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[Chloronerpes] pemissus Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 118. — Gray, Hand- 

 list, ii, 1870, 199, no. 8786.— Gundlach, Journ. fur Orn., 1861, 334. 



Chloronerpes percussus Reichenbach, Handb. Scansores, Picinae, 1854, 407, 

 pi. 662, figs. 4398, 4399.— Gundlach, Journ. fiir Orn., 1856, 102 (habits); 

 1874, 151 (habits); Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, i, 1866, 294; Contr. Orn. Cuba, 

 1876, 115, 273.— Brewer, Proc. Bos. Soc. N. H., vii, 1860, 307.— Gray, 

 List Birds Brit. Mus., Picidse, 1868, 107. 



Xiphidiopicus percussus Sclater, Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 339.— Cory, Auk, iii, 

 1886, 376; Birds West Ind., 1889, 171; Cat. West Ind. Birds, 1892, 12, 104, 

 128.— IIargitt, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xviii, 1890, 377.— Gundlach, Auk, 

 viii, 1891, 189, in text (near Cardenas, Cuba; descr. xanthochroic variety); 

 Orn. Cubana, ed. 1895, 140.— Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., iv, 1892, 

 301 (near Trinidad, s. Cuba).— Menegaux, Rev. Fran?. d'Om., no. 2, 

 1909, 24 (Figuabas, e. Cuba). 



[Xiphidiopicus] percussus Bonaparte, Ateneo Italiano, ii, 1854, 126 (Consp. 

 Volucr. Zygod., 1854, 11).— Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 

 100.— Cory, List Birds West Ind., 1885, 20.— Sharpe, Hand-list, ii, 1890, 223. 



X[iphidiopicxis] percussus percussus Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xxiii, Dec. 

 29, 1910, 174, in text. 



P[icus] ruppellii Wagler, Syst. Av., 1827, Picus, sp. 29; Isis, 1829, 509. 



XIPHmiOPICUS PERCUSSUS INSUL^-PmORUM Bangs. 



ISLE OF PINES GREEN WOODPECKER. 



Similar to X. p. percussus, but smaller; coloration averaging paler, 

 especially the under parts, which are more narrowly or less distinctly 

 streaked, the streaks less blackish (more grayish), red of foreneck 

 more restricted, and auricular stripe lighter gray, and rather 

 narrower. 



Adult male.— Length, (skins), 195-210 (204.5); wing, 105-111 

 (108.8); tail, 76-81 (78.3); culmen, 23.5-27 (25.3); tarsus, 21-23 

 (21.9); outer anterior toe, 16.5-18.5 (17.6).'^ 



Adult female.— Length, (skins), 195-205 (201); wmg, 106-109.5 

 (107.6); tail, 77-85.5 (81.8); culmen, 21-23.5 (21.8); tarsus, 20.5-21 

 (20.6); outer anterior toe, 15-16.5 (15.6).« 



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

 Callebonita). 



Xiphidiopicus percussus (not Picus percussus Temminck) Bangs and Zappey, 



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

 Xiphidiopicus percussus insulx-pinorum Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xxiii, 

 Dec. 29, 1910, 173 (Santa F^, Isle of Pines; coll. Mus. Comp. Zool.). 



Genus VENILIORNIS Bonaparte. 



Dendrohates (not of Wagler, 1830) Swainson, Fauna Bor.-Am., ii, 1831, 300. 



(Type, Picus affinis Swainson.) 

 Veniliornis [genus] Bonaparte, Ateneo Italiano, ii, 1854, 125 (Consp. Volucr. 



Zygod., 1854, 10). (Type, as designated by Gray, 1855, Picus sanguineus 



Lichtenstein.) 

 Eleopicus [subgenus] Bonaparte, Ateneo Italiano, ii, 1854, 125 (Consp. Volucr. 



Zygod., 1854, 10). {Type, Picus olivinv^MalheThe. ) 



o Four specimens. 



