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but these indicate among other points that the skull of tlie chuck- 

 will's-widow differs from any others seen in the considerable back- 

 ward extension of the transpalatine processes. Dr. H. C. Ober- 

 holser, in his consideration of some of these matters,^ through an 

 error in identification has figured a skull of Nyctidromus as that of 

 the chuck-will's-widow. 



Family TROCHILIDAE 



ARCHILOCHUS COLUBRIS (Linnaeus): Raby-throated Hnmraingbird 



Two taken, both males, come from South Mills, April 19, and 9 

 miles southwest of Murphy, June 14. 



Family PICIDAE 



COLAPTES AURATUS AURATUS (Linnaens) : Southern Flicker 



This race is represented by four specimens, as follows: Gliden, 

 April 26, female (wing 148.6 mm.) ; Clinton, May 4, female (wing 

 142.5 mm.) ; Southport, May 18, male (wing 145.6 mm.) ; and finally 

 a male collected near Bethel, November 1 (wing 147.4 mm.). These 

 bear out the current supposition that autxitus is the breeding form 

 of the eastern part of North Carolina. It will be noted from the 

 bird from Gliden, Chowan County, that this race ranges north into 

 the extreme northeastern section of the State. 



COLAPTES AURATUS LUTEUS Bangs: Northern Flicker 



The flicker population breeding in the extreme western area of 

 North Carolina is to be referred to the northern form, though there 

 is indication of some mixture of southern blood in the extreme south- 

 west. A male taken on June 12 at 1,450 feet elevation 8 miles south- 

 west of Murphy has the wing 151 mm., being thus on the actual 

 borderline between the two geographic races under consideration. I 

 have called it luteus. A female shot on June 7 at 3,100 feet on 

 Pack Mountain 14 miles southwest of Murphy measures 153.5 mm., 

 being thus a little larger. Two from Clay County show the same 

 mixture, as a female taken June 29 at 3,700 feet 12 miles east of 

 Hayesville measures 158 mm., while a male from 3,500 feet secured on 

 June 27 is only 149.5 mm. In this latter bird, however, the wing 

 is considerably worn, with the tips of the primaries much broken, 

 so that it is considered luteus. An immature male not quite grown 

 was taken here on June 28. Four from 4,800 feet elevation on Elk 

 Knob, 7 miles north of Boone, are luteus^ the wing in two males 

 beino; 151.9 and 154.7 mm. and in two females 152.5 mm. 



U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 80, 1914, p. 6, pi. 2, fig. 1. 



