292 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
ce. A blackish patch above or surrounding eye, or else (in female of Jf. 
hypopolius) entire occiput and hind-neck smoky brownish gray. 
d'. Hind-neck red or yellow; middle of belly red or yellow. 
é. Middle of belly yellow. 
Adult male: Crown and occiput bright red, the hind-neck 
rich orange or yellow; orbits surrounded with black, 
broader above and behind the eye; rest of head smoky 
grayish, more or less tinged anteriorly with bright 
yellow. Adult female: Similar to the male, but red of 
crown and occiput replaced by grayish, sometimes mixed 
with black posteriorly. Wing 4.50-4.90, tail 3.10-3.60, 
culmen .95-1.10. Hab. Southern and western Mexico, 
from Puebla north to Mazatlan. 
M. elegans (SwaIns.). Elegant Woodpecker.! 
e. Middle of belly red. 
f. Larger (wing 5.50 or more); plumage much tinged or 
stained, above and below, with ochraceous-yellow. 
Hab. Cuba. 
M. superciliaris (TzmM.). Superciliary Woodpecker.? 
7’. Smaller (wing less than 5.50); plumage not distinctly 
stained with ochraceous-yellow. 
g'. Darker, the forehead dull white or pale smoky gray- 
ish or brownish, the nasal tufts only partly red- 
dish or yellowish, the white bars of back, etc., 
stained with pale brownish. Had. Abaco Island, 
Bahamas. 
M. blakei Ripaw. Blake’s Woodpecker.’ 
g’. Paley, the forehead pure white, the nasal tufts wholly 
bright red, white bars of back, etc., very slightly 
if at all tinged with brownish, lower parts paler, 
etc. Hab. Watling Island, Bahamas. 
M. nyeanus Ripew., Nye’s Woodpecker.‘ 
d. Hind-neck soft smoky brownish gray; middle of belly whitish. 
Adult male with a patch of red on crown and a tinge of red 
on cheeks; adult female without red on crown, and with 
red on cheeks more distinct. Hab. Southern Mexico (Pu- 
ebla, etc.). 
M. hypopolius (WaGL.). Gray-breasted Woodpecker.é 
ce’. No black over or around eye. 
d'. Middle of belly red. 
1 Picus elegans Swatns., Philos. Mag. i. 1827, 439. Centurus elegans Gray, Gen. B. ii, 1849, 442. 
? Picus superciliaris Temm., Pl. Col. livr. 73, 1827, pl. 433. Centurus superciliaris Bonar., Consp. i. 1850, 
118. 
3 Centurua blaket Ripew., Auk, iii. July, 1886, 337. 
4 Centurus nyeanus Rinew., Auk, iii. July, 1886, 336. 
5 Picus hypopolius WaGt., Isis, 1829, 514. Centurus hypopoliue Licut., Nomencl. 1854, 76. 
