Picus ornatus, Less. Hev. et Mag. Zool. 1839, p. 102, ^ ad. ; Wagn. 



Arch, fur Naturg. 1841, p. 100. 

 Centurus elegans {noji Sicains.), Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. v. p. 116 



(1851). 

 Centurus santa-cruzi {non Bp.), Later. Ann. Lye. N. Y. v. p. 123 



(1851). 

 Centurus aurifrons, Licht. Nomencl. Av. p. 76 (1854) ; Sclat. Cat. 



Amer. B. p. 343, no. 2047 (1862); Cab. J. f. O. 1862, p. 328 ; 



Grai/, List Picid. Brit. Mns. p. 103 (18G8) ; id. Hand-l. B. ii. 



p. 198, no. 8770 (1870) ; Coo2:,er, B. Cat. ed. Baird,\. p. 399 (1870) ; 



Coues, Key N. Amer. B. p. 196 (1872) ; id. Check-list, 1873, no. 



807 ; Sclat. ^- Salv. Nomencl. Ai\ Neotr. p. 100 (1873) ; B., B., ^ 



B. Hist. N. Amer. B. ii. p. 557, pi. lii. fig-s. 3 c?, 4 $ (1874) ; 



Semiett, Bull. U. S. Geol. Sun: iv. no. 1, p. 39 (1878); Merrill, 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. i. p. 151 (1878) ; Sennett, Bidl. U. S. Geol. 



Surv. Y. p. 416 (1879) ; Bidgw. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. iii. p. 189, 



no. 373, & p. 233 (1880) ;' id. op. cit. iv. p. 104 (1881); Coues, 



Check-list, 1882, no. 451 ; id. Key N. Am. B. 1884, p. 488. 

 Centurus ornatus, Beichenh. Scans. Picince, p. 410, no. 963, pi. dclxiv. 



figs. 4409-10, 2 S (1854). 

 Zebrapicus aurifrons, Malh. Picidte, ii. p. 240, pi. civ. figs. 1-3, S $ 



ad., cJ juv. (1862). 

 Melanerpes aurifrons, Bidgw. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. viii. p. 355 (1885) ; 



A. O. U. Check-list N. Amer. B. p. 217, no. 410 (1886) ; Bid(/io. 



3Ia7i. N. At7ier. B..-p. 294 (1887); Lloyd, Auk, 1887, p. 191; 



Hashrouck, op, cit. 1889^ p. 238. 



Achdt male. Back, scapulars, and wing-coverts equally barred 

 black and white ; rump aud upper tail-coverts white ; quills black, 

 the primaries having conspicuous spots or patches of white on the 

 basal portion, the secondaries spotted with white on the margin of 

 both webs, the innermost of all being barred right across, the tips 

 of the quills white, and the shafts black ; tail black, the outer large 

 feather spotted with white on the margin of the outer web and the 

 tip of the inner web, the next inner feather tipped with white ; 

 shafts black ; nasal plumes varied yellow and dusky ; base of the 

 forehead golden yellow, the crown and occiput slaty grey, grading 

 into ashy white on the upper part of the forehead, and the crown 

 centred by a large crimson patch ; nuchal band golden yellow or 

 orange, sometimes nearly red ; face, neck, and the whole of the 

 under surface of the body ashy drab, the chin and throat whiter, 

 the abdomen golden yellow ; thighs, vent, and under tail-coverts 

 white, tinged with yellow, varied with black, the thighs and under 

 tail-coverts being barred as well as striped, and the vent striped ; 

 under wing-coverts white varied with black ; axillaries uniform 

 smoky white. Total length 9 inches, culmen 1"5, wing 5-3, tail 

 3"22, tarsus 1 ; toes (without claws) — outer anterior 0-7, outer 

 posterior 0-7, inner anterior 0'55, inner posterior 0"35. 



Fledijlirig, male. Differs from the adult male in having the red 

 feathers of the crown dingy crimson and their bases blackish, the 

 remaining portion of the top of the head dusky with narrow blackish 

 striations on the occiput, the nape smoky yellow ; the feathers at the 

 base of the forehead slightly yellow and tipped with black ; the chest 



