12. MELANERPES. 



181 



b. (S ftd. St. 



c,d. (S ad.; e,/. $ 



ad. sk. 

 ff. (S ad. sk. 

 A-tn. <S ad. ; 



n-q. 2 ad. sk. 

 r. c? ad. sk. 



t. S ad. sk. 



«. $ ad. sk. 

 M. cJ ad. ; V. 2 



imm. sk. 

 w, X. (S ad. sk. 



y. 2 ad. sk. 

 z. (5 ad. sk. 

 a'. 2 ad. sk. 

 b'. d" imm. sk. 

 c'. 2 juT. sk. 

 d',e',f. dad.;^. ! 



ad. sk. 

 h'. c5 juv. 

 »■', k', I'. (5 ad. sk. 



m' . Ad. sk. 

 «', o'. c? 2 ^d- sk. 

 jw', y'. c? 2 ^d. sk. 

 r'. c? ad. sk. 

 «'. 2 ad. sk. 



t', 2 ad. sk. 



u'. 2 ad. sk. 



v'. S ad. sk. 



w'. S a.d. sk. 



Mexico. 

 Mexico. 



Mexico. 



Tampico, Mexico, Feo. ( W. 



B. Richardson). 

 San Juan del Kio, Mexico 



{ReboucK). 

 Vera Cruz, Jan. ( W. B. 



Richardso)i). 

 Vera Cruz, Mexico {Boueard). 

 Atoyac, Mexico, May [Mrs. 



H. H. Smith). 

 Misautla, Mexico, March 



{F. D.G.). 

 Jomotla, Mex. {Trujillo). 

 Tortugas, Jalapa, Oct. "| 



Santa Ana R., Jalapa, Oct. 

 Plan del Eio, Jalapa, Aug. 

 Huatusco, Vera Cruz, July. 

 Cuichapa, Cordova, Vera 



Cruz, Jan. 

 Coatepec, Vera Cruz, July. 

 Tonala, March, Nov., Dec. 



{F. Sumichrast). 

 Guatemala. 

 Guatemala. 



Duenas, Guatemala (O. S.). 

 Duenas (O. S.). 

 Retalhuleu, Guatemala (O 



S.). 

 Baoul, Guatemala, Nov. 



(O. S.). 

 Julian, Honduras {G. M. 



Whitely). 

 San Pedro, Honduras ((?. 



M. Whitely). 

 San Pedro [G.M. Whitely). 



J. Gould, Esq. 

 Tweeddale CoU. 



Sclater Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Sclater Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Commis. Geogr. Ex- 

 plor. Mex. [S.-G.]. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Gould Coll. 

 Sclater Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Cull. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll, 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Tweeddale CoU. 



26. Melanerpes hofflnanni. 



Centurus hoffraanni, Cab.J.f. O. 1862, p. 322; Gray, List Picid. 

 Brit. Mm. p. 100 (1868); Lau-r. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 131 

 (1868) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 197, no. 8760 (1870) ; Svlat. Sf 

 Snh: NomencL Av. Iseotr. p. 100 (1873) ; Boueard, P. Z. S. 1878, 

 p. 49; Zeled. Cat. Av. Costa Riea, p. 23 (1882). 



Picus hoffmanni, Simdev. Consj). Av. Piciyi. p. .54 (1866). 



Centurus aurifrons, var. hoffmanni, B., B., <^- R. Hist. N. Amer. B. 

 ii. p. 554 (1874). 



Centurus aurifrons hoffmannii, Ridyic. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1881, 

 p. 110 ; Nutting, op. cit. 1882, p. 399 ; Ridyjc. t. c. p. 601 ; Nutting, 

 op. cit. 1883, pp. 375, 387, 394. 



Adult male. Differs from M. aurifrons in being smaller ; the nasal 

 plumes and base of forehead only tinged with yellow ; the crimson 

 covering more of the crown, which has an olive tinge, and the red 



