y-h' .(^ ad.et inim.; 



c, d' . 2 ad. et 



imm. sk. 

 e',f'. 6 2 ad. sic. 



(/'. (S iram 



ad. sk. 

 i', k'. c^ $ ad 

 I'. S ad. sk. 

 m'. S ad. sk. 

 n'. c? ad. sk. 

 o'. Skeleton. 



h'.2 



sk. 



Bogota. 



"N^alle Dupar, Santa Marta, 



Colombia {F. Simons). 

 Venezuela. 



Venezuela. 



Venezuela (Berlepsck). 



Cayenne. 



Cayenne. 



S. x\merica. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Purchased. 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 Sclater Coll. 

 Purchased. 

 Purchased. 



Subsp. CI. Melanerpes terricolor. 



Zebrapicus tricolor (pt.), MaUi. Ficirhp, ii. p. 247 (1862). 



Centurus terricolor, Berlejjsc/i, Ibis, 1880, p. 113 ; Eidr/w. Proc. U.S. 



Nat. Mus. 1881, p. 104. 

 Centurus tricolor {non Wagl.), Salv. Cat. Strickl. CM. p. 400, no. 1954 



(1882). 



Adult male. Resembles M. tricolor, bnt differs in being larger, and 

 darker in colour on the head, neck, and underparts, and in having the 

 rump and the upper tail-covcrts more or less barred wifh black ; the 

 under tail-coverts, vent, and thighs also distinctly barred with black ; 

 the red on the abdomen darker and not tinged with yellow. Total 

 length 7'3 inches, culmen 1-1, wing 4-25, tail 2-2, tarsus 0'8 ; toes 

 (without claws) — outer anterior 0-7, outer posterior 0-7, inner ante- 

 rior 052, inner posterior 0-3. 



Adult female. Ditfers from the adult male in having the crown 

 and occiput dark smoky grey or brown, paler anteriorly, the nape 

 dull orange-red. Total length 6-7 inches, culmen 95, wing 4-03, 

 tail 2, tarsus 0-73. 



Hah. The Orinoco district, also the islands of Trinidad and 

 Tobago *. 



a. S ad. sk. Venezuela. Sclater Coll. 



h. (S ad. sk. Tobago. Sir W. Jardine [P.]. 



24. Melanerpes rubriventris. 



Pious aurifrons {non Wac/l.), Bp. P. Z, S. 1837, p. IIG; id. Consp. 

 Gen. Av. i. p. 110 (IS.'O). 



Centurus rubriventris, Sirains. An. in Mena;/. p. 354, no. 214 (1838) ; 

 Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 442 (1846) ; Bp. Consp. Volucr. Zygod. p. 11, 

 no. 222 (1854) ; Gray, List Picid. Brit. Mus. p. 100 (1868) ; Laivr. 

 Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 206 (1869) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 197, 

 no. 8762 (1870) ; Mdyw. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1881, p. 102 ; 

 Lawr. Aim. Acad. Sc. N. T. iii. p. 247, $ descr. (1882) ; Boucard, 

 P. Z S 1883, p. 452 ; Salv. Ibis, 1885, pp. 186, 192, 1889, p. 369. 



Zebrapicus rubriventris, 3Ial/i. Picidce, ii. p. 248, pi. evii. hg. 1, d 

 ad. (1862). 



Centurus tricolor (pt.). Cab. J.f. O. 1862, p. 327. 



* Specimens from Trinidad and Tobago have the bars on the rump and 

 upper tail-coverts less developed than those from Venezuela. 



