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P[icus] tricolor (not of Gmelin) Wagler, Isis, 1829, 512 ("Mexico," i. e., Carta- 

 gena, Colombia; see Cabanis, Journ. fiir Orn., 1862, 327). 



Centurus tricolor Cabanis, Journ. fiir Orn., 1862, 327, part (Cartagena, ColombiaJ 

 crit.). — ScLATER and Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1864, 367 (Panama; 

 crit.). — Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1867, 157 (Santa F6 de Veragua and 

 Cordillera de Tole, w. Panama); 1870, 213 (Calovevora, Castillo, and Chitra, 

 w. Panama). — Cherrie, Expl. Zool. Merid. Costa Rica, 1893, 47 (Palmdr, 

 Legarto, and Boruca, s. w. Costa Rica). — Bangs, Auk, xxiv, 1907, 287, in 

 text (Rio Grande de Terraba, a. w. Costa Rica). 



[Centurus] tricolor Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 100, part 

 (Panama). 



C[enturus] tricolor Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iv, 1881, 97, part (Veragua, 

 w. Panama). 



Melanerpes tricolor Hargitt, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xviii, 1891, 174, part (Veragua, 

 Panama, and Paraiso Station, Panama; "Central America"). 



[Centurus carolinus] var. tricolor Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. 

 Birds, ii, 1874, 554, part ("Central America"). 



Centurus subelegans (not of Bonaparte) Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1856, 143 

 (David, Chiriqui, w. Panama). 



Centurus rubriventris (not of Swainson) Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., vii, 1862, 

 299 (Lion Hill, Panama). 



{?)Centurus ruhricapillus <^ Cabanis, Journ. fiir Orn., x, Sept., 1862, 328, in 

 text (Baranquilla, Colombia; coll. Heine Mus.). 



Melanerpes wagleri Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, ii, sig. 52, 

 Jan., 1895, 416 (Lion Hill Station, Panama Railway; coll. Salvin and God- 

 man).— Bangs, Proc. New Engl. Zool. Club, ii, 1900, 18 (Lion Hill; crit.); 

 iii, 1902, 33 (Boquete, w. Panama, 4,000 ft.); Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xix, 

 1907, 107 (Pozo Azul de Pirris, s. w. Costa Rica); Auk, xxiv, 1907, 292 

 (Boruca, Paso Real, and Pozo del Rio Grande, Costa Rica). 



[Melanerpes] wagleri Sharpe, Hand-list, ii, 1900, 211, part (Panama). 



Melanerpes wagleri wagleri Thayer and Bangs, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., xlvi, 

 1906, 216 (Sabana de Panama). — Careiker, Ann. Carnegie Mus., vi, 1910, 

 587 (Costa Rica). 



Melanerpes subelegans wagleri Richmond, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xviii, Aug. 12, 

 1896, 668 (Chiriqui; Panama; coast of Colombia). 



Centurus wagleri Salvadori and Festa, Boll. Mus. Zool., etc., Torino, xiv, 

 1899, no. 339, 8 (Punta de Sabana, Panama). 



CENTURUS SEDUCTUS (Bangs). 



SAN MIGirf L WOODPECKER. 



Similar to C subelegans wagleri, but smaller, except bill, which is 

 relatively larger and stouter; white bars or spots on inner webs of 

 remiges narrower; postnasal feathers tinted with pale red instead 

 of 3^ellowish, and general color of under parts more ochraceous or 

 vinaceous, sometimes tinged with red. 



Adult male. —Length (skins), 161-179 (168); wing, 103-106 (104.2); 

 tail, 46-53 (49.1); culmen, 22-26.5 (25); tarsus, 18.5-19.5 (19.1); 

 outer anterior toe, 17-18 (17.5).^ 



o It is important that the types be carefully examined, for the name has priority over 

 both Melanerpes wagleri and C. s. sanctse-martae. 

 b Ten specimens. 



