554 NORTH AMEIilCAN BIRDS. 



C. oarolinuB. Middle ol' lully reddish ; wliol(< crown mid iiapo red in male. 

 Nupe, "uly, red in H'liialc. 



Fori'liead rcddi.sli ; lienuatli soiled asliy-wliite ; alidoincn pinkish-red; 

 crissnni with .sa};iUat(! marks of dusky. Wiiifr, ■).2r) ; tail, .'i..S|( ; l)ill, 

 1.30. Hub. Enstein I'rovineo United (Elates . . . vaf. rtirolinus. 



Forehead smoky-while; benealli sninky-cilive, middle of ahdomen rar- 

 mino-red ; crissum with liroad transverse hai's of dusky. Wing, •l..'JO ; 

 tail. 'i.OO; bill, l.OS. Huh, Central Ameriea; Venezuela . var. tricolor.^ 

 C. aurifrons. Middle of l)elly yellowish ; red of erown, in male, eonliiied 

 to an ovoid vertical pateli. Nape and forehead ;,'aiulio}re-yellow ; white of 

 rump and upjier tail-eoverts imiinieulale. Fcmuk without any red on llio 

 crown. 



Iimer webs of middle tail-H'athers nnvariei;;ated black. Lower parts 

 dirty ashy-whitish, abdomen dilute !,'ambo<r(!-yellow. Wilier. ").-0 ; tail, 

 3.G0 ; bill, 1.50. Ilah. Eastern Mexico, north to the Hio (irando. 



var. (( (( r ifrons. 

 Inner wnbs of middle tail-feathers .spotted with white. Lower parts 

 smoky-olive, belly brie;lit oranue-yellow. Winj;. 4.70; tail, 'J.HO; bill, 



l.Ki. Ilah. Co.sta liica \i\r. hoj'fmanni? 



C. uropygialis. Middle of the belly yellowish. Nape and forehead soil 

 smoky L;rayish-lirown. Fcmiih: without red or yellow on head. White of 

 rump and upper tail-coverts with transverse dusky biu-s. Inner webs of 

 middle tail-feathers spotted with white. Winj;, 5.30; tail, 3.70; bill, 1.3.'). 

 Ilab. Western Jlcxico, north into Colorado, region of Middle Province of 

 United States. 



Centurus carolinus, Eoxap. 



BED-BELLIED WOODFECKEB. 



rici's cro-nUi'us, blNN. Syst. Nat. I, 17ti(>, 174. — Wll.sos', Am. Orn. I, 1808, 113, pi. vii, 

 f. 2. -Ari). Orn. IJinj,'. V, It^Jii', Hi'.), pi. eeiTXV. — I It. Hird.s Amcr. IV, 1842, 270, 

 pi. cclxx. —Max. Cab. .Teur. IS^S, 418. — Suxdkv.vi.I., Coiisp. .^3. ('fii/iiniscnn)liiui.% 

 Sw. Br. List, 1838. — In. Coiisp.'ctiis, Av. 18.''.0, Hi). — H.uim, IHrds N. Am. 109. — 

 Caii. .Tour. 18()2, 324. — Diir.ssKU, Ibis, 18ti.O, 46!) (resident in Texas). — Sui,. Cat. 

 1862, 342. — CritAY, (/at. 9'.). — Ai.i.r.N, H. E. Fla. 30t). Ccnlunis carolincmis, Sw. 

 I'.irds, [[, 1837, 310 (<'n-or). Vims ;/ri.ini.% ViKlu,. Ois. Am. Sept. U, 1807, .'')2, ])1. 

 exvi. / I'icii.i n-iilliraiiclh'ii, ^X.\v.i,K\i, Syst. Avium, 1827. I'icus zrhni, 15o|)I)^:kt, 

 Talil. lib fill. ((!rav, j;i'ucia>. 



Sp. Char. Third, fourth, and fifth quills ne.arly equal, and longest; second, or enter- 

 most, and seventh about ecpial. Top of the head and nape crimson-red. Forche.ad whitish, 

 .stromrly tin.'z'eil with li.irht hmI. a shade of which is .also seen on the cheek, still stronrrcr on 

 the middle of the lielly. T'nder jtarts brownish-white, with a (liint wa-sh of yellowish on 

 the belly. Back, rumi), and wimr-eoverts banded black and white ; upper tail-covert white, 

 with occasional lilolches. Tail-feathers black ; first, transversely banded with while; sec- 

 ond less so ; all the rest with whitish tips. Inner feathers Ijanded with white on the 



1 Centurus caroJinnx, var. Mcnlnr. Pii-iis Irienhr, Waoi,. Isis, 1829, 512. Oenfuru.i tn. ScL. 

 Catal. Am. B. 1802, 343. ('. niilirh-ijinin, Scl-. P. Z. .S. 18,"),''., I(i2 ; 18r)(), 143. 



2 ri'titiirus aurifruns, var. Iioffinauiii. Ccnlurus hoffinaiiiii, Caiianis, Journ. Sept. 1862, 322 

 (Costa Kica). 



