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‘Jalapa (de Oca*), Cofre de Perote (MZ. Trujillo), Sierra Madre de Colima (W. B. 
Richardson), Oaxaca (Boucard*), Tonaguia (JZ. Trujillo), Sierra Madre del Sur, 
Omilteme, Amula (Mrs. H. H. Smith); Guatemata, El Rincon in San Marcos, 
Santa Maria near Quezaltenango, Cuipache, Toliman (W. B. Richardson), Chilasco, 
San Geronimo, Duefias, Volcan de Fuego (0. S. & F. D. G.); Honpuras, Siqua- 
tepeque (G. C. Taylor’); Nicaracua, Matagalpa, San Rafael del Norte (W. B. 
Richardson); Costa Rica, Desengafio (Hoffmann 18), Candelaria Mts. (v. Frantzius?°), 
San José (Carmiol, Cherrie '°), Volcan de Irazu (Arcé, Rogers, Boucard 1°, Zeledon "*), 
Navarro (Boucard 8), Cervantes (Carmiol®), Birris (Zeledon 9 14) ; Panama, Volcan 
de Chiriqui (Arcé ™). 
This dark form of D. harrist occurs in the valley of Mexico and the surrounding hills, 
even ascending to a height of 10,000 to 12,000 feet above the sea on the slopes of 
Popocatepetl. It is also found on the Cofre de Perote and the Alpine region generally 
of the State of Vera Cruz, on the Sierra Madre del Sur, and the highlands of the State 
of Oaxaca. Southward of Mexico it spreads over the mountains of Guatemala, 
Honduras, and Costa Rica, the Volcano of Chiriqui being its most southern domicile. 
It appears to be everywhere a highland bird, doubtless keeping to the upland pine- 
and oak-forests wherever they are found. 
There is a considerable amount of difference between individuals as regards the sooty 
colour of the under plumage. The darkest we have are from the Volcan de Santa 
Maria and its neighbourhood, in the Guatemalan department of Quezaltenango, but a 
specimen from Tonaguia, Oaxaca, is nearly as dark. 
The iris in life is reddish hazel, the tarsi and toes greenish slate. 
8. Dendrocopus stricklandi. 
Picus stricklandi, Malh. Rev. Zool. 1845, p. 373’; Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 367°; Salv. Cat. Strickl. 
Coll. p. 387°. 
_ Threnopipo stricklandi, Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. Heft 2, p. 71°. 
Dendrocopus stricklandi, Hargitt, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 243°. 
Dryobates stricklandi, Stone, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1890, p. 214°. 
Picus cancellatus, Scl. (nec Wagl.) P. Z. 8. 1856, p. 3087. 
Fuliginoso-niger, nucha coccinea, dorso medio toto albo late transfasciato, stria postoculari, altera infra oculos 
ad nucham extendente albis: subtus albidus undique nigricante striatus, striis pectoris latioribus ; 
remigibus externis in pogonio externo et alis subtus fere omnino albo maculatis; caude rectricibus 
externis albis, nigro distincte bifasciatis ; rostro nigro ; pedibus nigricanti-plumbeis. Long. tota circa 7:4, 
ale 4°7, caude 3-9, rostri a rictu 1:0, tarsi 0°75, dig. med. absque ungue 0°5, dig. ext. 0-56. 
@ mari similis, plaga nuchali coccinea absente. (Descr. maris et femine ex Rio Frio Ixtaccihuatl, Mexico. 
Mus. nostr.) 
Hab. Mexico! (T. Mann*), Tetelco in the Valley of Mexico, Las Vigas, San Miguel 
Molino (Ferrari-Perez), San Andres, Suapam (Sallé"), Jalapa® (de Oca”), Cofre de 
Perote (IM. Trujillo), base of the Volcan de Orizaba (Baker °), Rio Frio Ixtaccihuatl 
(W. B. Richardson). 
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