifonogr. des Ficid. ii. p. 227, Malherbe says that 

 the specimens he saw in the British Museum came from " Tabago " while those 

 existing in his own collection were from " Nouvelle-Grenade." We maj^ therefore; 

 accept Colombia as the type localit3' since the birds from this countrj^ agree verj' 

 well with Malherbe's description and figure (pi. ciii.). 



t Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash, xxiii. p. 154 (1910. — Manatee, British Honduras). 



■J Count ]3erlepsch (J. f. Orn. 1884, p. 314: Chloronerpes ccecilice) notices that 

 examples from Bucaramanga are considerably larsjer than those from Bogota. 



§ Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. xxiv. p. 33 (1911.— El Pteal, Darien). 



