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Cape San Lucas district of Lower California (Cape San Lucas; San 

 Jose del Ranclio; San Nicolas; El Sauz;" La Laguna; Sierra de la 

 Laguna; Sierra de Victoria; Calabasas; Triunfo). 



Ilelanerpes formidvorus, var. angustifrons Baird, in Cooper's Om. Cal., i, 1870, 

 405 (Cape San Lucas, Lower California; colL U. S. Nat. Mus.). — Baird, 

 Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1874, 573. — Coues, Check 

 List, 1873, no. 310a. 



[ Melaner pes formidvorus .] Var. angustifrons Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 197. 



Melaner pes formidvorus angustifrons Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, Aug. 

 24, 1880, 190, 219; Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 377a.— Belding, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., V, 1882, 549 (Miraflores, Lower California); vi, 1883, 349 (Victoria 

 Mts., Lower Cal.). — Coues, Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 455. — American 

 Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886 (and 2d ed., 1895), no. 407a; 3d 

 ed., 1910, 193.— Bryant (W. E.), Proc. Calif. Ac. Sci., ser. 2, 1889, 287 

 (Miraflores and Victoria Mts., Lower California). — Bendire, Life Hist. N. 

 Am. Birdc, ii, 1895, 117. 



Melanerpes angustifrons Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 

 1874, pi. 53, figs. 3, 4.— Brewster, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., xli, 1902, 105 

 (crit.; habits). 



[Melanerpes] angustifrons Sharpe, Hand-list, ii, 1900, 209. 



M[elanerpes] f[ormidvorus] angustifrons Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 

 490. 



M[elanerpes] formidvorus angustifrons Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 291. 



[Melanerpes formidvorus.] Subsp. /?. Melanerpes angustifrons Hargitt, Cat. Birds 

 Brit. Mus., xviii, 1890, 153 (Sierra de Laguna and Triunfo, Lower California). 



Balanosplnjra formidvora angustifrons Ridgway, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xxiv, 

 Feb. 24, 1911. 35. 



BALANOSPHYRA FORMICIVORA ALBEOLA (Todd). 



BELIZE WOODPECKER. 



Similar to B. f. formidvora, but under parts more extensively white 

 (the sides and flanks much more narrowly streaked and the white 

 streaks on breast and chest broader) and the lower throat less strongly 

 tinged with yellow. 



Adult ma^e.— Length (skins), [225]; whig, 137-139 (138); tail, 

 82-83.5 (82.7); culmen, 26.5-27.5 (27); tarsus, 21.5-22.5 (21.8); 

 outer anterior toe, 18.5-19.5 (19).'* 



Adult female.— Length (skins), 205-207 (206); wing, 135-142.5 

 (138.8); tail, 76-76.5 (76.3); culmen, 24.5-25.5 (25); tarsus, 21.5-22 

 (21.8); outer anterior toe, 17.5-18 (17.8).^ 



British Honduras (near Manatee Lagoon; Belize). 



Melaner pes formidvorus (not Picas formidvorus Swainson) Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 Lond., 1859, 60, part (near Belize, Brit. Honduras). — Hargitt, Cat. Birds 

 Brit. Mus., xviii, 1890, 149, part (Cayo and Southern Pine Ridge, Brit. Hon- 

 duras). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, ii, 1895, 412, part 

 (pine ridge of Belize, Brit. Honduras). 



Melanerpes formidvorus albeolus Todd, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xxiii, Dec. 6, 



1910, 153 (near Manatee, British Honduras; coll. Carnegie Mus.). 

 Balanosphyra formidvora albeola Ridgway, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xxiv, Feb. 24, 



1911, 35. 



" Three specimens. 



b Two specimens; one of these, said to be from Belize. 



