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men, 27-30.5 (28.4); tarsus, 21-22.5 (21.7); outer anterior toe, 

 17.5-19 (18.4).« 

 Island of Abaco, Bahamas. 



Centurus Ualei Ridgway, Auk, iii, July, 1886, 337 (Abaco Island, Bahamas; 



coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.); viii, 1891, 334 (Abaco I.).— Cory, Birds West Ind., 



1889, 296; Auk, v, 1888, 159; viii, 1890, 350.— Allen (G. M.), Auk, xxii, 



1905, 126 (Great Abaco). 

 M[elanerpes] blakei Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 292. 

 Melanerpes blaJcei Cory, Cat. West Ind. Birds, 1892, 12, 104, 126, 127, 142. 

 [Melanerpes] blakei Sharpe, Hand-list, ii, 1900, 210. 



Centurus superciliaris blakei Riley, Auk, xxii, Oct., 1905, 355, in text (crit.). 

 Melanerpes blakei Hargitt, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xviii, 1890, 168. 

 Centurus nyeanus blakei Todd, Ann. Carnegie Mus., vii, Oct., 1911, 422 (Abaco I.; 



measurements; crit.). — ^Worthington, Ann. Carnegie Mus., vii, 1911, 454 



(Abaco). 



CENTURUS BLAKEI BAHAMENSIS (Cory). 



BAHAMA WOODPECKER. 



Similar to C. h. hlakei, but dorsal region and under parts more 

 strongly tinged with yellowish, forehead sKghtly duller whitish, 

 postnasal region deeper red, and. with red of abdomen paler and rather 

 more restricted. 



Adult male. — Length (skms), 223-228 (225.5); wing, 131-131.5 

 (131.2); tail, 91-92.5 (91.8); cuhnen, 30-31 (30.5); tarsus, 22.5-23 

 (22.8); outer anterior toe, 18-18.5 (18.3).* 



Adult female. — ^Length (skin), 205; wing, 128.5; tail, 85.5; culmen, 

 28.5; tarsus, 22; outer anterior toe, 18.*^ 



Great Bahama Island, Bahamas. 



Centurus bahamensis Cory, Auk, ix, Oct., 1892, 270 (Great Bahama I., Bahamas; 



coll. C. B. Cory); Cat. West Ind. Birds, 1892, 12, 104, 126, 127, 143. 

 [Melanerpes] bahamensis Sharpe, Hand-list, ii, 1900, 211. 

 C[enturus] nyeanus bahamensis Todd, Ann. Carnegie Mus., vii, Oct., 1911, 423, 



in text. 



CENTURUS NYEANUS Ridgway. 



NYE'S WOODPECKER. 



Similar to C. hlaJcei haJiamensis but without a distinct (if any) 

 black superciliary spot, postnasal region (frontal antiae) much more 

 deeply red, forehead more purely white, white bars on back, etc., 

 relatively wider, under parts of body more strongly tinged with 

 yellowish, posterior under parts less distinctly barred, and adult 

 female without black on posterior crown or occiput. 



Adult male. — Frontal antiae poppy red (paler anteriorly); forehead 

 (broadly), together with loral ajid orbital regions and anterior portion 



o Nine specimens. b Two specimens. c One specimen. 



