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scarlet nape and red froutlet ; equal width of the light and darlc bars 

 of the upper surface (in this respect most resembling C. caroJinus), and 

 the distinct buff-yellow wash which pervades the dorsal region. 



11. OEXTURUS STRIATUS. 



Picas domhiicensis strintns, Briss. Oru. iv, 1760, 6o, pi. iv, Hg. 1 ( S '<^<^-)- 



Picas dominicensis slriatus minor, Briss. t. c. 67, pi. iii, fig. 2(9 atl.). 



Picas striatus Mull. S. N. Suppl. 1776.— Bodd. Tabl. P. E. 1783 (ex PI. Enl. 281, G14).— 



Gmel. S. N. i, 1788, 427.— Lath. Ind. Oin. i, 1790, 238.— Valenc. Diet. Sc. Nat. 



xl, — , 173 ( 9 ).— ViEiLL. Ois. Am. Sept. ii, 1807, pi. 114 ( <? ad.) ; Nouv. Diet. 



xxvi, 1818, 90 ; Enc. Me'tli. 1823, 1316.— Cuv. R^g. Au. i, 1829, 451.— Drap. 



Diet. Class, xiii, — , 505.— Wagl. Syst. Av. 1827, no. 40 ( <? & 9 ).— Less. 



Traito, 1831, 227; Compl. Buff, ix, 1837, 324.— Bryant, Pr. Boston Soc. xi, 



1866, 96 (St. Domingo). 

 Caitarus striatus, Gray, Gen. B. ii, 1849, 442. — Bp. Consp. i, 1850, 119 ( 9 ) i Cousj). 



Zygod. 1854, no. 216.— Reich. Handb. 1854, 409, pi. dclxiii, figs. 4404-'5 ( 9 ).— 



Sol. & Salv. Nom. Neotr. 1873, 100 (Hayti). 

 Zchrapicus striatus, Malh. Mon. Pic. ii, 1862, 231 ; iv. pi. cvii, figs. 3, 4, 5 ( (^ & 



9 ad.). 

 Le Pic rai/e de St. Bomingue, Briss. Orn. iv, 1760, 65, pi. 4, fig. \ {$ ad.). 

 Le petit Pic raye de St. Dominiguc, Briss. t. c. 67, pi. 3, fig. 2(9 ad.). 

 Pie raye', de St. Domingue, Buff. PI. Enl. 281 ( ^ ad.). 

 Pic raye a tete noir de St. Domingue, Buff. PI. Enl. 614 ( 9 ad.). 

 Le Pic ray4, Vieill. II. c. — Valenc. 1. c. — Less. /. c. 

 Piczehre raye ou de Saint-Doming ue, Malh. 1. c. 



Hah. — Island of St. Domingo or Hayti, only. 



Adult $: Crown, occiput, nai^e, lower j)art of rump, and upper tail- 

 coverts deep blood-red or scarlet-crimson, the red of the nape extending 

 over the sides of the neck to a point immediately behind the auriculars ; 

 sides of the neck below this with two longitudinal stripes of dingy 

 white, separated by a black one of about equal width ; the posterior 

 white stripes of opposite sides separated by a black space on the ex- 

 treme lower part of the nape. Eemainder of the head, smoky gray, 

 gradually becoming smoky drab or brown on the jugulum and breast, 

 this in turn jiassing gradually into light yellowish olive-green ou the ab- 

 domen, anal region, crissum, sides, and flanks, all of which are immacu- 

 late.* Back, scapulars, and upper part of rump sharply banded with 

 deep black and bright yellowish olive-green, the black bars broadest, 

 except on the rump. Wings black, the coverts banded with greenish 

 buff*, the secondaries with golden buff ; outer webs of primaries spotted 

 with pale buff. Tail uniform black, the lower surface dull hoary oliva- 

 ceous. Bill plumbeous-dusky, the mandible paler (probably bluish 

 white in life) ; feet olivaceous or plumbeous. $ : Similar, but crown 

 deep black, the red of the head and neck being confined to lower part of 

 occiput and upper half of nape. Wing, 4.30-5.20 5 tail, 3.35-4.10; cul- 

 men, 1.00-1.30; tarsus, .90-1.00. 



This is the only Centurus having red on the rump or upper tail-coverts, 



* In some examples the lower tail-coverts have indistinct dnsky shaft-streaks. 



