BIBDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 141 



CELEUS IMMACDLATUS Berlepsch. 



IMMACTTLATE WOODPECKER. 



Similar to G. elegans (Miiller)," but inner webs of remiges without 

 dusky bars (plain yellow) . 

 Panamfi (Agua Dulce) ? 



Celeus immaculatics Berlepsch, Ibis, 4th ser., iv, no. 1, Jan., 1880, 113 (Agua 

 Dulce, Panama?; coll. Count von Berlepsch). — Reichenow and Schalow, 

 Jouin. 'fiir Om., 1880, 314 (reprint of orig. descr.). — ^Haegitt, Cat. Birds 

 Brit. Mus., xviii, 1890, 426.— Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, 

 ii, 1895, 443. 



[Celeus] immaculatics Shabpb, Hand-list, ii, 1900, 226. 



CELEUS CASTANEDS (Wagler). 

 CHESTirXTT-COLOKED WOODPECKER. 



Adult male. — Malar and suborbital regions, together with part of 

 loral and postocular regions, dull carmine or dark poppy red; rest of 

 head, together with upper neck, all round, plaia dull ochraceous or 

 clay color to tawny, the pileum, especially the elongated occipital 

 crest, sometimes noticeably paler; body and wings chestnut or rufous- 

 chestnut, the feathers of rump paler, often light yellow (straw yellow 

 to maize yellow), beneath surface, the back, scapulars, lesser and mid- 

 dle (sometimes also greater and primary) wing-coverts rather sparsely 

 barred or transversely spotted with dull black, the under parts with 

 broader cordate, U-shaped or V-shaped bars or spots of the same; 

 termiaal portion (extensively) of primaries plain dusky; tail chestnut 

 basally, dull black or dusky terminally; axillars, under wing-coverts, 

 and outer portion of sides and flanks plain sulphur yellow or straw 

 yellow to pale yellowish buff or cream color; inner webs of remiges 

 plaiu duU cinnamon-rufous or vinaceous-cinnamon, the terminal por- 

 tion (extensively on outer primaries) abruptly plain dusky; bill pale 

 yellowish, sometimes light grayish horn color basally; iris brown; 

 legs and feet horn color or olive (in dried skins) ; length (skins), 200- 

 237 (212.5); wing, 121.5-134.5 (129.1); tail, 73.5-90 (82.4); cuhnen, 

 23.5-27 (25.4); tarsus, 21-24 (22.7); middle toe, 20-22 (21.2).» 



"J See p. 140. For the more satisfactory identification of this form, which I have 

 not seen, the following description of C. elegans is given: 



Adult male. — General color plain deep cinnamon-rufous, the pileum (including 

 occipital crest) decidedly paler; rump, upper tail-coverts, flanks, and under wing- 

 coverts, immaculate dull naples yellow (the first two tinged with olive-yellow); 

 inner webs of remiges pale buff basally passing into pale cinnamon-rufous terminally, 

 broadly barred or spotted with dusky; tail dull black, with shafts of rectrices pale 

 dull yellow basally, the rudimentary lateral rectrices plain cinnamon-rufous with 

 yellow shaft; malar region bright red; billduUbrownish white (in dried skin); length 

 (skin), 204 mm.; wing, 128; tail, 80; culmen, 27; tarsus, 24; outer anterior toe, 22. 



(No. 109769, coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.; Orinoco district, Venezuela; trade skin.) 



* Thirty-one specimens. 



