164 riciD^. 



B. ii. p. 201, no. 8822 (1870) ; Sclat. S,- Sah. Komencl. At\ Neofi: 



p. 100 (187.''>) ; Lmcr. Froc. U.S. Nat. Mus. i. pp. 459, 487 (1878) ; 



Con/, Li.^f B. W. Ind. p. 20 (188o) ; id. Auk, 1886, p. 377. 

 Linnreipious hermiiiieri, Bp. Consp. Valuer. Zyyod. p. 10, no. 225 



(1854). 

 Linneopicus ln'ruiiiiieii, Gva]i, Cut. Gen. B. 1855, p, 93. 

 Melampicus benuinieri. Math. Ficidce, ii. p. 198, pi. c. fig. 1 (1802), 



Adult {femaW^)*. Uniform black glossed with greenish blue, the 

 feathers of the throat, fore neck, chest, and breast tipped with dull 

 purplish crimson, this colour being less prominent on the throat and 

 fore neck ; the shafts of the quills and of the tail-feathers black : 

 " iris reddish chocolate" {F. A. Oher). Total length 10-5 inches, 

 culmen l-;3. wing 5-2, tail 3-65, tarsus 0-97,: toes (without claws) — 

 outer anterior 088, outer posterior 0-83, inner anterior 0*64, inner 

 posterior 0'35. 



AdvU male. From the description given by Mr. Cory (Auk, 

 1886, p. 377) the male would appear to differ from the female 

 solely in having " a faint reddish tinge on the forehead," although 

 this is "possibly not constant." Mr. Lawrence (Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus. 1878, p. 459) gives the measurements as follows : — " Length 

 11-0, Aving5|"(i^. A. Ober). 



Hob. Guadeloupe, West Indies. 



a. S \y ^^-l ^^- Island of Guadeloupe, West Indies, Sclater Coll. 



Sept. {Ober). 



14. Melanerpes pucherani. 



Picus caroliuus, var. d, Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 231, sp. 18 (1700). ^ 

 Picus am-ifrons (mow WagL), Le.=s. Bev. Zvol. 1839, p. 102; Wayn. 



Areh.fiir JVatvry. 1841, p. 100. 

 Zebrapicus pucherani, Malh. Bev. Zool. 1849, p. 642 ; Bp. Consp. 



Valuer. Zygod. p. 11, no. 224 (1854) ; Malli. Pieidce, ii. p. 227, 



pi. ciii. figs. 1, 2, c? 2 (1862). 

 Centurus pucherani, Bp. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 120, no. 9 (1850) ; 



Bckhenb. Scans. Ficinte, p. 411, i.o. 9C9 (1854) ; Sclat. i<f Sah. 



Ibis, 1859, p. 136; Moure, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 60; Sclat. * Scdv. 



Ibis, 1860, p. 43; Sclat. F. Z. S. 1860, pp. 286, 297; Lawr. 



Ann. Lye. N. Y. 1861, p. 229 ; Cab. J. f. 0. 1862, p. 328; Sclat. 



Cat. Amer. B. p. 342, no. 2044 (1862) ; id. Sf Sale. F. Z. S. 1864, 



p. 367; iid. op. cit. 1867, p. 280; iid. op. eit. 1870, p. 837; Sah. 



Ibis, 1872, p. 320; Sclat. ^- Sah. Naviencl. Av. Neutr. p. 101 



(1873); Boucard, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 49; Nuttiny, Proc. U.S. Nat. 



Mus. vi. p. 406 (1883). 

 Zebrapicus gerini, Malh. Picidee, ii. p. 231 (1862). 

 Picus gerini, Sundev. Corisp. Av. Picin. p. 55 (1866). 



* As this species is rejjresented in Ihe Collection by a single male, which 

 appears to be not fully adult, I Lave drawn up my description from the type 

 (an adult bird) in the Paris Museum. I take it to be a female, not only on 

 account of the absence of any red tinge on the forehead, but also of the 

 nieasuremeuts, the wing being only o'2, Mr. Ober (Lawr. Proc. U.S. Nat. 

 .Mus. 1878, p. 459) giving the length of wing in the female as 5'25. 



