554 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



C. carolinus. Middle of belly reddish ; whole crown and nape red in male. 

 Nape, only, red in female. 



Forehead reddish ; beneath soiled ashy-white ; abdomen pinkish-red ; 

 crissum with sagittate marks of dusky. Wing, 5.25 ; tail, 3.80 ; bill, 

 1.30. Hob. Eastern Province United States . . . var. carolinus. 



Forehead smoky-white ; beneath smoky-olive, middle of abdomen car- 

 mine-red ; crissum with broad transverse bars of dusky. Wing, 4.50 ; 

 tail, 2.60; bill, 1.08. Hah. Central America ; Venezuela . var. tricolor.^ 

 C. aurifrons. Middle of belly yellowish ; red of crown, in male, confined 

 to an ovoid vertical patch. Nape and forehead gamboge-yellow ; white of 

 rump and upper tail-coverts immaculate. Female without any red on the 

 crown. 



Inner webs of middle tail-feathers unvariegated black. LoAver parts 

 dirty ashy-whitish, abdomen dilute gamboge-yellow. Wing, 5.20 ; tail, 

 3.60 ; bill, 1.50. Hal. Eastern Mexico, north to the Rio G-rande. 



var. aurifrons. 

 Inner webs of middle tail-feathers spotted with white. Lower parts 

 smoky-olive, belly bright orange-yellow. Wing. 4.70 ; tail, 2.80 ; bill, 



1.16. Hub. Costa Rica var. hoffraanni? 



C. uropygialis. Middle of the belly yellowish. Nape and forehead soft 

 smoky grayish-brown. Female without red or yellow on head. White of 

 rump and upper tail-coverts with transverse dusky bars. Inner webs of 

 middle tail-feathers spotted with white. Wing, 5.30 ; tail, 3.70 ; bill, 1.35. 

 Hah. Western Mexico, north into Colorado, region of Middle Province of 

 United States. 



Centurus carolinus, Bonap. 



RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER. 



Picus carolinus, Linn. Syst. Nat. I, 1766, 174. — "Wilson, Am. Orn. I, 1808, 113, pi. vii, 

 f. 2. — AuD. Orn. Biog. V, 1839, 169, pi. ccccxv. — Ib. Birds Amer. IV, 1842, 270, 

 pi. cclxx. — Max. Cab. Jour. 1858, 418. — Sundevall, Consp. 53. Centurus carolinus, 

 Sw. Bp. List, 1838. — Ib. Conspectus, Av. 1850, 119. — Baird, Birds N. Am. 109. — 

 Cab. Jour. 1862, 324. — Dresser, Ibis, 1865, 469 (resident in Texas). — Sol. Cat. 

 1862, 342. — Gray, Cat. 99. — Allen, B. E. Fla. 306. Centurus carolinensis, Sw. 

 Birds, II, 1837, 310 (eiTor). Picus griseus, Vieill. Ois. Am. Sept. II, 1807, 52, pi. 

 exvi. ? Picus erythrauchen , Wagler, Syst. Avium, 1827. Picus zebra, Bodd^rt, 

 Tabl. pi. enl. (Gray, genera). 



Sp. Char. Third, fourth, and fifth quills nearly equal, and longest ; second, or outer- 

 most, and seventh about equal. Top of the head and nape crimson-red. Forehead whitish, 

 strongly tinged with light red, a shade of which is also seen on the cheek, still stronger on 

 the middle of the belly. Under parts brownish-white, with a faint wash of yellowish on 

 the belly. Back, rump, and wing-coverts banded black and white ; upper tail-covert white, 

 with occasional blotches. Tail-feathers black ; first transversely banded with white ; sec- 

 ond less so ; all the rest with whitish tips. Inner feathers banded with white on the 



1 Centurus carolinus, var. tricolor. Picus tricolor, Wagl. Isis, 1829, 512. Centurus tri. Scl. 

 Catal. Am. B. 1862, 343. C. suhelegans, ScL. P. Z. S. 1855, 162 ; 1856, 143. 



"^ Centurus aurifrons, var. hoffmanni. Centurus hoffmanni, Caba.nis, Journ. Sept. 1862, 322 

 (Costa Rica). 



