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Centurus superciliaris Cabanis, Journ. fiir Om., 1856, 103 (habits; crit.). — Gund- 

 LACH, Journ. fiir Om., 1874, 152 (habits); Om. Cubana, ed. 1895, 141. — 

 Brewer, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., vii, 1860, 307. — Sclater, Cat. Am. Birds, 

 1862, 342.— RiDGWAY, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iv, 1881, 115 (monogr.).— Cory, 

 Auk, iii, 1886, 379; Birds West Ind., 1889, 174.— Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. 

 N. H., iv, 1892, 301 (near Trinidad, s. Cuba). 



C[enturits] superciliaris Reichenbach, Handb. Scansores, Picinse, 1854, 408, 

 pi. 662, figs. 4400-4401.— RiDG WAY, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iv, 1881, 98 

 (diagnosis). 



C[enturus] superciliaris superciliaris Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xxiii, Dec. 29, 

 1910, 173, in text. 



M[elaner pes] superciliaris Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 292. 



Melanerpes superciliaris Hargitt, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xviii, 1890, 167. — Cory, 

 Cat. West Ind. Birds, 1892, 12, 104, 128.— Menegaux, Rev. Fran?. d'Om., 

 no. 2, 1909, 23 (Guantanamo, e. Cuba). 



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



C[olaptes] superciliosus Gray, Gen. Birds, ii, 1846, 446. 



"Picus subocularis Less[on], Descr. d'Ois. rec. decouv., 1847, p. 205, no. 33, 

 le male" (Malherbe). 



CENTURUS SUPERCILIARIS MURCEUS Bangs. 



ISLE OF PIKES WOODPECKER. 



Similar to C s. superciliaris but decidedly smaller, and under parts 

 of body paler and decidedly less yellowish. 



Adult maZe.— Length (skins), 246-264 (255.6); wing, 135.5-143 

 (138.4); tail, 92-97 (94.5); culmen, 36-40.5 (38.2); tarsus, 23-25.5 

 (24.4); outer anterior toe, 20-21.5 (20.8).'^ 



Adult female.— Length, (skins), 242-259 (250); wing, 131.5-139.5 

 (135.5); tail, 85.5-99 (92.3); culmen, 34-35 (34.5); tarsus, 24-25 

 (24.5); outer anterior toe, 19-20.5 (19.8).^ 



Isle of Pines, Cuba (Nueva Gerona; Santa Fe; San Juan; Jucaro; 

 Almacigos) . 



Melanerpes superciliaris (not Picus superciliaris Temminck) Bangs and Zappey, 



Am. Nat., xxxix, 1905, 206 (Isle of Pines; crit.). 

 Centurus superciliaris murceus Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xxiii, Dec. 29, 1910, 



173 (San Juan, Isle of Pines; coll. Mus. Comp. Zool.). 



CENTURUS BLAKEI BLAKEI Ridgway. 



BLAKE'S WOODPECKER. 



Similar to C. superciliaris but much smaller; black superciliary 

 area much smaller; postnasal region (frontal antiae) much paler red; 

 rectrices with much less white; red of abdomen lighter and more 

 restricted, and color of breast, etc., more grayish (less yellowish). 

 Similar also to 0. nyeanus but postnasal spots smaller and much 

 less deeply red, forehead less purely white, white bars on upper parts 



O' Six specimens. b Two specimens. 



