ACCOUNT OF TWO" 



mencing from the nostrils, is a narrow line of gol- 

 den-yellow, terminating with the neck ; below this 

 is another stripe, crimson at the base of the lower 

 mandible, and olive beyond, ending with the form- 

 er, leaving the chin and throat yellow ; all the up- 

 per parts of the plumage are yellowish-olive, the 

 inner shafts of the quills being black, except the 

 edge, which is pale, rufous, almost their entire 

 length; tail 3j inches long; the feathers black 

 and immaculate, tinged with olive at their base ; 

 breast, body and under parts, tawny-yellow, trans- 

 versely banded with blackish lines ; feet and legs 

 olivaceous ; inner wing-covers tawny. 



Inhabits the same situations as the former ; the 

 only specimen I have found was a male. In classi- 

 fication, it will come near to P. ictero-cephalus? 

 under which name, by the way, two very distinct 

 birds are placed. 



The Genus Dendrocotapfes of Illiger * (the 

 Picacule of the French) have, in all the species I 

 found in South America, precisely the same man- 

 ners and habits as the Pici, climbing the trees with 

 even greater facility, although their feet are those 

 termed ambulatorii. The type of this excellent 

 genus is Gr acuta cayennensis of Linnaeus. M. Vi- 

 ellot, some years after, without taking any notice 



* Caroli Illigeri Prodfomus Systematis Mammalium et 

 Avium, Berolini, 181 



