CHLORONERPES. 483 



Chloi'onerpes JJavigularis Salvin, Ibis, 1S86, p. 58 (Bartica Grove, 



Caniacusa). 

 Chloronerpes Jiavigula Hargitt, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xviii. p. 77, 1S90 



(Bartica Grove) ; Bi-abourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 169, 



no. 1677, 1912. 



Adult male. Back, wincrsj and tail olive-green ; inner webs o£ 

 primary and secondary quills blackish brown at the tips and 

 cinnamon or chestnut towards tlio base ; tail-feathers blackish 

 along the shaft-lines and at the tips ; top of head, nape, and 

 malar patch red; throat and sides of face golden yellow ; under 

 surface dusky green, with lanceolate white spots to the feathers ; 

 under wing-coverts and quill-lining cinnamon. 



Total length 163 mm., culnien 19, wing 120, tail G3, tarsus 18. 



The description of the male is based on a specimen collected on 

 the Warima River. 



Adult female. Differs from the adult male in the absence of 

 red on the fore part of the head and the red malar patch, which 

 is replaced in each case by yellow. Wing 1-40 mm. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Xest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Ituribisi River, Supenaam Rivei-, 

 Bartica, Bonasika River, Anarika River, ]\Jazaruni River, Makauria 

 River, Great Falls Demerara River, Warima River, Arawai 

 River (McConnell collection) ; Kamnkusa, Bartica ( Wliitelg). 



Extralimital Range. Cayenne (Boddaert), Ecuador, Peru. 



Habits. According to Schomburgk (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 71.3) 

 this bird was distributed throughout British Guiana. 



334. Chloronerpes rubiginosus. 

 Swajxson's Green Woodpecker. 



Pious ruhiginosus Swains. Zoo). Illustr. pi. xiv., 1S20 (Venezuela). 



Chloronerpes rnbigiiiosus Cab. in Schomb. Kei.s. Guian. iii. p. 71."), ISIS , 

 Salvin, Ibi.«, ISSO, j). o9 (B.irtica Grove, Merum«'* Mts., Ronjinia, 

 :io(K) ft.) ; Hargitt, Cat. B. Hrit. :Mus. xviii. ]>. SG, 1890; Brabounio 

 & Chubb, B. S. Amcr. i."p. 170, no. 1687, 1912. 



Adult male. Back, wing.s, and tail golden olive-brown ; bastard- 

 wing and jnimary-coverts blackish ; quills dark brown on the 

 inner webs at tiie tips, and white, or sulphur-yellow, on tlu' edg<'s 

 towards the ba^c : tup of head dark slate-grev ; sides of liiinl<T 



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