SPECIES DESCRIBED SINCE l88o. 
nape, white ; a black stripe from the eye, passing through the 
cheeks, over the nape, and joining the black of the back ; a scarlet 
crescent around the base of the skull, joining the white superciliary 
stripe ; under parts ashy, with the sides mottled and striped with 
black ; two outer tail-feathers white, edged and tipped with pale 
brown ; third black, with a patch of pale brown upon the outer 
web ; the others black. 
Female. — The scarlet crescent wanting ; replaced by white. 
Length, 7.25 ; wing, 4.20; tail, 3; tarsus, .70; bill, 1. 
Habitat. Northern Bahama Islands. 
This form differs from D. villosus in the greater extent of 
white in front of the eye, the black streaks on the sides of the 
breast, and black shaft lines on the white feathers of the back. 
CENTURUS N YE ANUS. Ridgiv. 
Nye’s Woodpecker. 
Centurus nyeanus. Ridgway, Auk, III., p. 336 (1886); Cory, 
Birds of the West Indies, p. 295 (1889). 
“Similar to C. superciliaris of Cuba, but much smaller; the 
white bars of upper parts and gray of lower parts almost entirely 
devoid of yellow tinge ; red of belly and black superciliary spot 
more restricted, and outer webs of middle tail-feathers without 
spots.” — Ridg., 1 . c. 
Habitat. Watling’s Island, Bahamas. 
