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Melanerpes erythrocephalous Nash, Vertebr. Ontario, 1908, Birds, p. 51 (summer 



resident). 

 [Picus] obscurus Gmelin, Syst. Nat., 1, pt. i, 1788, 429 (Long Island, New York; 



based on White-rumped Woodpecker Latham, Synopsis, i, pt. 2, 563). — 



Latham, Index Om., i, 1790, 228. 



MELANERPES PORTORICENSIS (Daudin.) 



PORTO RICAN WOODPECKER. 



Adult male. — Forehead and lores dull white; rump and upper tail- 

 coverts pure white; rest of upper parts uniform glossy blue-black, 

 the tail and remiges less bluish; malar region, tliroat and median 

 portion of lower surface back to anal region glossy crimson, more or 

 less interrupted on foreneck, where the red of the throat is some- 

 times quite separated from that of the chest by a band (more or 

 less broad) of glossy blue-black; sides, flanks, and under tail-coverts 

 light grayish brown (nearly broccoli brown), the last usually paler 

 (sometimes almost dull whitish); under wing-coverts white, those 

 along edge of wing (broadly) uniform glossy blue-black; inner webs 

 of remiges uniform black; under surface of tail grayish black; bill 

 black; legs and feet dusky (in dried skins); length (skins), 196-230 

 (213); wing, 119-128.5 (123.4); tail, 71-80.5 (76.4); culmen, 27-29 

 (27.9); tarsus, 21-24 (22.4); outer anterior toe, 17.5-20 (18.8).'^ 



Adult female. — Similar to the adult male and not always distin- 

 guishable, but usually with chin and throat light grayish brown or 

 brownish gray (sometimes tinged or intermixed with red), red on 

 under parts of body rather less extensive, white of lores nearly 

 surrounding eyes, and secondaries (at least the inner ones) edged 

 distally with white; length (skins), 185-213 (195); wing, 112-119 

 (116.4); tail, 66-74 (71.3); culmen, 21-24 (22.6); tarsus, 19-20.5 

 (19.8); outer anterior toe, 17-18.5 (17.4).« 



Young male. — Essentially like adult male but red of under parts 

 duller, less extensive, gray of sides and flanks darker, and texture 

 of plumage much softer. (Sometimes with feathers of crown tipped 

 with dull red.) 



Young female. — Similar to the adult female, but under parts with 

 the gray darker, the red duller and more restricted, and texture of 

 plumage softer. 



Islands of Porto Rico (El Yunque; Caguas; Utuado; Mayaguez; 

 Aguadilla; Catania; Lares; Huacares), Vieques, and St. Thomas.'' 



Picus portoricensis Daudin, Ann. Mus. d'Hist. Nat., ii, 1803, 286, pL 51. — Sun- 

 DEVALL, Consp. Av. Picin., 1866, 50; (Efv. K. Vet. Akad. Forh., 1869, 599.— 

 Bryant, Proc. Best. See. N. H., x, 1866, 256; Journ. fiir Oni., 1866, 190. 



Melanerpes portoricensis Valenciennes, Diet. Sci. Nat.,xl, 1826, 172. — Drapiez, 

 Diet. Class., xiii, 1828, 505.— Newton (A. and E.), Ibis, 1859, 377.— Cassin, 



"■ Ten epeeimens from Porto Rico. 



^ I have not been able to compare specimens from St. Thomas with those from 

 Porto Rico. 



