CELEUS. — CEECHN'EIPICUS. 491 



Celeus undatus Brabourae <fc Chubb. B. S. Ainer. i. p. 175, no. 1749. 

 1912. 



Adult male. General colour above and below mfons, barred on 



the upper surface -^itb black, audirregulailj marked by the same 



colour on the feathers of the under parts : head and nuchal crest 



paler and more cinnamon, minutely dotted with black ; ear- 



coYerts, hinder cheeks, chin, and upper throat similar, but more 



conspicuously spotted with black ; fore part of cheeks bright red ; 



the feathers on the lower back more narrowly barred : under 



wing-coverts and base of quill-lining citron-yellow. 



Total length 184 mm., culmen 21. wing 108, tail 65, tarsus 17. 



Adult female. Similar to the adult male, but differs in the 



absence of the red malar patch. Wing 113 mm. 



The male described was collected on the Warima Eiver and 



the female on the Ituribisi River. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Xest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Egcis. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British iruiana. Ituribisi River, Supenaam River, 



Bartica, Bonasika River, Makauria River, Abary River (McConnell 



collection^ ; Canuku Mountains (ScJiombuj'gk); Merume Mountains, 



Kamakusa, Bartica, Kamarang River {W/iitelf/). 



I\,rtralimital Range. Surinam (Penard) , Cayenne (Linnf), Xorth 



Brazil. 



Halits. According to Schomburgk (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 715), 



this species is one of the commonest Woodpeckers in British 



Guiana, especially in the Canuku Mountains. It prefers the 



depths of the woods, and could always be distinguished by its loud 



call. 



Genus CERCHNEIPICTJS Bonap. 



Cercfineipictis Bonaparte, Consp. Av. Yolucr. Zygod. p. 9, 1S54. Type 

 C tinnuncuhis (Wagl.). 



In this genus there is a distinct nasal ridge, the nostrils are 

 exposed, and the nasal aperture elongated. General colour for 

 the most part rufous. 



342. Cerclinelpicus torquatus. 



Ringed WooDrECKER. 



Picui torquatus Bodd. Tabl. PI. Enl. p. 52, 178.3 (Cayenne). 

 Celeus multicolor Cab. in Schomb. Reis. Guian. iii. p. 710. ISIS ; 

 Salvin, Ibis, ISSG. p. o9. 



