182 PICIDJ5. 



of the crown not distinctly separated from the yellow or orange 

 nuchal band, the occipital feathers being more or less tipped with 

 golden yellow ; the central pair of tail-feathers having their basal 

 portion white barred with black ; the face, neck, and the whole of 

 the underparts very much darker and more of a brownish drab 

 with a fulvesccnt tinge below the chest. Total length 8 inches, 

 culmen 1"15, wing 5-05, tail 2*35, tarsus 0-8 ; toes (without claws) — 

 outer anterior O'G, outer posterior 0*67, inner anterior 0'45, inner 

 posterior 0-3. 



Adult female. Differs from the adult male in wanting the red on 

 the head, the crown, as well as the occiput, being smoky grey : 

 "iris hazel" {0. Salvin). Total length V'S inches, culmen 0'95, 

 wing 4-6, tail 2-18, tarsus 0-8. 



Hab. Nicaragua and Costa Rica. 



a, b. (S ad. sk. Costa Rica. Tweeddale Coll. 



c. cJ ad. sk. San Jos6, Costa Rica, Salviu-Godman Coll. 



May {M.L. CaUeja). 



d. $ ad. sk. San Jos^, Costa Rica Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(J. Carmiol). 

 ^tf- c? $ ad. sk. Punta Arenas, Costa Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Rica, March (O. »S'.). 

 g. cJ ad. ; h. J Costa Hica {J. Carmiol). Sclater Coll. 



juv. sk. 



27. Melanerpes nropygialis. 



Centurus hypopolius (non IVagl.), Pucker. Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1853, 



p. 163. 

 Centurus uropygialis, Baird, Proc. Philad. Acad. vii. p. 120 (1854) ; 



liekherib. Scans. Picince, p. 430, no. 964 6 (1854) ; Lawr. Mem. 



Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. ii. p. 294 (1855) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 8 ; 



Baird, CasK., 8f Laivr. B. N. Amer. p. Ill (1858) ; Kennerley, 



Pacif. P. R. Rep. Expl. Sf Surv. x b, 1859, pi. xxxvi. ; Heerm. id. 



xc, p. 17 (1859); Baird, Cat. N. Amer. B. 1859, p. 93; Cah. 



J.f. O. 1862, p. 330; Coues, Ibis, 1865, p. 538; id. Proc. Philad. 



Acad. 1866, p. 64 ; Coojyer, B. Calif, ed. Baird, i. p. 399 (1870) ; 



Coues, Key N. Amer. B. p. 196 (1872) ; id. Check-list, no. 308 



(1873) ; B., B., Sr R. Hist. N. Amer. B. ii. p. 558, pi. lii. tigs. 2 d' , 



5 2 (1874) ; Ridgw. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. iii. pp. 189, 233 



(1880); id. op. cit. ix. p. 112 (1881); Coues, Check-list, 1882, 



no. 452 ; Beldimj, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. v. p. 543 (1882) ; id. 



op. cit. vi. pp. 344, 345 (1883) ; Coues, Key N. Ayner. B. 1884, 



p. 488. 

 Centurus sulfuriventer, Reiche7jb. Sca7is. Picince, p. 410, no. 9G4, 



nl. dplxiv. figs. 4411-12, J d (1854). 

 Zebrapicus kaupii, Math. Picidee, ii. p. 245, pi. cvi. figs. 4, 5, (^ 2 



(1862). 

 Picus uropygialis, Su7idev. Consp. Av. Picin.^. 54 (1866). 

 Centurus kaupii, Grat/, List Picid. Brit. Mus. p. 100 (1868) ; id. 



Hand-l. B. ii. p. 197, no. 8759 (1870). 

 Melanerpes uropygialis, Ridgw. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. viii. p. 355 



(1885); A. O. U. Check-list N. Ainer. B. 1886, p. 217, no. 411 ; 



iScotf, Auk, 1886, p. 428; Ridgw. Man. N. Amer. B. p. 294 



(1887). 



