Cory on the Birds of the ]Vcst Indies. I 73 



Genus Centurus Swains. 

 Centurus Swaixson. Class. Birds, II, p. 310, 1837. 



Centurus striatus (Mull.)- 



Picus dominicensis, striatus, "Briss. Orn. IV, p. 65, pi. 4, fig. 2 (1760) 



{$ ad)." ^^ 



PicHS dominiccnsis "Briss. t. c. pi. 3. fig. 2 ( ? aa).' 

 Le Pic rayi de St. Dominique --Briss. Orn. IV, p. 65, pi. 4. fig- i (1760) 



(<J ad). 

 Picus striatus MiJLL. Svst. Nat. Suppl. (1766I.— Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, p. 



427 (1788).— Cuv. Reg. An. I, p. 451 (1829).— Bryant, Pr. Bost. 



Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 96 (1S66). 

 Centurus striatus G-^ay, Gen. Bds. II, p. 44^ (i 844-49) •"'Bp- Consp. I, p. 



119 (iS5o).-Salle, p. Z. S. 1857, P- 234— ScL. & Salv. Norn. 



Avium Neotr. p. 100 ( 1873).— Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. IV, p. 



117 (18S1).— Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 154 (18S1) ; ib. 



Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. m (1S85) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 20 



(-1SS5).— Tristram, Ibis, 1884, p. 168. 

 Zebrapicus striatus IslAiAi. Mon. Pic. II, p. 231 (1862). 



Sp. Char, il/a/c— Underparts yellowish green, showing a tinge of 

 brownish olive on the breast, and gray on the throat; forehead and 

 sides of the head gray ; a patch of bright crimson red extending from 

 the forehead to the nape, covering nearly the entire top of the head ; 

 rump crimson red; back alternately banded with black and yellow- 

 ish green ; upper surface of wings having the appearance of the 

 back, except that they are alternately banded with black and yellow; 

 upper surface of tail dark brown ; bill and feet dark slate color. 



i^ewrt/c.-— Top of head black; the nape showing bright crimson 

 red, which encroaches slightly upon the back of the haad ; rest as in 

 the male. 



Length, 9; wing, 4.60; tail, 3.60; tarsus, .90; bill, 1.20. 



Habitat. Haiti and Sau Domingo. 



Centurus radiolatus (Wagl.). 



Picus varius mediusjamaicensis Ray, Syn. Av. p. 181, No. II. 



Picus jama icensis'E.jy'W. Gleanings, PI. 244 {$ ad.). 



Pic varii Fcmellc dc la Jamaiquc Buff. PI. Enl. p. 597 (J ad.). 



Picus carolinus, part. Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 175 (1766). 



Picus radiolatus Wagl. Syst. Av. No. 59 (1827) ; ib. Isis, 1829. p. 572. 



Centurus radiolatus GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 271 (1847).— Bi'. Consp. I, p. 



iiS (1850).— Reich. Ilandb. p. 409 (1854).— Scl. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 



343 (1862).— .\lbri:cht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 203.— March, Pr. Acad. 



Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 2S4.— Scl. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr, p. 



