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antrorse); no obvious bristly tips to feathers of rictus, malar apex, 

 nor chin. Wing moderately long, the longest primaries exceeding 

 secondaries by much less than length of exposed culmen; sixth to 

 eighth primaries longest, ninth about equal to second, the tenth 

 (outermost) a little more than half as long as ninth. Tail more than 

 two-thirds as long as wing, the rectrices rather narrow, gradually 

 acuminate. Tarsus longer than outer hind toe with claw, but shorter 

 than outer front toe with claw, rather slender; toes rather slender 

 and claws rather weak. 



Coloration. — Wliole body, wings, and tail barred with black and 

 brownish yellow or buffy; shafts of remiges and rectrices on under 

 side (only) light yellow; pileum and sides of head cinnamon, the 

 former narrowly streaked with black; adult male with a broad black 

 malar stripe. 



Range. — Island of Cuba; monotypic. 



NESOCELEUS FERNANDIN^ (Vigors). 



FEHNANDINA'S FLICKER. 



Adult male. — Pileum and hindneck light wood brown or cinnamon, 

 narrowly streaked with black; loral, orbital, rictal, and auricular 

 regions immaculate light wood brown, usually somewhat paler on 

 suborbital and rictal regions; rest of upper parts dull black, sharply 

 and very regularly barred with pale dull yellow (the bars on dorsum 

 and tail sometimes deeper yellow), the bars much narrower on rec- 

 trices (where extending entirely across both webs), much broader on 

 primaries; malar region black; chin and throat thickly streaked with 

 black and white or yellowish white, the black streaks broader than 

 the whitish ones; rest of under parts light buffy yellowish (dull pale 

 maize yellow to nearly ocher yellow), sharply and very regularly 

 barred with black, the black bars broadest on chest and flanks; under 

 wing-coverts light creamy yellow (naples yellow), more or less barred 

 or flecked with blackish, at least along edge of wing; inner webs of 

 remiges dusky grayish olive (changing to yellowish in certain lights), 

 spotted along edge (except on distal portion of outer primaries) with 

 light creamy 37ellow, their shafts clear naples yellow; under surface 

 of tail olive, changing to dull golden yellow, narrowly barred with 

 dull yellow (naples or maize yellow), the shafts of rectrices clear 

 naples or maize yellow; bill dull black; legs and feet dusky grayish 

 or horn color (in dried skins); length (skins), 297-312 (304.5); wing, 

 146.5-157 (151.6); tail, 112.5-123 (118.5); culmen, 39-42.5 (41.1); 

 tarsus, 28-31 (30.3); outer anterior toe, 23-24 (23. 6).° 



Adult female. — Similar to the adult male, but malar region streaked 

 with black and white, like chin and throat; length (skins), 307-320 

 313); wing, 144-155.5 (148.6); tail, 102-126 (113.7); culmen, 36.5-40 

 (38.4); tarsus, 28.5-31.5 (30); outer anterior toe, 21-24 (22.3). « 



o Five specimens. 



