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croacbes a very little on the sides of the occiput ; the deep goldeu yel- 

 low of the forehead is unusually extended posteriorly, leavinj^ only a 

 narrow bar of white between it and the red ; the nape is decidedly more 

 flame-colored than the crown, and changes quite abruptly below and 

 along each side into olivaceous golden yellow. The lower parts are as 

 light as in the most extreme examples of atirif r on s, while the flanks and 

 crissum are entirely destitute of bars, having, instead, longitudinal sag 

 ittate marks of black. The inner webs of the intermedioe are solid black. 



5a. CENTUEUS AURIFEOXS SANTA-CEUZI. 



Centurus Santa Criisi, Bonap. P. Z. S. Nov. 14, 1837, 116 ( <?■ ad. ; Mexico); Cousp. i, 

 1850, 119; Consp. Zygod. 1854, no. 221.— SCL. P. Z. S. 1856, 343; 1858, 359; 

 1859, 3G7 ( Jalapa) ; 1860, 286, 297 ; 1864, 177 (city of Mexico) ; Catal. 1862, 

 343, uo. 248 (S. Mexico; Salama, Guatemala).— ScL. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, 136 

 (Guatemala). — Owen, Ibis, 1861, 67 (Sau Geronimo, Guat. ; descr. eggs). 

 Zehrapicns santa-crmi, Malii. Mon. Picid. ii, 18(S, 241; iv. pi. cv, figs. 4 ( c{ ad.) 

 5(9 ad.). 



ricus Graf eloupe lists, Less. Mag. Zool. 1839, 41 ( ^ ad. ; Mexico). 



Centurus grateloiipensis, Bonap. Consp. Zygod. 1854, no. 223 (excl. syn.). • 



" Picus snbchyans", LESS. Descr. d'Ois. r6c. ddc. 1847, 206 (uec Bonap. 1837). 



Flcus chrijsogenys, ViG. Zool. Beechey's voy. 1840, 24. — Weigm. Arcliiv. 1841, 99. 



" Centurus aiirij'rons", Lawr. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. no. 4, 1876, 35 (Cbihuitan, Jucbi- 

 tan, and Sta. Efigenia, Istb. Tebuautepec ; Nov., Jan.). 



" Centurus albifrons ", Caban. J. f. O. 1862, 324.— SCL. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1869, 364 ; Nom. 

 Neot. 1873, 100. (Probably not Picus alhifrons, Swains., wMcb api^arently = C. 

 radiolatus.) 



Centurus poliigraimnus, Cabax. J. f. O. Sept. 1862, 326 (St. Bartolo, S. Mexico), 



Le Pic de Grateloup, Less. Eev. Zool. 1839, 41. 



Le Pic siihclegant, Less. Descr. d'Ois. t6c. d6c. 1837, 205. 



Le Piczebre de Santa-Cruz, Malh. I. c. 



Hob. — Southern Mexico, Ilo'iduras, and Guatemala. 



Adult $ : Frontlet yellowish, varying from pale yolk-yellow to bright 

 orange, with a red tinge centrally; entire crown and nape bright red, 

 darker (deep scarlet-crimson) anteriorly, lighter and brighter on the 

 nape, the lower jiart of which is more or less tinged with orange ; the 

 occiput sometimes ash-gray laterally, thus i^artly separating the deep 

 red of the crown from the more orange hue of the nape ; forehead and 

 anterior part of superciliary region ashy white, forming a distinct and 

 sharply-defined band across the former ; remainder of the head light 

 dingy ash (sometimes tinged with dingy yellow anteriorly), deepening 

 gradually into olive-drab on the jugulum, breast, and sides; abdomen 

 rather dull orange-yellow, in some specimens inclining to orange-red ; 

 tibia3, anal region, and crissum pale fulvous, or dingy yellowish white, 

 thickly barred with blackish, the bars inclining to V-shape, especially 

 ton the crissum. Back, scapulars, wings, andail black, narrowly barred, 

 except on the primaries and tail, with white ; upper tail-coverts and 

 rump immaculate pure white, the shafts of the former brownish or dusky; 

 primaries narrowly skirted with white beyond their emarginations, more 



