Vol. XVII 
1900 
NELSON, Mew North American Birds. 257 
Distribution—Humid tropical forests of Vera Cruz, adjacent part of 
Oaxaca, and south along the Gulf Coast probably to Yucatan. 
Subspecific characters.—Body much greener than MV. /essoni with only 
a light suffusion of brown on breast; blue border of crown paler, with 
only a trace of or entirely lacking the rich smalt blue along posterior 
border. 
Description of type.—Lores, cheeks and line over eyes and isolated oval 
area on middle of crown black; black crown patch broadly bordered by 
pale greenish blue nearly uniform and never showing more than a trace 
of rich smalt blue border posteriorly, so conspicuous in true M. lessont ; 
dorsal surface, including sides of head, back of eyes, neck and back light 
olive green anteriorly and shading into grass green on lower back, rump 
and upper tail-coverts; tail grass green at base, shading gradually into 
blue near end and tipped with black; primaries edged with dark greenish 
blue, this color shading through dark bluish green on secondaries to 
nearly dark green on tertials; chin and throat light grass green shading 
imperceptibly into olive green of neck, breast and sides of body, and 
thence into clearer green on abdomen and flanks. 
Dimensions of type.—Wing, 142; tail, 246; culmen, 49; tarsus, 32. 
General notes.—This subspecies may be easily distinguished by 
the absence of nearly all of the dark rufous suffusion which gives 
a strong reddish shade to the underparts of J. /essonz, and by the 
lighter, greener back and uniform greenish blue border of the 
crown. Specimens from Huehuetan on the Pacific coast of Chia- 
pas, are nearly typical AZ, /essonz, as are those from Costa Rica. 
M. lessoni goldmani appears to be found only on the Gulf Coast of 
Mexico. The type of WZ. lessoni came from Realejo, Nicaragua. 
Melanerpes frontalis, sp. nov. CHrapas WOODPECKER. 
Type, No. 154938, ¢ ad.,U. S. Nat. Mus., Biological Survey Collection. 
San Vincente, Chiapas, Mexico, December 12, 1895, E. W. Nelson and 
E. A. Goldman. 
Distribution. Known only from type locality. 
General characters. — Scarlet crown patch usually small and separated 
from orange yellow nape by a dark smoky gray area; back broadly barred 
black and white; rump and middle tail-feathers strongly barred black 
and white. Pattern of markings on head and back most like that of 
M. hoffmanni. 
Description of type. — Nasal tufts pale yellowish; forehead dull white 
with backward extension of same along sides of crown to middle of orbits, 
