292 NORTH AMERICAN XIRDS. 



c 1 . A blackish patch above or surrounding eye, or else (in female of M. 

 hypopolius) entire occiput and hind-neck smoky brownish gray. 

 d 1 . Hind-neck red or yellow ; middle of belly red or yellow. 

 e 1 . Middle of belly yellow. 



Adult male : Crown and occiput bright red, the hind-neck 

 rich orange or yellow; orbits surrounded with black, 

 broader above and behind the eye ; rest of head smoky 

 grayish, more or less tinged anteriorly with bright 

 yellow. Adult female : Similar to the male, but red of 

 crown and occiput replaced by grayish, sometimes mixed 

 with black posteriorly. Wing 4.50-4.90, tail 3.10-3.60, 

 culmen .95-1.10. Sab. Southern and western Mexico, 

 from Puebla north to Mazatlan. 



M. elegans (Swains.). Elegant Woodpecker. 1 

 e 1 . Middle of belly red. 



f 1 . Larger (wing 5.50 or more) ; plumage much tinged or 

 stained, above and below, with ochraceous-yellow. 

 Sab. Cuba. 



M. superciliaris (Temm.). Superciliary Woodpecker. 5 

 P- Smaller (wing less than 5.50) ; plumage not distinctly 

 stained with ochraceous-yellow. 

 g 1 . Darker, the forehead dull white or pale smoky gray- 

 ish or brownish, the nasal tufts only partly red- 

 dish or yellowish, the white bars of back, etc., 

 stained with pale brownish. Sab. Abaco Island, 

 Bahamas. 



M. blakei Kidgw. Blake's Woodpecker. 3 



g*. Paler, the forehead pure white, the nasal tufts wholly 



bright red, white bars of back, etc., very slightly 



if at all tinged with brownish, lower parts paler, 



etc. Sab. Watling Island, Bahamas. 



M. nyeanus Eidqw. Nye's Woodpecker. 4 

 d 1 . Hjnd-neck soft smoky brownish gray ; middle of belly whitish. 



Adult male with a patch of red on crown and a tinge of red 

 on cheeks ; adult female without red on crown, and with 

 red on cheeks more distinct. Sab. Southern Mexico (Pu- 

 ebla, etc.). 



M. hypopolius (Waol.). Gray-breasted Woodpecker. 5 

 c 2 . No black over or around eye. 

 d 1 . Middle of belly red. 



1 Picus elegans SwAINS., Philoa. Mag. i. 182?, 439. Centurus elegans Gray, Gen. B. ii. 1849, 442. 



2 Picus superciliaris Temm., PI. Col. livr. 73, 1827, pi. 433. Centurus superciliaris Bonap., Consp. i. 1850, 

 118. 



3 Centurus blakei RiDGW., Auk, iii. July, 1886, 337. 



* Centurus nyeanus Ridsw., Auk, iii. July, 1886, 336. 



5 Picus hypopolius Wagl., Isis, 1829, 514. Centurus hypopolius Lioht., Nomenel. 1 854, 76. 



