92 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM, 



CENTURUS HYPOPOLroS (Wagler). 



GRAY-BBEASTED WOODFECKEB. 



Adult male. — Forehead varying from dull white, more or less tinged 

 with paje smoke-gray, to pale drab or drab-gray; anterior and naiddle 

 portions of crown bright poppy red, this sometimes restricted to a cen- 

 tral spot; a rather ill-defined orbital ring of bluish black, broader 

 above eye, this sometimes inclosing a narrow line of white on lower eye- 

 hd and posterior portion of upper eyelid; lateral and posterior parts 

 of crown, occiput, hindneck, and sides of neck plain drab to deep 

 purpUsh drab or deep grayish hair brown, the auricular region similar 

 but rather paler, the lower portion more or less distinctly tinged with 

 red; chin, throat, chest, breast, abdomen, and sides plain drab-gray 

 (more or less deep) ; flanks, thighs, lower abdomen, anal region, and 

 under tail-coverts white (sometimes tinged with pale yellowish ante- 

 riorly) broken by broad V-shaped bars or marks of slate-blackish; 

 back and scapulars barred with black and whitish, the bars of the 

 latter rather narrower than the black ones and more or less tinged 

 with dull yellowish or pale drab; wing-coverts and secondaries black, 

 barred with white, the white bars broader on greater wing-coverts and 

 secondaries, especially that on tips of the latter; primaries black, 

 spotted or blotched subbasally (except on the foTir outermost) and 

 narrowly tipped with white; rump and upper tail-coverts white, 

 broken by more or less distinct mesial or central streaks or spots 

 (usually cuneate or sagittate) of black; tail black, the middle pair of 

 rectrices with basal half, or more, mostly white, transversely spotted 

 or otherwise variegated with black, the two lateral pairs margined 

 terminally and serrated along edge of outer web with white; bill 

 dusky, the maxilla more blackish, the mandible more horn colored; 

 iris brown; legs and feet dusky grayish (bluish gray in life?); length 

 (skins), 199-214 (207); wing, 116.5-131 (124.1); tail, 74-83.5 (80); 

 culmen, 23-26 (24.2) ; tarsus, 18-22 (20.5) ; outer anterior toe, 15-17.5 

 (16.6).» 



Adult female. — Similar to the adult male, but without any red on 

 crown; length (skins), 203-209 (206); wing, 118.5-125.5 (122.8); 

 tail, 80-86.5 (83.4); culmen, 23-25.5 (24); tarsus, 18.5-20.5 (19.4); 

 outer anterior toe, 14.5-16.5 (15.3).* 



Southern Mexico, in States of Puebla (Tehuacto; Tecuapdn; Hue- 

 huetfi,n; Chapulco; Izuc&r de Matamoras; Chietla; San Miguel 

 Molino; San Bart61o; Epatldn), Mexico (Valley of Mexico), Morelos 

 (Cuemavaca), Guerrero (Sierra Madre del Sur), and Oaxaca (Oaxaca 

 City; Cuicatlan). 



o Seven Bpecimens. 6 Four specimens. 



