292 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



c'. A blackish patch above or surrounding ej-c, or el^^e (in female of M. 

 hypopoUus) entire occiput and hind-neck smokj- brownish gray, 

 rf'. Hind-ueck red or yellow ; middle of belly red or yellow, 

 e*. Middle of belly yellow. 



Adult male : Crown and occiput bright rod, the hind-neck 

 rich orange or yellow ; orbits surrounded with black, 

 broader above and behind the eye ; rest of head smoky 

 grayish, more or less tinged anteriorly with bright 

 yellow. Adult female : Similar to the male, but red of 

 crown and occiput replaced by grayish, sometimes mixed 

 with black jjosteriorly. Wing 4.50-4.90, tail 3.10-3.60, 

 culmen .95-1.10. Hab. Southern and western Mexico, 

 from Puebla north to Mazatlan. 



M. elegans (Swains.). Elegant Woodpecker.' 

 e'. Middle of belly red. 



/'. Larger (wing 5.50 or more) ; plumage much tinged or 

 stained, above and below, with ochraceous-yellow. 

 Mab. Cuba. 



M. superciliaris (Temm ). Superciliary Woodpecker.' 

 p. Smaller (wing less than 5.50) ; plumage not distinctly 

 stained with ochraceous-yellow. 

 ^'. Darker, the forehead dull white or pale smoky gray- 

 ish or brownish, the nasal tufts only partly red- 

 dish or j-ellowish, the white bars of back, etc., 

 stained with pale brownish. Hab. Abaco Island, 

 Bahamas. 



M. blakei RiDOW. Blake's Woodpecker.' 



g-. Paler, the forehead pure white, the nasal tul'ts whollj- 



bright rod, white bars of back, etc., ver^- slightlj' 



if at all tinged with brownish, lower parts paler, 



etc. Hab. Watling Island, Bahamas. 



M. nyeanus Kidgw. Nye's Woodpecker.* 

 iP. llind-neck soft smoky brownish gray ; middle of belly whitish. 



Adult male with a patch of red on crown and a tinge of red 

 on cheeks ; adult female without red on crown, and with 

 red on cheeks more distinct. Hab. Southern Mexico (Pu- 

 ebla, etc.). 



M. hypopoUus CWaol.). Gray-breasted Woodpecker.' 

 c'. No black over or around eye. 

 rf'. Middle of belly red. 



• Phui elegant SwAIS.S., Philos. Mag. i. 1827, 4.'i9. CeHlurut e'.cgani Gn.vy, Gen. B. ii. 1849, 442. 



» Picm niperciliari) Temm., PI. Col. livr. 7.3, 1827, pi. 433. Centurui lupercUinru BoNAP., Consp. i. 1850, 



» Centnrnt blakei Rinow., Auk, iii. July, 1880, 3.37. 



*CenUirH» ngennut Uinow., Auk, iii. .Tuly, 1880, .336. 



' Pirm liypopoUm Waoi.., Isis, 1S29, 514. Cmilunis lii/pnpotiiii Licni., Nomcncl. 1854, 76. 



