TYPE SPECIMENS OF BIRDS 219 



A. Frazar. Received from William Brewster (in whose collection it 



was No. 17342) . 

 Melanerpes frontalis Nelson 



Auk 17 (3): 257, July 1900. 

 =Melanerpes aurifrons frontalis Nelson. See Wetraore, Proc. U.S. Nat. 



Mus. 93: 275, 1943; Peters, Checklist of birds of the world 6: 162, 1948. 

 154938. Adult male. San Vicente, State of Chiapas, Mexico. December 



12, 1895. Collected by Edward W. Nelson and Edward A. Goldman. 



Original number 3279. Received from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 



Service. 

 Melanerpes clubius veraecrueis Nelson 



Auk 17 (3): 259, July 1900. 

 =Melanerpes aurifrons veraecrueis Nelson. See Wetmore, Proc. U.S. 



Nat. Mus. 93: 275, 1943; Peters, Checklist of birds of the world 6: 162, 



1948. 

 154835. Adult male. Coatzacoalcos=Puerto Mexico, State of Veracruz, 



Mexico. April 11 {not 15), 1896. Collected by Edward W. Nelson 



and Edward A. Goldman. Original number 3679. Received from 



the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 

 Centurus leei Ridgway 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 3 : 22, February 26, 1885. 

 =Melanerpes aurifrons leei (Ridgway). See Wetmore, Proc. U.S. Nat. 



Mus. 93: 276, 1943; Peters, Checklist of birds of the world 6: 162, 1948. 

 102777. Adult male. Cozumel Island, Caribbean Sea off the eastern 



coast of the State of Yucatan, Mexico. January 28, 1885. Collected 



by James E. Benedict and Thomas Lee. Received from the U.S. Fish 



Commission. 

 Melanerpes sanctacruzi funiosus Nelson 



Auk 17 (3): 258, July 1900. 

 =Melanerpes aurifrons santacruzi (Bonaparte). See Griscom, Bull. 



Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 64:228-229, 1932; Peters, Checklist of birds 



of the world 6: 162,1948. 

 154964. Adult male. Huehuetan, State of Chiapas, Mexico. March 2, 



1896. Collected by Edward W. Nelson and Edward A. Goldman. 



Original number 3617. Received from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 



Service. 

 Centurus santacruzi pauper Ridgway 



Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 10: 582, August 6, 1888. 

 =Melanerpes aurifrons pauper (Ridgway). See Wetmore, Proc. U.S. 



Nat. Mus. 93: 277, 1943; Peters, Checklist of birds of the world 6: 163, 



1948. 

 112578. Adult male. Trujillo, Department of Colon, Honduras. Sep- 

 tember 30, 1887. Collected bj Charles H. Townsend. 



