12. UELANKRrES. 177 



Picua tricolor (pt.), Sundev. Consp. Av. Picin. p. 54 (18GG). 

 Oenturus rubriventris pygmaeus, Ridgw. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1885, 



p. 576. 

 Melanerpes rubriventris, Ridgic. Man. N. Amer. B. p. 293 (1887). 

 Meliinerpes pygmaeus, Ridgw. Man. N. Amer. B. p. 293 (1887). 



Adult male. Resembles M. tricolor, but may be distinguished by 

 having the nasal plumes, base of the forehead, lores, anterior half 

 of malar region, and the chin brilliant golden yellow ; the upper 

 part of the forehead, the face and neck, and the underparfcs (gene- 

 rally) paler ; the barring on the upper parts much narrower, the 

 light bars being greyer. Total length 7" 7 inches, culmen 0*9, wing 

 4*2, tail 2-6, tarsus 0'75 ; toes (without claws) — outer anterior 0-62, 

 outer posterior 0"62, inner anterior 0'46, inner posterior 0-28. 



Young males. Resemble the adult of the same sex, but have only 

 a just perceptible tinge of yellow on the forehead and none on the 

 chin or malar region ; middle of crown red, and separated from the 

 paler red nape by the smokj--grey- occiput ; or with the crown, 

 occiput, and nape entirely red, but less brilliant than in the adult ; 

 the abdomen of a bright brick-red colour. 



Adult female. Has no red on the crown, this being entirely smoky 

 white, darker posteriorly, the occipital feathers tipped with scarlet, 

 but this colour not spreading on to the nape: Total length 7"5 inches, 

 culmen 0-85, wing 4"15, tail 2-5, tarsus 0-73. 



Examples of this species from the islands of Cozumel and Bonacca 

 are somewhat darker than typical birds, and those from the latter 

 island have the black barring above broader and the bill more 

 powerful than Cozumel specimens. 



Hah. Yucatan, also the islands of Cozumel and Bonacca. 



a,b.(^2 fid.sk. Yucatan (G. F. Ganmer). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



c. (S ad. sk.j Merida, Yucatan, May ((?. F. Sclater Coll. 



Gamner). 



d, e,f. S ad. ; ff. Peto, Yucatan, April (G. F. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 2 ad. sk. ' Gnumer). 



h. 5 ad. sk. Cozumel inland {E. C. J. Devi's). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



i-p. (S ad. et Cozumel Island (G'. F. Gamner). Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



imni.; q-v.2 



ad. etinim.ak. 



tv, X. (S ad.; y, BonaccaIsland,Bay of Honduras, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. c5" juv. sk. Sept. 1887 (G. F. Gaumer). 



25. Melanerpes aurifrons. 



Picus aurifrons, Wagl. Isis, 1829, p. 512, cJ ad. ; Sundev. Cortsp.Av. 



Picin. p. 53 (1806). 

 Centm-us flaviventria (non Vieill.), Sioains. An. in Menag. p. 354, 



S ad. (1837); Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 442 (1846); Sclat. P. Z. S. 



1857, p. 8; Baird, B.N. Amer. 1858, p. 110; id. Cat. Am. B. 



1859, no. 92; id. B. N. Amer. ed. 1860, p. 110, pi. xlii. figs. 1 



c?, 2 $ ; Dresser, Ibis, 1865, p. 469. 

 Centiivus subelegans, Bp. P. Z. S. 1837, p. 109, d ad. ; Gray, Gen. 



B. ii. p. 442 (1846) ; Bp. Consp. Valuer. Zi/qnd. p. 11, no. 220, non 



syn. (1854) ; id. Notes Orn. Coll. Rapp. Delatt. p. 85 (1854). 



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