BIRDS Oi? NOETH AJKt) MmULE AMEMCA. 185 



[Chloronerpes] percussus Bonaparte, Oonsp. Av., i, 1850, 118. — Gkay, Hand- 

 list, ii, 1870, 199, no. 8786.— Gundlach, Joum. Mr Om., 1861, 334. 



Chloronerpes percussus Reichenbach, Handb. Scansores, Picinse, 1854, 407, 

 pi. 662, figs. 4398, 4399.— Gundlach, Joum. fur Om., 1856, 102 (habits); 

 1874, 151 (habits); Repert. Pisico-Nat. Cuba, i, 1866, 294; Contr. Om. Cuba, 

 1876, 115, 273.— Bheweb, Proc. Bos. Soc. N. H., vii, 1860, 307.— Gray, 

 List Birds Brit. Mus., Picidse, 1868, 107. 



Xiphidiopims percussus Sclatek, Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 339. — Coht, Auk, ui, 

 1886, 376; Birds West Ind., 1889, 171; Cat. West Ind. Birds, 1892, 12, 104, 

 128. — Hargitt, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xviii, 1890, 377. — Gundlach, Auk, 

 viil, 1891, 189, in text (near Cardenas, Cuba; descr. xanthochroic variety); 

 Om. Cubana, ed. 1895, 140.— Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., iv, 1892, 

 301 (near Trinidad, s. Cuba). — ^Menegaux, Rev. Fran?. d'Om., no. 2, 

 1909, 24 (Figuabas, e. Cuba). 



[Xiphidiopicus'] percussus Bonaparte, Ateneo Italiano, ii, 1854, 126 (Consp. 

 Volucr. Zygod., 1854, 11). — Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 

 100.— CoET, List Birds West Ind., 1885, 20.— Shaepe, Hand-list, ii, 1890, 223. 



X\iphidiopieus'\ percussus percussus Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xxiii, Dec. 

 29, 1910, 174, in text. 



Plicus] ruppeUii Waglee, Syst. Av., 1827, Picus, sp. 29; Isis, 1829, 509. 



XIPHIDIOPICUS PERCUSSUS INSUL.ffi-PINORUM Bangs. 



ISLE OF FINES GSEEIT WOOSPECEES. 



Similar to JC. p. percussus, but smaller; coloration averaging paler, 

 sspecially the under parts, which are more narrowly or less distinctly 

 streaked, the streaks less blackish (more grayish), red of foreneck 

 more restricted, and auricular stripe lighter gray, and rather 

 narrower. 



Adult male.— Length (skins), 195-210 (204.5); wing, 105-111 

 (108.8); tail, 76-81 (78.3); culmen, 23.5-27 (25.3); tarsus, 21-23 

 (21.9); outer anterior toe, 16.5-18.5 (17.6)." 



Adult female.— Length, (skins), 195-205 (201); wing, 106-109.5 

 (107.6); tail, 77-85.5 (81.8); cuhnen, 21-23.5 (21.8); tarsus, 20.5-21 

 (20.6); outer anterior toe, 15-16.5 (15.6)." 



Isle of Pines, near Cuba (Nueva Gerona; Santa F6; Jricaro; 

 Dallebonita). 



Xiphidiopicus percussus (not Picus percussus Temminck) Bangs and Zappet, 



Am. Nat., xxxix, 1905, 206 (Isle of Pines, Cuba). 

 Xiphidiopicus percussus insulss-pinorum Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xxiii, 



Dec. 29, 1910, 173 (Santa F6, lele of Pines; coll. Mus. Comp. Zool.). 



Genus VENILIORNIS Bonaparte. 



Dendrobates (not of Wagler, 1830) Swainson, Fauna Bor.-Am., ii, 1831, 300. 



(Type, Picus affinis Swainson.) 

 Veniliornis [genus] Bonaparte, Ateneo Italiano, ii, 1854, 125 (Consp. Volucr. 



Zygod., 1854, 10). (Type, as designated by Gray, 1855, Picus sanguineus 



Lichtenstein.) 

 Eleopicus [subgenus] Bonaparte, Ateneo Italiano, ii, 1854, 125 (Consp. Volucr. 



Zygod., 1854, 10). (Type, Pt'ctt* oZmniw Malherbe.) 



<• Four specimens. 



