180 piciD^. 



Centurua polvgrammus, Cnb. J. f. O. 1862, p. 326 ; Gray, List 



Picid. Brit. Mus. p. 103 (18(58); id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 198, 



no. 8773 (1870) ; Cab. J.f. O. 1872, p. 157. 

 Zebrapicus santa-cruzi, MalL Picidce, ii. p. 241, pi. cv. figs. 4, 5, 



d- $ ad. (1862). 

 Centurus albifrons (non Swains.), Cab. J.f. O. 1862, p. 324; Sclat. 



6r Salv. P. Z. S. 1809, p. 364 ; iid. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 100 



(1873). 

 Picus polvgrammus, Sundev. Consp. Av. Picin. p. 53 (1866). 

 Picus albifroiis (pt.). Sunder. Con.sp. Av. Picin. p. 53 (I860). 

 Centurus aurifrons (non Wa(jl.), Lawr. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1875, 



p. 35. 

 Ceuturus aurifrons santa-cruzi, Ridgiv. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1881, 



p. 106. 

 Melanerpes santa-cruzi, Pidi/w. Man. N. Amer. B. p. 294 (1887). 



Adult male. Differs from M. aurifrons in having both the black 

 and the white bars on the upper parts narrower, and the latter 

 with a fulvescent tinge ; the white bars on the wing-coverts and 

 the innermost secondaries also narrower; the central pair of tail- 

 feathers spotted with white on the inner web, the outer web being 

 striped with white at the base ; the base of the forehead orange or 

 reddish ; the entire crown and the occiput red ; the frontal band 

 and the face buffj- drab, the latter (posteriorly) and the side of the 

 neck darker and greyer ; the whole of the underparts brownish drab, 

 with a fulvescent tinge below the chest ; the thighs, vent, and 

 under tail-coverts fulvescent white entirely barred with dusky 

 black, the bars on the vent showing through the golden colour ; 

 under wing-coverts clearly barred with black. Total length 

 8'8 inches, culmen 1'3, wing 5*1, tail 3-05, tarsus 0-93 ; toes (with- 

 out claws) — outer anterior 0*75, outer posterior 0'75, inner anterior 

 0-53, inner posterior 0'38. 



Adult female. Has the greater part of the crown creamy white, 

 shading into greyish brown on the hinder part and on the occiput, 

 the nape (alone) being red. Total length 8'5 inches, culmen 1-15, 

 wing 5-05, tail 2*7, tarsus 0-88. 



Ymtufj. llesemble the adult of their respective sexes, but differ 

 in having the forehead less white, and more of a smoky drab or 

 grey and with no red at its base ; the red on the top of the head 

 and on the nape of the male, and on the nape of the female, duller ; 

 there is less white on the wing-coverts, and this partakes more of 

 the character of spots than of bars. 



In Honduras this species assumes the uniform central tail- 

 feathers, and in this respect resembles M. aurifrons. The dimen- 

 sions of the former are, however, considerably less, and the white 

 barring above and on the wings is extremely narrow. 



Hah. yan Salvador ; Honduras ; Guatemala ; also Southern and 

 Eastern Mexico, as far north as Tampico. 



a. 2 ad. sk. [La Paz, Lower California.]* Salvia-Godman Coll. 



Winter (Hensh. Coll.). 



* This locality has been queried upon the label. 



