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Similar to C. r. rubricapillus, but breast somewhat darker, more 

 brownish gray; chin darker (less whitish) ; larger. 



Males (13 from Venezuela), wing 104.0-113.2 (108.0), tail 49.0- 

 56.7 (53.6), culmen from base 22.0-27.9 (25.1), tarsus 19.0-20.5 

 (19.9) mm. 



Females (5 from Venezuela), wing 104.3-108.8 (106.0), tail 48.5- 

 52.5 (50.3), culmen from base 21.0-24.1 (22.9), tarsus 19.1-20.0 

 (19.3) mm. 



Venezuela, mainly north of the Rio Orinoco (except the north- 

 western coastal area) ; to the south only in northern Bolivar and 

 northern Amazonas ; Isla Margarita ; Tobago. 



These woodpeckers are not found on Trinidad, or in Delta Amacuro, 

 Venezuela, on the mainland immediately to the south. 



Cent unts rubricapillus paraguanae Gilliard 



Centurus subclegans paraguanae Gilliard, Amer. Mus. Nov., no. 1071, June 5, 

 1940, p. 7. (Cerro Santa Ana, Paraguana Peninsula, Falcon, Venezuela.) 



White bars on upper surface broader, so that the birds appear 

 lighter colored ; males with red of crown reduced to a central spot ; 

 females with nape pale dull brown to faintly orange. 



Northern Lara and Falcon (including the Paraguana Peninsula), 

 Venezuela, and the eastern end of the Guajira Peninsula (Nazaret, 

 Puerto Estrella), Colombia; intergrading with Centurus r. rubri- 

 capillus through western Guajira in the valley of the Rio Rancheria. 



Measurements. — Males (7 from the Guajira and Paraguana Penin- 

 sulas), wing 106.5-111.4 (108.1), tail 54.0-59.6 (57.7, average of 6), 

 culmen from base 25.6-28.7 (27.1), tarsus 19.8-21.0 (20.4, average 

 of 6) mm. 



Females (4 from the Guajira and Paraguana peninsulas), wing 

 101.2-106.0 (103.8), tail 52.3-58.0 (54.5), culmen from base 22.4- 

 25.3 (24.0), tarsus 19.5-20.1 (19.8) mm. 



Centurus rubricapillus rubricapillus Cabanis 



Centurus rubricapillus Cabanis, Journ. f. Orn., vol. 10, July 1862, p. 328. (Bar- 



ranquilla, Atlantico, Colombia.) 

 Melanerpes subelegans neglectus Richmond, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 18, 



August 12, 1896, p. 667. (Bogota, Colombia.) 

 Melanerpes wagleri sanctae-martae Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 12, 



June 3, 1898, p. 134. (Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia.) 



Smaller than other races of South America; breast paler, chin and 

 upper throat whiter. 



