BIEDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 1 6 



CENTURUS SDBELEGANS WAGLERI (Salvin and Godman). 



WAQLES'S WOODFECEER. 



Siinilar to 0. s. subelegans'^ but red of pileum more extensive, 

 never(?) interrupted on occiput, and white bars on back, etc., aver- 

 aging slightly broader. 



Adult male. — Forehead and anterior portion of superciliary region 

 dull brownish white, the latero-frontal antise more or less strongly 

 tinged with yellow; crown and occiput bright poppy red, changing 

 gradually to more orange-red on hindneck; back, scapulars, and 

 upper rump rather broadly barred with black and white or yellowish 

 white, the black bars slightly wider than the white ones; lower rump 

 and upper tail-coverts white, usually immaculate, rarely with a few 

 irregular narrow bars of blackish; tail black, the inner web of middle 

 rectrices very broadly barred or transversely spotted with white, the 

 outer web with transverse spots or a longitudinal streak of white; 

 wing-coverts and secondaries black, broadly barred with white, the 

 distal secondaries with the bars shortened into spots along the edge; 

 primaries black (the outer and longer ones fading into dull slaty 

 beyond their sinuated portion), spotted or otherwise marked basally 

 with white, and narrowly tipped or terminally margined with the 

 same; primary coverts and alulae black, the outermost feathers of the 

 latter edged or indented with white; sides of head (including broad 

 superciliary stripe), sides and fore part of neck and lower throat 

 light buflfy grayish, gradually fading into paler (but not approaching 

 white) on suborbital and malar regions, chin, and upper throat, 

 gradually deepening into light buffy ohve-grayish on chest, breast, 

 sides, and upper abdomen; lower abdomen (superficially) bright 

 poppy red; flanks and imder tail-coverts dull yellowish white or very 

 pale dingy yellowish broadly barred with black, the bars more or less 

 V-shaped, at least on longer under tail-coverts; under wing-coverts 

 white, irregularly barred with blackish; inner webs of remiges very 

 broadly barred or transversely spotted with white, the terminal half 

 or more of primaries uniform dark slate color; bill dull black, paler on 

 under side of mandible, at least basally; legs and feet grayish dusky 

 (greenish gray or bluish gray in life ?) ; length (skins), 153-185 (167) ; 

 wing, 105.5-119.5 (111.5); tail, 47.5-58 (52.8); cuhnen, 21.5-25.5 

 (23.7); tarsus, 18-20 (18.9); outer anterior toe, 15.5-18.5 (16.9).» 



Adult female. — Similar to the adult male, but crown and occiput 

 light buffy gray or hair brown, and red of hindneck paler and duller 

 (usually more orange red); length (skins), 147-175 (151); wing, 



a See page 52. b Twenty specimens. 



