VOL. XXIII, PP. 173-174 DECEMBER 29, 1910 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF 'I' UK 



BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



TWO NEW WOODPECKERS FROM TIIK 1SLK <>F PINES, 

 WEST INDIES. 



OUTRAM BANGS. 



When in 1905 (American Naturalist, Vol. XXXIX, No. 

 460, pp. 179-215) Mr. W. R. Zappey and I published an 

 account of the birds of the Isle of Pines, based mostly upon a 

 collection made there the previous year by him, we were aware 

 that the red-bellied woodpecker of the island was not quite the 

 same as that of Cuba; but on account of lack of material for 

 comparison, we did not note any differences in the green wood- 

 pecker. 



Since then the bringing together of large series of skins has 

 shown that both the woodpeckers of the island are well differ- 

 entiated subspecies; and Mr. Ridgway has urged me to describe 

 them in time to appear in the forthcoming part of his great 

 work, generously refusing to do so himself. 



They may be known by the following short diagnoses: 



Centurus superciliaris murceus subsp. nov. 



TIJJ>C from San Juan, Isle of Pines (near Cuba), adult c?, No. i;>,2()0. 

 Bangs coll. Xo\v in .Museum of Comparative /oology. Collected May 

 l', 1<)04, by \V. R. /appey. 



Chr<ictfrx. Similar to C. xi!i><Tcilir/x superHliaru (Tcnnn. ) of Cuba, 

 but decidedly smaller; under parts much paler and decidedly li-ss 

 yellowish. 



Mctixturnirrttn. Tsiv, adult c?. AVing, 13S; tail, 94.5; tarsus, iV,; 

 culmen, :',<;. Adult 9 , No. 13, -MM. Wing, l:;<).;>; tail, W; tarsus, L'4; 

 ciilmen, :><">. 



Xiphidiopicus percussus insulae=pinorum subsp. nov. 

 Type from Santa Fe, Isle of Fines (near Cuba), adult d 1 , No. 1:>,-1SO, 

 lUmu's coll. Now in .Museum of ( 1 omparative /oology. Collected April 

 IS, l)04, by W. R. /appey. 



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