492 r.iRD<; of British gfiana. 



Cerchneipicns iarq^iaius Hargitt, Cat. B. Brit. Miis. xviii. p. 437, lS9l) 

 (Takutu River, Rupiinuni River) ; Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. 

 i. p. 176, no. 1754, 1912. 



Adult male. General colour above nnd below chestnut-rufous 

 barred or marked with black ; outer edoe of Ming, brenst, fore- 

 neck, and collar on hind-neck uniform black ; top of head, hinder 

 face, and throat uniform cinnamon-rufous : some of the short 

 feathers surrounding the eye black ; a large malar patch of red ; 

 nnder tail-coverts, under wing-coverts, and base of quill-lining 

 uniform rufous. 



Total length 2(57 mm . culinen 33, wing 150, tail 95, tarsus 25. 



The male from which the descripiion is taken was collected on 

 the Abary River. 



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

 red patch on the malar region, which is uniform in colour with 

 the head and throat. Wing 155 mm. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



I^ggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Gviana. Abary River, Essequibo River 

 {McConnell coUeetion) ; Takutu River, Rupununi River (W/iiteli/). 



Extralimital Range, C^ayeime {Boddaert), North Brazil. 



IJahits. Schomburgk states (Reis. Gnian. iii. p. 715) that he 

 found this Woodpecker more common in the woods near the coast 

 than in those of the interior. 



Genus CROCOMORPHTJS Hargitt. 



Crocoynorphits Hargitt, Cat. B, Brit. Mils, xviii. p. 439, Mav 1S90. 

 Type C.flavu^ (P. L. S. Miill.), 



In this genus there is no distinct nasal ridge, the nasal aperture 

 is rounded, and the general colour of the plumage is, for the most 

 part, yellow. 



343. Crocomorphus flavus. 



Chestnut-winged Woodpecker. 



Picusflctvus P. L. S. Miill. Syst. Nat. Suppl. p. 91, 1776 (Cayenne). 

 Celeus exalbidus Cab. in Schomb. Reis. Guian. iii. p. 715, 1848. 

 Celeus citrinus Salvin, Ibis, 1886, p. 59. 

 Crocomorphns flaws Hargitt, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xviii. p. 440, 1890 



(British Guiana) ; Braboimie tt Clnibb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 176, 



no. 1757. 1912. 



