438 PICID^. 



Phaonerpes oleagineus, Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. Heft 2, p. 140 '. 

 Dendrobates oleaginus, Hargitt, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xviii. p. 344 °- 



Supra oleagineo-brunneus, pileo toto summo fuliginoso-nigricante, plumis omnibus coccineo terminatis, tectri- 

 cibus supracaudalibus brunneo-nigrieantibus, loris et capitis lateribus sordide albidis, teotricibus aurieu- 

 laribus saturate oleagineis : subtus fere ut supra, gula tota obscure griseo-nigricante ; alis extus unicoloribus, 

 intus in pogonio interno maculis albis notatis ; cauda brunneo-nigricante immaculata ; rostro et pedibus 

 plumbeo-nigricantibus. Long, tota circa 6-5, alse 4-0, caudse 2-15, rostri a rictu I'O, tarsi 0*7, dig. med. 

 absque ungue 0-5, dig. ext. 0-62. 



2 mari simUis, sed pileo summo coccineo baud ornate. (Descr. maris et feminse ex Coatepec, Vera Cruz, 

 Mexico. Mus. nostr.) 



Hob. Mexico, Papantla {Beppe ^), Mineral de San Sebastian near Mascota, Jalisco 

 {Br. A. C. Buller, in Mm. BothscUld), Jalapa {de Oca *, Ferrari-Perez ^ F. B. G.), 

 Coatepec {Ferrari-Perez, M. Trujillo), Cordova {SalU% Uvero, Potrero {Sumi- 

 chrast ^), Orizaba {Sumichrast ®, Botteri), Playa Vicente {Boucard ^). 



This little Woodpecker seems fairly abundant in the temperate and lower regions of 

 Mexico on both sides of the Cordillera, but perhaps more so in the State of Vera Cruz 

 than elsewhere. 



The bird first came under the notice of Deppe during his travels in Mexico, 

 and specimens were included in the list of his duplicates by Lichtenstein under the 

 name of Picus oleagineus, but no description was given ^. The title, however, became 

 current through the writings of Reichenbach, Sclater, and others, the female being 

 characterized by the latter from specimens obtained by Salle ^. Deppe's specimens, 

 according to Reichenbach, came from Papantla in Vera Cruz. In size B. oleagineus 

 exceeds both the more southern Centrar-Ameirican races of the same group, and 

 in this respect fully equals the' South- American B. fumigatus. The latter is a darker 

 bird, with the sides of the head dark, and is thus slightly difiierentiated. 



2. Dendrobates caboti. 



Chloronerpes oleagineus, Scl. & Salv. (nee Licht.) Ibis, 1860, p. 400 ^ ; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. 



p. 131'; V. Frantz. J. f. Orn. 1869, p. 364'; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 452*; Zeledon, 



Ad. Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, 1887, p. 124'. 

 Mesopicus caboti, Malh. Men. Pic. ii. p. 53, t. 57. figg. 1, 2 '. 

 Chloronerpes caboti, Scl. Cat. Am. Birds, p. 337 ' ; Salv. Ibis, 1866, p. 206 ' ; P. Z. S. 1867, p. 157 ' ; 



1870, p. 212". 

 Dendrobates caboti, Hargitt, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xviii. p. 344". 



D. oleagineo valde affinis, sed minor, capitis lateribus plerumque obscurioribus vix distinctus. 



Hab. Mexico, Teapa in Tabasco {Mrs. H. H. Smith), Tizimin in Yucatan {Gau- 

 mer " *) ; British Honduras {F. Blancaneaux), Orange Walk {G. F. Gaumer) ; 



* Mr. Hargitt places tbis specimen with D. oleagineus ; but the specimen in question is a young male with 

 a few red spots on the crown; the sides of the head are rather light, but the dimensions are those of the 

 southern form. 



