Two new woodpeckers from the Isle of Pines, West Indies

Vol. XXIII, ^pp. 173-174 December 29, l9IO

PROCEEDINGS

OFTHE

BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON

TWO NEW WOODPECKERS FROM THE ^{ISLE OF} PINES,

WEST ^INDIES.

OUTRAM

^BxlNGS.

When

ⁱⁿ 1905

(American

Naturalist, Vol.

XXXIX, ^No.

460, pp.

179-215) Mr. W.

^R.

_Zappey and

I published

an

account of the birdsof theIsle of Pines, based mostly

upon

^a

collection

made

there the previous year

by him, we were aware

that the red-bellied

woodpecker

^{ofthe island}

was

not _{quite the}

same

as that of

Cuba;

^but

on

account of lack of material for comparison,

we

did not note

any

differences in the green

wood-

pecker.

Since then the bringing togetber ^of large ^{series of} skins has

shown

that both the

woodpeckers

^of the island are well differ- entiated subspecies;

and Mr. Ridgway

has urged

me

^{to describe}

them

in time ^to appear ^{in tbe}

forthcoming

part ^of his great work, generously refusing ^to do so himself.

They may

^be

known

l)y tbe following sbort diagnoses:

Centurus superciliaris

murceus

subsp. nov.

Type from SanJuan, ^{Is^leof Piue.s} (near Cuba), ^adult cJ*, No. _13,2()0.

Bangs^coll.

Now

ⁱⁿ

Museum

^of Comparative Zoology. Collected _I\lay 2, 1H04, by ^{\V. R.}Zappey.

Characters.

—

Similar to C.aiiiicrcillarli^sitperriliarlti

(Temm.

)ofCuba, Imt decidedly smaller; mider _parts

much

paler and _decidedly less yellowish.

Measttre77wnts.—Type, adult ^d". ^Ving, 138; tail, 94.5; tarsus, :;;>;

culmen, ^;U>. Adult $,No. 13,2();5. Wing, V.VJJi; tail, l»i); tarsus, 24;

culmen, ^35.

Xiphidiopicus percussus insulse=pinorum subsp. nov.

Tupe from Santa ^{Fe, Isle of} Pines (near Cuba), ^adult c?. No. _13,480, Bangs ^coll.

Now

ⁱⁿ

Museum

of Comparative Zoology. Collected April 18, 1904, by

W.

R. Zappey.

41—Proc.Bioi,. Soc. Wash., Vol. XXIII,1910. (173)

174

Bangs — _{Two New}

Woodpeckers from ^the

Me

ofFines.

Charncters.

—

SimilartoX. _{percussus percussits (Temni.) of Cn])a,} but

sixiftiler; coloration paler, especialjj^ l)elow; under _parts more _narrowly andlessdistinctlystreaked, the streaks ^less blackish,more grayish; red Oi foreneck more restricted; auricular _{stripe lighter} gray and rather narrower.

Measurements.

—

_Type,adultij*. Wing, 105; tail, 78.5; tarsus, 22; cul-

men, ^2:1.5. Adult 9, No. 13,479. Wing, ^10(i; tail, 84.5; tarsus. 20.5;

culmen, ^21.