MELANEEPES, 415 



5 mari similis, sed pileo medio vitta arcuata nigra transfasciato, colore codcineo hullo. (Descr. maris et 

 feminae exempl. typ. ex Bugaba, Panama. Mus. nostr.) 



Hab. Panama, Bugaba {Arce ^). 



This pretty species is only known to us from the few specimens obtained by our 

 collector Arce in the district of Chiriqui, State of Panama. Its nearest ally appears to 

 be the Brazilian M. flavifrons, from which it may readily be distinguished by the wider 

 black band behind the eye and by the lores being entirely yellow instead of black. 

 Moreover, in the present bird the throat is a dingy, not a clear, yellow, and the red is 

 confined to the lower belly instead of being spread over the whole of the middle of the 

 abdomen. 



7. Dor mm nigrum, albo regulariter transfasciatum. 



a. Abdomen totum nigro transfasciatum. 

 3. Melanerpes pucherani. 



Zebrapicus pvcherani, Malh. Rev. Zool. 1849, p. 543' ; Mon. Pic. ii. p. 227, t 103. figg. 1-3 ^ 



Centurus pucherani, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 120' ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 229*; Moore, P. Z. S. 1859, 

 p. 60"; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 136°; 1860, p. 43"; P. Z. S. 1864, p. 367'; 1867, 

 p. 280'; 1870, p. 837"; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 299"; viii. p. 184"; Salv. Ibis, 

 1872, p. 320 '' ; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 49 " •, Sumichrast, La Nat. v. p. 240 " ; Ridgw. 

 Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. x. pp. 583 '°, 591 ". 



Tripsurus pucherani, Salvad. Atti E,. Ace. Sc. Tor. 1868, p. 183 '^ 



Melanerpes pucherani. Nutting, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. vi. p. 406"; Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. Costa 

 Rica, 1887, p. 124" ; Hargitt, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xviii. p. 164''. 



Zebrapicus gerinii, Malh. Mon. Pic. ii. p. 231 ". 



Centurus gerinii, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 131 =" ; v. Frantz. J. f. Orn. 1869, p. 364". 



Supra niger, dorso medio albo transfasciato, uiopygio et tectricibus supracaudalibus albis ; alia nigris, sparsim 

 albo maculatis ; pileo toto et nucha coccineis, fronte albida aurantio tincta ; capitis lateribus albis, macula 

 postoculari alba: subtus fuscus, gula albicante, pectore immaculato, abdomine toto nigro transfasciato, ventre 

 medio coccineo ; canda nigra, rectricibus mediis unicoloribus (interdum in pogonio interno albo ad basin 

 fasciatis), rectricibus subexternis obsolete fasciatis ; rostro nigricante, pedibus plumbeis. Long, tota 

 circa 7-5, alse 4-5, caudse 2-4, rostri a rictu 1-2, tarsi 0-8, dig. med. absque ungue 0-7, dig. est. 0-65. 



5 mari similis, sed pileo medio albido postice nigro marginato ; nucha tantum coccineo. (Descr. maris et 

 feminse ex La libertad, Chontales, Nicaragua.' Mus. nostr.) 



Eah. Mexico, Orizaba * {Mus. Brit), Santecomapam {SalU% Uvero {Sumichrast ^^) ; 

 Bkitish Honduras {Blancaneaux) ; Guatemala, Cohan ^ Choctum, Chisec, Yzabal ^ 

 {0. S.&F.D G.); Honduras, Omoa {Leyland^), San Pedro {G. M. Whitely^% 

 TruxUlo^^ E. Segovia" (JbwwsewtZ); Nicaragua, Blewfields {Wickham^), Los 

 Sabalos {NuUing ^% Chontales {Belf^^}, La Libertad, Eama ( W. B. Richardson), Rio 

 Escondido {Bichmond), Greytown {Holland ^^ Richmond) ; Costa Eica {Durando ^^, 

 V. Frantzius^% Rio Frio {Richmond), San Jose {Carmiol^% San Carlos, Naranjo 

 {Boucard^% Turrialba (^rce), Cartage, Jimenez, Rancho Redondo, Talamanca 

 {Zeledon^^); Panama, Lion Hill (if'ieaK««'n^ ")•— Colombia 221 ; W. Ecuador 21 ; 

 Tobago ^. 



