498 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



347. Picumnus macconnelli. 

 McConnell's Piculet. 



(Plate X. fig. 1.) 



Picumnus macconelli Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, xii. p. 4, 1901 

 (British Gruiana) ; Brabourae & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 179, 

 no. 1783, 1912. 



Adult male. Back and wings pale earth-brown, some of the 

 feathers tipped and edged ^Yith white ; tail-feathers black margined 

 "Nvith white ; fore part of head red, nape black, some of the feathers 

 fringed, and others niinntely spotted, with white ; under surface 

 white narrowlv handed with black. 



Total length 98 mm., culmen 12, wing 54, tail 33, tarsus 13. 



The description of the male is taken from one of the typical 

 specimens from the Upper Takutii Mountains. 



Breeding-season. Unknown. 



JSest. Unrecorded. 



Eygs. Un described. 



Range. Confined to British Guiana : Upper Takutu Mountains, 

 Ireng River (McConnell collection). 



Habits. Unknown. 



348. Picumnus spilogaster. 



Suxdevall's Piculet. 



Picumnus spilogaster Sundev. Consp. Av. Piein. p. 100, 1866 (Guiana) ; 

 Hargitt, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xviii. p. 582, 1890 ; Quelch, Tiiuehri 

 (2) V. p. 93, 1891 (Botanic Gardens, Georgetown) ; Brabourne & 

 Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 179, no. 1784, 1912. 



Adidt male. Back and wings earth-brown with pale tips and 

 edgings to some of the feathers ; tail black, some of the feathers 

 edged with white ; head black, the feathers on the fore part 

 tipped with red and on the hinder portion tip[)ed with white; under 

 surface of body dull white, with a tinge of buff on the abdomen, 

 under tail-coverts, and under wing-coverts ; throat and fore-neck 

 barred with black, and small ovate spots of black on the breast 

 and sides of the body ; inner edges of quills below white. 



Total length 97 mm., culmen 12, wing 58, tail 31, tarsus 9. 



The description of the male is taken from au example col- 

 lected on the Warima River. 



