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Show 586 MESSRS. SCLATER AND SALVIN ON [May 23, This is one of the few types of the Brazilian forest-region that into the district of Para. On the north bank of the Amazons it is replaced by the following species :- 199. RAMPHASTOS VITELLINUS, Licht. North bank of the Lower Amazons. 200. PTEROGLOSSUS ARACARI (Linn.). Capim River. 201. PTEROGLOSSUS INSCRIPTUS, Sw. Para. 202. PTEROGLOSSUS BITORQUATUS, Vig. Para. 203. SELENIDERA GOULDI, Natt. Para, August, 1848. 204. SELENIDERA NATTERERI, Gould. Upper Rio Negro. See Gould's 'Monograph,' ed. 2. t. 34. Fam. CAPITONIDA. 205. CAPITO AMAZONICUS, Deville et Des Murs; Sclater, Ibis, 1861, p. 186. Guia, Rio Negro. Fam. PiciDA. 206. CAMPEPHILUS ALBIROSTRIS (Spix). Rio Tocantins. 207. CAMPEPHILUS TRACHELOPYRUS, Malh. Capim River. 208. DRYOCOPUS LINEATUS (Linn.). Para. 209. CELEUS JUMANA, Spix. Picus jumana, Spix, Av. Bras. i. p. 57, t. 47. Para. Specimens of both sexes of this species, which is very distinct from Celeus citreopygius (Bp. MS.) of the Upper Amazons, the latter being darker in colouring, particularly on the flanks, and having no cross bands on the primaries or secondaries. Malherbe considers them local varieties ; but they are in fact well-marked species. The nearest ally of Celeus jumana is C. cinnamomeus of Cayenne. Sclater's bird referred to C. jumana (Cat. A. B. p. 336) is C. citreopygius, Bp. 210. CELEUS MULTIFASCIATUS. Celeopicus multifasciatus, Malh. Mon. Pic. ii. p. 16, t. 50. f. 4 5. |