of the District of Montreal, B45 



P. pileatus. Cock of the woods. — Pileated Woodpecker. 

 Mylatomus pileatus. Baird ! 



v.s.p. Bill bluish black above, paler below ; legs and feet 

 bluish black ; irides (golden ?) hazel ; eggs 6, white. 



Dorsal aspect. Crown and crest crimson ; line round the eye 

 including the auriculars and meeting its fellow on the nape of 

 the neck below the crest, brownish black, and separated on the 

 side of the head from the crown by a narrow streak of white, 

 which commences over the eye and terminates above the auricu- 

 lars ; moustaches crimson ; a whitish Hne from the nostrils passes 

 between the moustaches and eye and auriculars, expands on the 

 side of the neck, and soon contracting descends to the shoulders 

 and is lost under the wings ; nape of neck, interscapulary region, 

 rump, scapulars, wing and tail coverts brownish black — in the 

 specimen before me, bronze ; primaries and secondaries brownish 

 black, with their basal halves cream white, and a tip of soiled 

 brownish white on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th primaries; tail black; 

 the white of the wings concealed by the great wing coverts. 



Ventral aspect. Chin white ; throat, breast, belly, vent, and 

 tail coverts brownish black ; the feathers on the belly tipped 

 with white ; wing coverts white ; wings half cream white and 

 half brownish black, 



1st primary very short; 2nd and Vth subequal; 4th longest; 

 3rd and oth subequal. Length from extremity of bill to extrem- 

 ity of tail 18j inches; alar expanse 27J inches. The moustaches 

 of the female and young bird are dusky. 



2nd Section. — TridactyJoe. 



P. tridactylus. Northern Three-toed Woodpecker, 

 Picoides arcticus. Baird ! 



Y.s.p. Bill, legs and feet bluish black ; irides deep hazel ; 

 eggs 4 to 5, white. 



Dorsal aspect. Crown of head rich golden yellow ; occiput, 

 nape of neck, interscapulary fegion, rump, wing and tail coverts 

 glossy black with blue and purple reflections; primaries and 

 secondaries black, the former and a few of the latter barred with 

 white; the lateral tail feathers and the distal halves of the 2nd 

 and 3rd white, usually much sullied ; the centre feathers black. 



Ventral aspect. A white line from the nostrils down the side 

 of the neck, followed by a black one from the angle of the mouth, 



