154 Todd — Tioo Neio Woodpeckers from Central America. 



Remarks. — The new form resembles the more southern M. f. striatipec- 

 ius in the character and extent of the breast striping, but differs as afore- 

 said, tlie tliroat being practically white or witii onlj' a slight tinge of 

 canary yellow, while in strintippctHn this color is more ]-)rononnced and 

 constant (irres])ective of season) than in any other form of this species. 

 Compared with M. f. formicivorus from Tetela del Volcan, Morelos, 

 ]Mexico, assumed to ])e typical, the British Honduras bird differs further 

 in ])eing much less distinctly streaked on the sides and fianks, giving it a 

 Avhiter appearance below, this character serving to separate it from all 

 the other known forms, while the pectoral band is less "solid," more 

 extensively striated. None of tiie series of birds examined from eastern 

 Mexico approach the present form at all closely, so that it seems well 

 entitled to recognition. I have seen no examples from Honduras, but 

 Guatemala specimens seem referable to true fnrmic.ivorus , so that it is 

 probable that the present form is confined to the coast region of British 

 Honduras, possibly extending northward into Yucatan. 



Melanerpes pucherani perileucus suljsp. nov. 



WHITE-BARRED WOODPECKER. 



Type, No. 32,703, Collection Carnegie Museum, adult male; near Mana- 

 tee, British Honduras, December 22, 1905; J. I). Johnson. 



Subspea'fic cliaracters. — Similar to Melanerpes pucherani from Nicara- 

 gua southward, but with more white on the wing-coverts, rectrices, 

 remiges, and back; and the abdominal red more restricted. 



Description. — Adult male: extreme forehead cadmium yellow; crown 

 and occiput carmine ; postorbital stripe, superciliary stripe, cervix, sides 

 of neck, back, wings, and tail jjlack, the back regularly barred with 

 white, the wings (except lesser coverts) conspicuously spotted externally, 

 barred internally with white, the outer pair of rectrices imperfectly barred 

 distally with bntfy white, the middle pair broadly l)arred on inner webs 

 with pure white; a white postocular spot; rump and upper tail-coverts 

 white, somewhat spotted and barred with black; lower parts olive gray, 

 deepest on breast, whitish on crissum, and barred with black on all pos- 

 terior portions; middle of abdomen carmine; lining of wing mottled 

 black and white. 



Adult female similar, but crown black, bnffy white on anterior middle 

 part. 



Measurements of type. — Wing, 115 mm.; tail, 01; exposed culmen, 

 23.5; tarsus, 21. 



Remarks. — Zebrapicus pucherani was described by Malherbe (Revue et 

 Magasin de Zoologie, 1S49, 542) from "Tabago" (lege Tobago), a locality 

 where the species is not known to occur. The later description and i)late 

 by the same author (^lonograpliie des Picidees, II, 1S()2, 227, PI. 10;*), 

 figs. 1, 2), however, seems to apply better to the form inhabiting Nica- 

 ragua, Costa Rica, and Panama, which is characterized maiidy l)y the 

 less amount of white on the Ijack, wings, and tail, this color being very 

 prominent in the northern bird, giving a decidedly barred effect to the 



