92 Cabot's Birds of Yucatan. 
fourth longest. Color. Whole top of head and neck bright 
vermilion. A white band, one fourth of an inch wide, crosses 
the forehead. Spot of bright vermilion at the base of the 
bill, above the nostrils. Back, wing coverts and secondaries, 
black, crossed with about thirty transverse, white bands 
Upper tail coverts white. Lower tail coverts black and 
white, in wavy lines. Tail feathers black, except the two 
outer ones, which are tipped and spotted on the outer edge 
with dull white. Cheeks, line over the eyes, chin, breast and 
flanks, light cinereous ; almost white on the chin, darker of 
the breast and the sides of the neck. Abdomen light vermil- 
ion. Bill horn-black. Legs slate color. Iris reddish. 
PICUS PARVUS. Capsor. 
I saw only one specimen of this bird, from which this de- 
scription is taken. It was procured early in December, 1841, 
in the neighborhood of Ticul, Yucatan. | 
Male. Length 6:1inches. Bill £ ofan inch. Tarsus 5,9 of 
an inch. Tail 2} Mehes: consisting of ten feathers. Color. 
Crown, red, with a light spot near the quill of each red feather. 
Back, wing coverts, secondaries and primaries, black, barred 
with white. Cheeks black, with a white stripe from the base 
of the bill to the ear. White line over the eye. Chin, throat 
and breast, white; breast marked with black spots. Vent 
and under tail Eu white, banded with black. Upper tail 
coverts black. Two outer tail feathers barred with black and 
white. White marks on the outer edge of the third feather; 
rest of the tail black. Legs bluish black. Bill horn-colored. 
Tris hazel. First primary shortest, second, longest: 
PICUS YUCATANENSIS. Casor, 
I saw only two of these birds, and procured this one "- 
men in March, 1842, on the road from Chemax to Yalahao. 
` Male. Length 8{ inches. Bill one inch along gape, } z along 
ridge - Tail 3 inches, of ten feathers. Tarsus ; of an i 
