240 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



89. Sphyrapicus varius varius (Linnseus). Yellow-bellied Wood- 

 pecker. 



Picus varius Poey, Mem. Hist. Nat. Cuba, 1854, 427 (Nueva Gerona, fide Gund- 



lach). 

 Sphyrapicus varius Cory, Cat. W. Indian Birds, 1892, 104 (I. of Pines, in geog. 



distr.). — GuNDLACH, Orn. Cubana, 1895, 139 (I. of Pines). 

 Sphyrapicus varius varius Bangs & Zappey, Am. Nat., XXXIX, 1905, 206 (I. of 



Pines; Poey's record). — Ridgway, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, VI, 1914, 274 



(I. of Pines, in geog. distr.). 



Poey lists this species among those observed by Gundlach near 

 Nueva Gerona, and it is also given by Gundlach himself from the Isle 

 of Pines. It is a regular winter visitant to Cuba. Mr. Zappey saw 

 a few in March, 1902, but none were noted on his later trip. Neither 

 Mr. Link nor Mr. Read appear to have met with it, so that it cannot 

 be a very common or regular visitant to the Isle of Pines. 



90. Xiphidiopicus percussus insulae-pinorum Bangs. Isle of Pines 

 Green Woodpecker. 



Pious percussus (not of Temminck) Poey, Mem. Hist. Nat. Cuba, 1854, 427 (Nueva 



Gerona, fide Gundlach). 

 Xiphidiopicus percussus Cory, Cat. W. Indian Birds, 1892, 104 (I. of Pines, in 



geog. distr.). — Gundlach, Orn. Cubana, 1895, 140 (I. of Pines).- — Bangs & 



Zappey, Am. Nat., XXXIX, 1905, 206 (Santa Fe, Cayo Bonito, and Jucaro). — 



Read, Forest and Stream, LXXIII, 1909, 452 (I. of Pines). — Read, Oologist, 



XXVI, 1909, 124, and XXVIII, 1911, 12 (I. of Pines). — Read, I. of Pines News, 



VI, Jan. 17, 1914 (descr.; habits). 

 "Cuban Green Woodpecker" Read, Oologist, XXVII, 1910, 5, and XXVIII, 



1911, 6, 10 (Nuevas River), 3 (McKinley), 5 (Santa Barbara Mountain, etc.); 



XXX, 1913, 125, 127 (Santa Barbara), 130 (I. of Pines), 168 (Los Indies). 

 Xiphidiopicus percussus insulce-pinorutn Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 



XXIII, 1910, 173 (Santa Fe; orig. descr.; type now in coll. Mus. Comp. Zool.; 



meas.). — Read, Bird-Lore, XV, 1913, 45 (Santa Barbara). — RmcwAY, Bull. 



U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, VI, 1914, 185 (Nueva Gerona, Santa Fe, Jucaro, and 



Cayo Bonito, ex Bangs & Zappey; diag.). 



Twenty-nine specimens: Nueva Gerona and Los Indios. 



Not all of the alleged differences pointed out by Mr. Bangs appear 

 to hold good upon comparison, but the smaller size, more restricted 

 red throat-patch, and generally narrower streaking of the under parts 

 are excellent diagnostic characters of this very distinct insular sub- 

 species. Moreover, the median throat-stripe is wholly black, while 

 in the specimens of true percussus examined it is tinged with red almost 

 to the chin. The extent of the streaking on the under surface is a 



