VEN'ILIORNIS. 487 



Key to the Species. 



A. Upper surface almost entirely uniform red ; 



head and back alike V. sanguineus, p. 487. 



B. Upper surface not uniform ; head not like the 



back. 



a. No collar on the hind-neck ; median upper 



wing-coverts uniform Y. j^assen'n us, p. 488. 



b. A golden-rellow collar on the hind-neck, 



with pale shaft-markings on the median 



upper wing-coverts V. cassini, p. 488. 



337. Veniliornis sanguineus. 



Blood- COLOURED Woodpecker. 



JPtcus sanguineus Licht. Cat, Rer. Hamb. p. 17, 1793 (G-uiana). 

 Dend'/'obafes sangui)ieus Cab. in Schomb. Eeis. Guian. iii. }). 715, 1848; 



Hargitt, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xviii. p. 348, 1890. 

 CJiIorone/'j)es sanguineus Salvin, Ibis, 1886, p. 58. 

 Yenilioriiis sanguineus Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 173, 



no. 1718, 1912. 



Adult male. Head, entire back, including the upper tail-coverts, 

 and wings bright red (vermilion), with pale sagittate markings on 

 the upper wing-coverts ; bastard-wing, primarv-coverts, and 

 quills dark brown, with white notches on the inner webs ; tail 

 dark brown, the outer feathers barred or edged with Iniffy-white ; 

 ear-coverts pale brown ; entire under surface blackish brown 

 narrowly barred with white. 



Total length 139 mm., culmen 18, wing 72, tail 42, tarsus 1(3. 



The male described was collected on the Anarika River. 



Adult female. DifEers from the adult male in having the crown 

 of the bead and nape brown with pale shaft-streaks and the under 

 surface paler brown. Wing 73 mm. 



The female described was collected on the Abary River. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Itnribisi River, Abary River, Anarika 

 River, Lama River {McConnell collection). 



E.rtralimital Range. Venezuela. 



Hahits. Schomburgk states (Reis. Guian. iii. ]>. 711'), no. 230^ 

 tliat this bird was one of tlie coininoneat of the Woodpeckers ; lio 

 met with it everywliere. Its habits are the same us those of 

 the preceding species (■= V. passeri'nus, p. 488). 



