MELANERPES. 293 





 e 1 . Larger (wing 4.85 to more than 5.00) ; frontlet (nasal tufts) 



red. 



/ l . Middle tail-feathers varied with white ; red of crown in 

 male confluent with that of nasal tufts ; belly paler 

 red, or pinkish red. Adult male : Whole top of head 

 and hind-neck bright red. Adult female: Similar to 

 male, but crown ash-gray. Young : With colors much 

 duller than in adult, and all the markings less sharply 

 defined; the red of the head indistinct, that of the 

 belly often replaced by dull buffy. Length (fresh) 

 9.00-10.10, wing 4.85-5.50, tail 3.50-3.95, culmen 1.00- 

 1.20. Eggs .96 X .71. Hah. Eastern United States, 

 west to eastern base of Rocky Mountains, south to 

 Florida and central Texas ; rare or accidental east of 

 Hudson River. 



409. M. carolinus (LINN.). Ked-bellied Woodpecker. 

 /*. Middle tail-feathers entirely uniform black; white bars 

 of back, etc., very much narrower than black ones ; 

 red of crown in adult male separated from that of 

 nasal tufts by a white band ; middle of belly intense 

 red. 



g l . Rump and upper tail-coverts immaculate white; 

 lower parts paler. Hob. Yucatan. 



M. dubius (CABOT). Uxmal Woodpecker. 1 

 g*. Rump and upper tail-coverts more or less barred or 

 otherwise marked with black ; lower parts darker. 

 Hob. Cozumel Island, Yucatan. 



M. leei KIDGW. Lee's Woodpecker. 2 



e 1 . Smaller (wing less than 4.50) ; frontlet (nasal tufts) yellow. 

 (Otherwise similar in color to M. dubius, but middle 'tail- 

 feathers more or less varied with white toward base.) 

 f 1 . Larger and lighter colored, with less white on middle 

 tail-feathers ; wing 4.20-4.40. Hob. Yucatan. 



M. rubriventris (SWAINS.). Swainson's Woodpecker.* 

 f 2 . Smaller and darker, with more white on middle tail- 

 feathers ; wing 3.80-3.95. Hob. Cozumel Island, 

 Yucatan. 



M. pygmaeus EIDGW. Pygmy Woodpecker. 4 

 d 2 . Middle of belly yellow or (rarely) orange. 

 e 1 . Hind-neck yellow, orange, or orange-red. 



f 1 . Bars on back, etc., narrow, the white ones decidedly nar- 



1 Picus dubius CABOT, Jour. Boston Soc. v. 1845, 91. 



1 Centurus leei RIDGW., Descr. N. Sp. B. Cozumel, Feb. 26, 1885, 2. 



* Centurus rubriventris SWAINS., Anim. in Menag. 1838, 354. 



* Centurus rubriventris pygmteus RIDGW., Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. viii. Oct. 17, 1885, 576. 



