BIEDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMEEICA. 75 



P[icus] tricolor (not of GBaelin) Waglbe, Isie, 1829, 512 ("Mexico," i. e., Carta- 

 gena, Colombia; see Cabanis, Joum. filr Orn., 1862, 327). 



Centurus tricolor Cabanis, Joum. fUr Orn., 1862, 327, part (Cartagena, ColombiaJ 

 crit.). — ScLATBR and Salvin, Proc. Zool. See. Lond., 1864, 367 (Panama; 

 crit.).— Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1867, 157 (Santa F6 de Veragua and 

 Cordillera de Tol^, w. Panama); 1870, 213 (Calovevora, Castillo, and Cbitra, 

 w. Panama).— Cheerie, Expl. Zool. Merid. Costa Rica, 1893, 47 (Palmir, 

 Legarto, and Boruca, s. w. Costa Rica). — Bangs, Auk, xxiv, 1907, 287, in 

 text (Rio Grande de T6rraba, s. w. Costa Rica). 



[Centurus] tricolor Sclateb and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 100, part 

 (Panama). 



C[enturus] tricolor Ridgwat, Proc. IT. S. Nat. Mus., iv, 1881, 97, part (Veragua, 

 w. Panama). 



Melanerpes tricolor Haegitt, Oat. Birds Brit. Mus., xviii, 1891, 174, part (Veragua, 

 Panama, and Paraiso Station, Panama; "Central America"). 



[Centurus carolinus] var. tricolor Baibd, Beewee, and Ridgwat, Hist. N. Am. 

 Birds, ii, 1874, 554, part ("Central America"). 



Centurus subelegans (not of Bonaparte) Solateh, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1856, 143 

 (David, Chiriqui, w. Panama). 



Centurus rubriventris (not of Swainson) Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., vii, 1862, 

 299 (Lion Hill, Panama). 



(l)Centurus rubricapillus " Cabanis, Joum. fur Orn., x, Sept., 1862, 328, in 

 text (Baranquilla, Colombia; coll. Heine Mus.). 



Melanerpes wagleri Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, ii, sig. 52, 

 Jan., 1895, 416 (Lion HUl Station, Panama Railway; coll. Salvin and God- 

 man).— Bangs, Proc. New Engl. Zool. Club, ii, 1900, 18 (Lion Hill; crit.); 

 iii, 1902, 33 (Boquete, w. Panama, 4,000 ft.); Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xix, 

 1907, 107 (Pozo Azul de Pirris, s. w. Costa Rica); Auk, xxiv, 1907, 292 

 (Boruca, Paso Real, and Pozo del Rio Grande, Costa Rica). 



[Melanerpes] wagleri Shaepe, Hand-list, ii, 1900, 211, part (Panama). 



Melanerpes wagleri wagleri Thaybk and Bangs, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., xlvi, 

 1906, 216 (Sabana de Panama). — Carrikee, Ann. Carnegie Mus., vi, 1910, 

 587 (Costa Rica). 



Melanerpes subelegans wagleri Richmond, Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mus., xviii, Aug. 12, 

 1896, 668 (Chiriqui; Panama; coast of Colombia). 



Centurus wagleri Salvador! and Festa, Boll. Mus. Zool., etc., Torino, xiy, 

 1899, no. 339, 8 (Punta de Sabana, Panama). 



CENTURUS SEDUCTUS (Bangs). 

 SAN MIGUEL WOODPECKER. 



Similar to C. subelegans wagleri, but smaller, except bill, which is 

 relatively larger and stouter; white bars or spots on inner webs of 

 remiges narrower; postnasal feathers tinted with pale red instead 

 of yellowish, and general color of under parts more ochraceous or 

 vinaceous, sometimes tinged with red. 



Adult male.— Length, (skins), 161-179 (168); wing, 103-106 (104.2); 

 taU, 46-53 (49.1); culmen, 22-26.5 (25); tarsus, 18.5-19.5 (19.1); 

 outer anterior toe, 17-18 (17.5).^ 



It is important that the types be carefully examined, for the name has priority Over 

 both Melanerpes wagleri and C s. sanctse-rruirtx. 

 * Ten specimens. 



