MELANERPES. 291 



south to Costa Eica, north to Jalapa, Cordoba, Tehuante- 

 pec, etc. 



M. formicivorus (Swains.). Striped-breasted Woodpecker.^ 

 e^. Greater part of chest uniform glossy black, the white streaks 

 being confined to posterior half, or less ; length about 

 8.50-9.50, wing 5.30-6.00 (5.61), tail 3.00-4.00 (3.64), cul- 

 men 1.00-1.40 (1.16). Eggs .91 X -71. Hab. Central, 

 northern, and western Mexico and contiguous border of 

 United States, from western Texas to California, and north 

 along Pacific coast to British Columbia; south, through 

 western Mexico, to Jalisco (Tonila) and Sierra Nevada of 

 Colima (?) ; northern Lower California 407. M. formi- 

 civorus bairdi Eidgw. Californian Woodpecker. 

 (P. "Width of white or yellow frontal band and black crown band in 

 female together decidedly less than width (longitudinally) of 

 red occipital patch ; white or yellow frontal band less than .30 

 wide ; Mnng averaging decidedly less than 5.50. 



Greater part of chest streaked with white ; throat usually 

 decidedly brighter sulphur-yellow than in other forms ; 

 length about 8.25-9.00, wing 5.20-5.55 (5.38), tail 3.30-3.50 

 (3.37), culmen 1.15-1.25 (1.20). Hah. Southern portion of 

 Lower California.... 407rt. M. formicivorus angustifrons 

 Baird. Narrow-fronted Woodpecker. 

 1?. Lower parts chiefly pinkish red (in adult) or grayish (in young), rump and 

 upper tail-coverts glossy blackish ; plumage of lower parts harsh, hair- 

 like ; wing more than 6.00. (Subgenus Asyndesmus Coues.) 



Adult (sexes alike) : Upper parts, lower tail-coverts, and thighs uni- 

 form dark metallic greenish, or greenish black ; fore-part of head, 

 including cheeks, dark crimson ; chest and collar round hind-neck 

 light hoary grayish ; breast, belly, sides, and flanks pinkish red, 

 lighter anteriorly. Young : No red on head, which is dull blackish 

 above and on cheeks, and dusky grayish on throat; chest dirty 

 light grayish ; sides dusky ; belly dull reddish. Length 10.50-11.50, 

 wing 6.50-6.80, tail 4.40^.70. Eggs 1.08 X .79. Hab. Western 

 United States, east to Black Hills and Eocky Mountains. 



408. M. torquatus (Wilson). Lewis's Woodpecker. 



a''. Back, scapulars, and wings barred with white. (Subgenus Centiirus Swainson.) 



¥. Sides distinctly barred with blackish ; lesser wing-coverts not varied with 



white. Hab. Central America, north to southern Mexico, south to 



Veragua. 



M. pucherani (Malh.). Pucheran's Woodpecker.'* 

 b^. Sides without bars ; lesser wing-coverts varied with white. 



1 Picus formicivorus SwAiNS., Philos. Mag. i. 1827, 439. Melanerpes formicivorua Bonap., P. Z. S. 1837, 

 109. 



2 Zehrapicus pucherani Malh., Rev. Zool. 1849, 542; Mon. Pic. ii. 1862, 227, pi. 10.3, figs. 1, 2. 



