25. xiPHiDiopicus. 377 



1. Xiphidiopicus percussus. 



Picus percussus, Temm. PL Col. 66* livr. 390 ^ , 424 $ (1826) ; 



Vig. Zuol. Journ. iii. p. 444 (1828) ; Ramon de la Sagra, Hist. Fis. 



^•c. Cuba, ii.p. 109 (1838); d'Orb. in Sacp-aJs Hist. Phys. Sfc. Cuba, 



ii. p. 143 (1839) ; Denny, P. Z. S. 1847, p. 39 ; Lenibeije, Av. Isl. 



Cuba, Supl. p. 131 (1850) ; Sundev. Coiisp. Av. Picin. p. 48 (1866). 

 Picus ruppellii, Wagl. Si/st. Av. Picus, sp. 29 (1827) ; id. /sw, 1829, 



p. 509. 

 Dendrobates percussus, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 437 (1845). 

 Chloropicos percussus, Malh. N. Classif., Mem. Acad. Metz, 1848-49, 



p. 352. 

 Chloronerpes percussus, B]}. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 118 (1850) ; Reichenb. 



Scans. Picince, p. 407, no. 957, pi. dclxii. figs. 4398-99, c? ? (1854) ; 



Gray, List Picid. Brit. Mm. p. 107 (1868) ; id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 199, 



no. 8786 (1870) ; Gundl. Contr. Orn. Cuba, pp. 115, 273 (1876). 

 Xiphidiopicus percussus, Bp. Consp. Valuer. Zi/r/od. p. 11, no. 213 



(1854) ; Scl. Cat. Amer. B. p. 339, no. 2028 (1862) ; id. Sf Salv. 



Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 100 (1873); Cory, List B. W. Ind. p. 20 



(1885) ; id. Auk, 1886, p. 376. 

 Chloropicus percussus, Malh. Picidce, ii. p. 147, pi. Ixxxvi. figs. 1, 2, 



cJ $ ad. (1862). 



Adult male. Back, scapulars, rump, and upper series of upper 

 tail-coverts yellowish olive, the lower series of the latter bluish grey 

 tinged with olive, the tail-coverts more or less barred with dusky 

 and at the base with whitish, and having shaft-spots or stripes of 

 white ; wing-coverts olive ; quills brownish black, the outer webs 

 of the primaries spotted with white, those of the secondaries (except 

 the innermost which are uniform) spotted with green, the inner 

 webs of the quills spotted with white ; shafts black ; tail bluish or 

 slaty grey with the faintest trace of blackish bars, the lateral feathers 

 having minute marginal spots of butfy white ; shafts black ; nasal 

 plumes, frontal band, sides of the face and neck white, with a 

 black auricular stripe ; crown, also occipital and nuchal crest, crimson ; 

 chin and upper throat black ; fore neck crimson ; chest, breast, 

 and abdomen golden yellow, the remaining underparts and the under 

 tail-coverts whiter, the chest and upper breast striped with black, 

 the lower breast and abdomen uniform, the sides of the body, flanks, 

 thighs, and under tail-coverts barred with black ; under wing-coverts 

 and axillaries yellowish white barred with black ; the underside of 

 the lateral tail-feathers conspicuously barred and the central feathers 

 having distinct marginal spots of grey. Total length 10 inches, 

 culmen I'lo, wing 4"75, tail 3*75, tarsus 1 ; toes (without claws) — 

 outer anterior 0"82, outer posterior 0-86, inner anterior 0-56, inner 

 posterior 0'43. 



Adult femcde. Resembles the male, but has the crown black striped 

 with white. Total length 9 inches, culmen 0'S3, wing 4-65, tail 3-45, 

 tarsus 0-92. 



Toung, sex ? Wants the crimson on the throat and fore neck, 

 these, together with the chin, being brownish dusky ; there is a 

 very narrow median Une of lemon -yellow on the breast and abdomen, 

 and the remainder of the underparts (except the thighs) and the 



