148 picrnj:. 



m',n',o'. c? «*^-; Leyden, New York, Aug-., .Siilviu-Godman CdU. 

 p'-s'. $ ad. ; t', ilec. {Uart Merriam, 

 u',v. $ imm.sk. Hennh. Coll.). 

 7c', .v'. S 2 ad. ; >/', Washington, D.C., May, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



z, a". Juv. sli. Sept. {Hensk. Coll.). 



b" 2 ad sk. Ilawes Wood, D.C., May Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(E.Cones, Sm.no. '287-20). 

 c". 2 ad. sk. Aiken, S. Carolina, March Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Hart Merriam, Heush. 



Coll.). 

 d" e" 2 ad. sk. jNIiami, Florida (Ilensh. Salviu-Godman Coll. 



Coll.). 

 f". Ad. sk. Florida. W.B.Disniore,Esq.[P.]. 



ff". 2 ad- ^^^- Papalote, Bee Co., Te.xas, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Jan. [JF'. B. Anristronrj). 

 h". Juv. sk. [Mexico.] Gould Coll. 



?■". (5 ad. sk. North America. lliocour Coll. 



2. Melanerpes candidus. 



Picus candidus, Otto in Biiffvns Nuturg. Uehers. xii. p. 251, pi. xxiii. 



(c. 1772) ; Warjl. Si/st. Av. Picus, sp. 81 (1827) ; Neuwied, Beitr. 



Naturg. Bra.s. 'iv. pt. 1, p. 415 (1832). 

 Picus dominicanus, rieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxvi. p. 72 (1818); 



id. ^- Bonn. Ene. Meth. iii. p. 1306 (1823) ; LieM. Verz. Doubl. 



p. 10 (1823) ; SpLi',Av. Bras. i. p. 59, pi. 1. figs. 12,2c? (1824) ; 



Valenc. Diet. Sc. Nat. xl. p. 175 (1826) ; Drap. Diet. C/as.s. xiii. 



p. 498(1828); Less. Traite, i.^.22-i (1831); Sundev. Co?i.sp. Av. 



Picin. p. 49 (1866). 

 Picus melanopterus, Neuwied, Eeis. Bras. i. p. 165 (1820), ii. p. 339 



(1821) ; Such, Zool. Jovrn. i. p. 556 (1825). 

 Picus bicolor, Stcai?is. Zool. Illustr. i. pi. xxxviii. 2 (1820-21) ; 



Steph. Gen. Zool. xiv. p. 170 (1826).^ 

 Leuconerpes candidus, Stimins. Classtf. B. ii. p. 810 (1837) ; Burm. 



J. f. O. 1860, p. 244 ; id. Beise La Plata-St. ii. p. 445 (1861) ; 



Sclat. Cat. Avier. B. p. 342, no. 2041 (1862) ; id. <Sr Huds. Arg. 



Orn. ii. p. 23 (1889) ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 247 (1870) ; Sclat. ^■ 



Sail'. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 100 (1873); Sulv. Ibis, 1880, p. 361; 



White, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 618 ; Barrows, Auk, 1884, p. 25. 

 Leuconerpes dominicanus, Gran, Gen. B. ii. p. 444 (1846) ; Hartl. 



Ind. Azara, p. 16, no. 254 (1847) ; Bp. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 114 



(1850); id. Consp. Volucr. Zi/god. p. 10, no. 203 (1854); Gray, 



Cat. Gen. Brit. Mus. p. 93 (1855); id. List Picid. Brit. Mus. 



p. 119 (1868) ; id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 202, no. 8827 (1870). 

 Melampicos dominicanus, Malh. N. Classtf., Mim. Acad. Metz, 1848- 



49, p. 336. 

 Phvmatoblepharus candidus, Beichenb. Scans. Picinte, p. 379, no. 875, 



pi. dcxli. figs. 4275-76, S 2 (1854). 

 Melampicus dominicanus, Malh. Picidce, ii. p. 217, pi. ci. figs. 1, 2, J 



2 ad. (1862). 



Adult male. Back, scapulars, wing-coverts, and secondary quills 

 brownish black, the primaries dark brown : shafts of the primaries 

 brown, those of the secondaries nearly black ; nasal plumes, head 

 and neck (except the hind portion), the entire under surface of 

 the body and under tail-coverts, rump, and upper tnil-coverts white. 



