TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Suborder Picabm!. Picarian Birds 1 



Key to the Superfamilies of Picaria 2 



SuPEBrAMiLY Pici. WooDPECKER8 and Wrynecks 2 



Key to the Families of Pici 4 



Family Picid^. The Woodpeckers 4 



Key to the Genera of Picidse 6 



Genus 1. Colaptes Vigors 12 



Key to the Species and Subspecies of Colaptes 13 



1. Colaptes auratus auratus (Linnaeus) 14 



2. Colaptes auratus luteus Bangs 18 



3. Colaptes auratus borealis Ridgway 20 



4. Colaptes auratus luteus X cafer coUaris 21 



5. Colaptes chrysocaulbsus chrysocaulosus Gundlach 23 



6. Colaptes chrysocaulosus gundlachi (Cory) 25 



7. Colaptes chrysoides chrysoides (Malherbe) 25 



8. Colaptes chrysoides brunnescens Anthony 27 



9. Colaptes chrysoides meamsi Ridgway 28 



10. Colaptes cafer cafer (Gmelin) 29 



11. Colaptes cafer coUaris (Vigors) 33 



12. Colaptes cafer saturatior (Ridgway) 36 



13. Colaptes cafer rufipileus (Ridgway) 37 



14. Colaptes mexicanoides Lafresnaye 37 



Genus 2. Nesoceleus Sclater and Salvin 39 



15. Nesoceleus femandinse (Vigors) 40 



Genus 3. Melanerpes Swainson 41 



Key to the Species of Melanerpes 42 



16. Melanerpes erythrocephalus (Linneeus) 42 



17. Melanerpes portoricensis (Daudin) 47 



Genus 4. Centurus Swainson 48 



Key to the Species and Subspecies of Centurus 50 



18. Centurus carolinus (Linnaeus) 55 



19. Centurus supercUiaris superciliaris (Temminck) 59 



20. Centurus superciliaris murceus Bangs 61 



21. Centurus blakei blakei Ridgway 61 



22. Centurus blakei bahamensis (Cory) 63 



23. Centurus nyeanus Ridgway 63 



24. Centurus caymanensis Cory 65 



25. Centurus dubius dubius (Cabot) 66 



26. Centurus dubius versecrucis (Nelson) ' 68 



27. Centurus dubius leei (Ridgway) 69 



28. Centurus dubius canescens (Salvin) 70 



29. Centurus rubriventris rubriventris Swainson 70 



30. Centurus rubriventris pygmaeus Ridgway 72 



31. Centurus subelegans wagleri (Salvia and Godman) 73 



32. Centurus seductus (Bangs) 75 



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