1 74 PICID.E. 



?<■',.(■',?/. cj' ad. ; Cayo, Western District, Salvin-G(_;dmiin Coll. 



z. 5 ad. sk. British Honduras, Feb.,Mar., 



April (F. Blanccmeau.r) . 

 a",h". S ad.; c" , San Felipe, I'ritish Hondii- Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 2 ad. sk. ras, March, April [F. Blan- 



caneaux). 

 d" . (S ad.sk. EioMopan.British Honduras, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



April (7''. Bknirancaii.v). 

 s")/ "• 6 ? ad. sk. Belize, British Honduras Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Blanccmecmx) . 

 ff". 2 ad. st. Honduras. Mr. Dj'son [C.l. 



h" . (S ad. sk. Honduras. Mr. Dyson [C.]. 



22. Melanerpes canescens. 



Ceuturus canescens, S'alv. Ibis, 1889, p. 370. 



Adult male. Resembles 31 duhms, but diftcrs in having from two 

 to three bars of white at the base of the outer webs of the primaries ; 

 the white bars on the back and wings rather broader, and the longest 

 upper tail-coverts slightly tipped with red. Total length 9'5 inches, 

 cnlmen 1'42, wing 5"1, tail 3-15, tarsus 0-9 ; toes (without claws) — 

 outer anterior 0-77, outer posterior 0*8, inner anterior 0-6, inner 

 posterior 0"37. 



Adult female. Differs from the adult male in having the foreherd 

 and crown creamy white, the occiput slightly smoky, the nuchal 

 band (only) red. Total length 9*2 inches, culmen 1"22, wing 5'03, 

 tail 3-2, tarsus 0-85. 



There is more white on the crown of the female than in J/, dxbius, 

 and in both sexes of the present species the lace is (generally) con- 

 spicuously whiter. 



Hah. Confined to the Island of Euatau, Bay of Honduras. 



a, b. (S 2 ad. sk. Euatau Island, Bay of Hon- Salvin-Godman Cell, 



duras (G. F. Gaunwr). (Tyjies of the species.) 



c-k. (S ad. ; /-a-. 5 Kuatan Island {G. F. Gau- Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 ad. et imm. sk. iner). 



23. Melanerpes tricolor. 



Picus tricolor {7wn Gm.), Wagl. Isis, 1829, p. 512, c? ad. ; Sunder. 

 Cons'p. Av. Picin. p. 54 (1866). 



Centurus subelegans, Bp.Consji.Gen.Av. i. p. 119 (1850); id. KotesOm. 

 Coll. Rapp. Delatt. p. 85 (1854) ; Meicheitb. Scans. Picince, p. 4ll, 

 no. 966, pi. dclxv. figs. 4415-16 (1864) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1855, 

 Ijp. 34, 16i^ ; id. op. cit. 1856, p. 143. 



Centurus tricolor, Licht. Komencl. Ai\ p. 76 (1854) ; Cab. J. f. O. 

 1862, p. 327 ; Sclat. Cat. Amer. B. p. 343, no. 2049 (1862) ; 'id. 4" 

 Sali\ P. Z. S. 1864, p. 367 ; Salt: op. cit. 1867, p. 157 ; id. ^ Sclat. 

 op. cit. 1868, p. 169 ; Gray, List Picid. Brit. Mu». p. 100 (1868) ; 

 id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 197, no. 8761 (1870) ; Salr. P. Z. S. 1870, 

 p. 213 ; TVt/att, Ibis, 1871, pp. 115, 381 ; Sol. c^- Salv. 2\'omencl. Av. 



