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NOliTH AMIOKICAN laUDS. 



C. carolinus. Middle of hilly rcUdish ; vvholo crown and nape red in male. 

 Nap*', oidy, rod in fcniah'. 



Fori'lu-ad roddi>li ; Ix-iuMth soiled ashy-white; a'xloincn pinkish-n-d ; 

 cris.sinn with sa^nttatc marks of dusky. WiuL'. ;'>.-•'» ; tail, -j.SO ; Mil, 

 l.oO, llitb. Kastt'iii I'rovince I'liited States . . , var, carolinus. 



Forehead smoky-white ; beneath smuky-olive, mid<llo f>ralMlnnien ear- 

 mine-red ; crissinn with broad transverse bars ol" dnsky. Wini:. 4 DO ; 

 tail. 'JJIO; bill, l.OS. IldJ). C'entral America ; Venezuela . var. tricolor.'^ 

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

 to an ovoid vertical jyateh. Nape and Ibrehead ^'amboLre-yellow ; white of 

 rump and upper tail-eovert.«; innnaeulate. Female without any red on the 

 crown. 



Inner webs of middle tail-leathers unvariej^^ated black. Lower parts 

 dirty ashy-whitish, abdomen dilute punbo<je-yellt»w. \Vin^% ').*J0 ; tail, 

 3.60; bill, l.oO. Ilah. Eastern Mexico, north to the Hio Grande. 



var. a u r ifr ons. 

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

 smoky-olive, belly bright oranire-yellow. Wiiiir. 4.70; tail, 2.80; bill, 



Ll(). //(//'. Costa liica var. It of/in anni.* 



C. uropygialis. Middle of the l)elly yellowish. Nape and forehead soil 

 smoky LTrayish-ltrown. Femrth w'whoni red or yellow on head. White of 

 rump and upj)er tail-coverts with transverse dusky bars, Imier webs of 

 middle tail-featliers .spotted with white, \Vin<r, 5..30 ; tail, 3.70; bill, Loo. 

 JIab. Western Mexico, nortii into Colorado, region of Middle Province of 

 United Stated. 



Centurus carolinus, Biixap. 



BED-BELLIED WOODFECKEB. 



Piciis carolinus, Linn. Sy.st, Nat. I, 17t'>«>, 174. —Wilson, Am. Om. I, 1808, 113, pi. vii, 

 f. 2, — Ari). Oni. Biog. V, 1839, 169, \A. ccccxv. — Ib. Hinls Amor. IV, 1842, 270, 

 pi. cclxx. — Max. Cab. .Tour. 18r»8, 418. — Sundfa'ai.i,, Consp. r.3. fynfuruscarolinujt, 

 Sw. 1')!'. List, 1838. — 1 1!. Conspintus, Av. 1850, 119. — Baiud, Birds N. Am. 109. — 

 (Ai!. Jour. lJ>ti2, 324. — Dkkssku, U»is, ISt)'), 469 (n-sident in Texas). — Scl. Cat. 

 1862, 342, — Cray, <-'at, 99, — Allen, B. E, Fla. 306, Centurus caroUnaisis, Sw. 

 Birds, H, 1837, 310 Wnov). ri<-as arisrus, ViKiLL. Ois. An>. Si'pt. U, 1807, 52, pi. 

 cxvi. f Picus rrftthraurlhvi. Waoi,i:k, Syst. AWum, 1827. Picu^ zrbra, Boi)D.ekt, 

 Tabl. pi. cnl. ((Jray, gcut-ra). 



pp. Char. Third, fourth, and fifth rpiill.^ nearly equal, and longest; second, or outer- 

 most, and seventh aV)ont erpial. Top of the head and nape crimson-red. Forehead whitish, 

 stronglv 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 (iiint wash of yellowish on 

 the belly. Back, nnnp, and wing-coverts banded black and white ; npper 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 cnroJinus, var. tricolor. Pirus tricolor, Waol. Lsis, 1829, 512. Centurus tri. ScL. 

 Catal. Am. B. 18(52, 343. C. suhrlr,f,r„s, S( l. P. Z. S. 1855, 162 ; 1856, 143. 



2 Crnfurus auri/runs, var. hoffnmnni. Centurus hoffmanni, Caijanis, Joum. Sept. 1862, 322 

 (Costa Rica). 



