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Melanerpes canescens HARGITT, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., XVIII, 1890, p. 174. 

 Centurus dubius canescens RIDGWAY, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, VI, 1914, p.7O. 



Range: Ruatan Island, Bay of Honduras. 

 2: Ruatan Island. 



*Centurus rubriventris rubriventris Swainson. SWAINSON'S WOOD- 

 PECKER. 



Centurus rubriventris SWAINSON, Anim. in Menag., 1838, p. 354 (no locality = 



Merida, Yucatan)*. 

 Melanerpes rubriventris HARGITT, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., XVIII, 1890, p. 176, 



part (Merida and Peto, Yucatan); CHAPMAN, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 



VIII, 1896, p. 285 (Chichen-Itza, Yucatan). 

 Centurus rubriventris rubriventris RIDGWAY, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, VI, 



1914, p. 70. 



Range: Yucatan; Bonaca Island? 

 4 : Yucatan. 



*Centurus rubriventris pygmaeus Ridgway. LESSER COZUMEL WOOD- 

 PECKER. 



Centurus rubriventris pygmceus RIDGWAY, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., VIII, 1885, p. 

 576 (Cozumel Island, Yucatan); Id., Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, VI, 1914, 

 p. 72. 



Range: Cozumel Island, Yucatan. 

 2 : Cozumel Island. 



*Centurus subelegans subelegans b Bonaparte. BONAPARTE'S WOOD- 

 PECKER. 



Centurus subelegans BONAPARTE, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1837, p. 109 ("Mex- 

 ico," *. e., Venezuela). 



Centurus terricolor BERLEPSCH, Ibis, 1880, p. 113 (Orinoco district or Trinidad). 



Melanerpes terricolor HARGITT, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., XVIII, 1890, p. 176 (Ven- 

 ezuela; Tobago; CORY, Auk, 1893, p. 220 (Tobago); BERLEPSCH and HAR- 

 TERT, Nov. Zool., 1902, p. 92 (Maipures; Altegracia; Caicara, Venezuela); 

 LOWE, Ibis, 1907, p. 560 (Margarita); Id., 1909, p. 322 (Cariaco Peninsula, 

 Venezuela). 



Melanerpes subelegans RICHMOND, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XVIII, 1896, p. 666 

 (Margarita I.); CORY, Field Mus. Pub., No. 137, 1909, p. 244 (Margarita). 



By designation. 



b HELLMAYR and SEILERN (Arch, fur Naturg., 1912, p. 150) do not accept 

 Bonaparte's name, subelegans, for this species on account of uncertainty of type 

 locality, description, etc., but Richmond's claim in its favor (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 XVIII, 1896, p. 666) seems worthy of consideration. Furthermore, the bird with 

 barred upper tail coverts (terricolor Berlepsch) may ultimately be found worthy of 

 subspecinc recognition. 



See Bonaparte, Consp. Av., I, 1850, p. 119. I suggest Caracas, Venezuela, for 

 the type locality. 



