Vol. XXIII, pp. 173-174 December 29, l9IO 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



TWO NEW WOODPECKERS FROM THE ISLE OF PINES, 



WEST INDIES. 



OUTRAM BxlNGS. 



When in 1905 (American Naturalist, Vol. XXXIX, No. 

 460, pp. 179-215) Mr. W. R. Zappey and I published an 

 account of the birds of the Isle of Pines, based mostly upon a 

 collection made there the previous year by him, we were aware 

 that the red-bellied woodpecker of the island was not quite the 

 same as that of Cuba; but on account of lack of material for 

 comparison, we did not note any differences in the green wood- 

 pecker. 



Since then the bringing togetber of large series of skins has 

 shown that both the woodpeckers of the island are well differ- 

 entiated subspecies; and Mr. Ridgway has urged me to describe 

 them in time to appear in tbe forthcoming part of his great 

 work, generously refusing to do so himself. 



They may be known l)y tbe following sbort diagnoses: 



Centurus superciliaris murceus subsp. nov. 



Type from San Juan, Is^le of Piue.s (near Cuba), adult cJ*, No. 13,2()0. 

 Bangs coll. Now in Museum of Comparative Zoology. Collected I\lay 

 2, 1H04, by \V. R. Zappey. 



Characters. — Similar to C. aiiiicrcillarli^ sitperriliarlti (Temm. ) of Cuba, 

 Imt decidedly smaller; mider parts much paler and decidedly less 

 yellowish. 



Measttre77wnts.—Type, adult d". ^Ving, 138; tail, 94.5; tarsus, :;;>; 

 culmen, ;U>. Adult $ , No. 13,2();5. Wing, V.VJJi; tail, l»i); tarsus, 24; 

 culmen, 35. 



Xiphidiopicus percussus insulse=pinorum subsp. nov. 



Tupe from Santa Fe, Isle of Pines (near Cuba), adult c?. No. 13,480, 

 Bangs coll. Now in Museum of Comparative Zoology. Collected April 

 18, 1904, by W. R. Zappey. 



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