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Chlmonerpes oleaginus Grat, List Birds Brit. Mus., part iii, 1868, 112. 



[Chloronerpes] oleaginus Gray, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 200, no. 8808. 



Mesopicus oleaginus Malhbrbb, Mon. Picid., ii, 1862, 53; iii, 1862, pi. 57, 

 figs. 6, 7. 



Dendrobates oleaginus Hargitt, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xviii, 1890, 344, part 

 (Orizaba and Jalapa, Vera Cruz; near City of Mexico). 



Ekopicus oleaginus Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., x, 1898, 34 (Jalapa). 



Veniliomis oleaginus Obbhholser, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., June 2, 1899, 205. 



[Veniliomis'\ oleaginus Sharpb, Hand-list, ii, 1900, 221. 



Chloronerpes oleaginous Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lend., 1856, 307 (Cordova, 

 Vera Cruz); 1859, 367 (Jalapa), 368 (Playa Vicente, Vera Cruz); 1864, 177 

 (near City of Mexico); Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 337 (Orizaba; Jalapa).— 

 Ferrari-Pbrez, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., ix, 1886, 159 (Jalapa). 



[Chloironerpes] oleagineus Solatbr and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 99. 



Piais oleagineus Sundevall, Consp. Av. Picin., 1866, 35. 



P[}uieonerpes] oleagineus Cabanis and Heine, Mus. Hein., iv, baft 2, 1863, 140. 



[Phaeonerpes] oleagineus Heine and Reichenow. Nom. Mus. Hein. Om., 1890, 218. 



Dendrobates oleagineus Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, ii, 1895, 

 347 (Papantla, Coatepec, Jalapa, Cordova, Uvero, Potrero, Orizaba, and 

 Playa Vicente, Vera Cruz; Mineral de San Sebastian, Jalisco?).^ 



VENILIORNIS OLEAGINUS SANGUINOLENTUS (Sclater). 



CABOT'S WOODPECKEE.. 



Similar to V. o. oleaginus, but smaller and with general coloration 

 brighter, the back, etc., averaging more golden or tawny olivaceous, 

 frequently tinged (sometimes conspicuously) with red, the sides of 

 head, chin, and throat, much darker, the loral, orbital, and auricular 

 regions wood brown to raw-umber brown, the chin and throat dull 

 grayish brown or brownish gray. 



Adult T^iZe.— Length (skms), 135-176 (158.5) ; wmg, 82-98.5 

 (87.6); tail, 43.5-54.5 (48.9); culmen, 19-22.5 (21.1); tarsus, 15-19 

 (17.1); outer anterior toe, 11.5-14.5 (12.3).* 



Adult /emaZe.^Length (skins), 136-166 (150); wmg, 82-95.5 

 (87.5); tail, 40-53 (48.1); culmen, 18.5-21.5 (20.1); tarsus, 16-17.5 

 (16.6); outer anterior toe, 10.5-13 (11.8). '^ 



Southeastern Mexico, in States of Vera Cruz (Orizaba; Buena 

 Vista; Motzorongo), Oaxaca (moimtains near Santo Domingo), 

 Tabasco (Teapa), Yucatan (La Vega; Puerto Morelos; Tizimin; 

 Chichen-Itza), and Chiapas (Palenque), and southward through 

 Guatemala (San Jos6; Escuintla; Savana Grande; Chocttim; sources 

 of Rio de la Pasi6n; Retalhuleu; Los Amates, Yzab&l), British Hon- 

 duras (Toledo; near Manatee Lagoon; Orange Walk), Honduras 

 (Santa Ana; San Pedro Siila; Yaruca; Omoa), Nicaragua (San 

 Rafa61 del Norte; Santo Domingo; Pena Blanca; Chontales; Mata- 

 galpa; Lavala; Rio Coca; Rio Escondido), and Costa Rica (Baxranca; 

 Jimenez; San Bernardo; La Hondura; El Gener5.1; Turrialba; Guft- 



o Specimens from Jalisco should be carefully compared with those from eastern 

 Mexico. 

 6 Thirty-one specimens. 



