226 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Dryobates sanctorum Nelson, Auk, xiv, Jan., 1897, 50 (Todos Santos, Guatemala; 



coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.). 

 Dryobates villosus sanctorum Dearborn, Pub. 125, Field Mus. N. H., 1907, 92 



(near Tecpam, Guatemala, 8,000 ft.). — Oberholser, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 



xl, 1911, 597, 619 (monogr.). 

 [Dendrocopus] sanctorum Sharpe, Hand-list, ii, 1900, 214. 

 D[endrocopus] sanctorum Bangs, Proc. New Engl. Zool. Club, iii, 1902, 33, 34 



in text. 



DRYOBATES VILLOSUS FUMEUS Oberholser. 

 ocotAl woodpecker. 



Similar to D. v. sanctorum., but color of under parts averaging " 

 decidedly paler (buffy broccoli brown or light Isabella color, usually 

 mixed with dull brownish whitish), the dorsal stripe white, more or 

 less tinged with brown posteriorly; adult male with red nuchal band 

 decidedly broader. 



Adult maZe.— Length (skins), 170-185 (178); wing, 106-109.5 

 (108.1); tail, 60-63 (61.6); exposed culmen, 24.5-26 (25.1); tarsus, 

 18.5-19.5 (19.1); outer anterior toe, 12-14 (13.1).^ 



Adult female.— Length (skins), 167-188 (175); wing, 101-108.5 

 (105.3); tail, 55.5-64 (59.8); exposed culmen, 21.5-24 (22.9); tar- 

 sus, 18-19 (18.7); outer anterior toe, 13-13.5 (13.3).'= 



Mountains of northern Nicaragua (Jinotega; Ocotal; Matagalpa; 

 San Rafael del Norte). 



Dendrocopus jardmii (not Picus jardinii Malherbe) Salvin and Godman, Biol. 



Centr.-Am., Aves, ii, 1895, 432, part (Matagalpa and San Rafael del Norte, 



Nicaragua). 

 Dryobates villosus fumeus Oberholser, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xl, no. 1840, June 



3, 1911, 597, 619 (San Rafael del Norte, Nicaragua; coll. Am. Mus. Nat. 



Hist.). 



DRYOBATES VILLOSUS EXTIMUS Bangs. 



BOQUETE WOODPECKER. 



Similar in coloration to D. v. sanctorum, but dorsal stripe usually 

 white or partly white, the wing and tail averaging slightly shorter; 

 adult male with red nuchal band averaging decidedly broader. Simi- 

 lar also to D. V. fumeus, but wing and tail averaging slightly shorter 

 and under parts decidedly darker. 



Adult maZe.— Length (skins), 161-180 (171.3); wdng, 97.5-106.5 

 (102.8); tail, 54.5-63 (58.6); exposed culmen, 22-26.5 (24.9); tar- 

 sus, 19-21 (19.8); outer anterior toe, 12-15 (13.8).<^ 



a Only one among twelve adults approached D. v. sanctorum in darkness of the 

 under parts, the specimen in question being from Jinotega (Feb. 19). 

 & Seven specimens, 

 c Five specimens, 

 tf Nineteen specimens. 



