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Brit. Mu9., xviii, 1890, 17, part (localities in w. United States; Chihuahua; 

 Durango).— Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, ii, 1895, 402, part 

 (Hermosillo, Sonora; Chupadero, San Jose, Concepcion, Chihuahua City, 

 and Temosachic, Chihuahua; Ciudad Durango, Durango). 



Colaptes "mexicanus" Allen, Proc. Boat. Soc. N. H., xvii, 1874, 63 (Great Porcu- 

 pine Creek, Fort Rice, Yellowstone R., Musselshell R., etc., North Dakota 

 and Montana; crit.; includes hybrid series). 



[Colaptes] mexicanus Gray, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 202, no. 8830, part.— Sclater and 

 Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 101, part.— Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 

 198, part. 



C[olaptes] mexicanus Maximilian, Journ. f iir Orn., 1858, 421 (Fort Union).— Coues, 

 Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 493, part. 



Picus mexicanus Audubon, Orn. Biog., v, 1839, 174, pi. 416, fig. 5; Synopsis, 1839, 

 185; Birds Am., oct. ed., iv, 1842, 290, pi. 274.— Sundevall, Consp. Av. 

 Picin., 1866, 72, part. 



Picus (Colaptes) mexicanus Nuttall, Man. Orn. U. S. and Can., Water Birds, 

 1834, 603. 



Geopicus mexicanus Malherbe, Hon. Picid., ii, 1862, 262, part. 



Colaptes auratus, var. mexicanus Ridgway, Bull. Essex Inst., v, Nov., 1873, 185 

 (Colorado).— Henshaw, Rep. Orn. Spec. Wheeler's Surv., 48 (Utah), 67 

 (Platte R.). 



Colaptes auratus mexicanus Ridgway, Bull. Essex Inst., vi, Oct., 1874, 171 (Sac- 

 ramento, California); vii, 1875, 13 (Carson, Nevada), 19 (West Humboldt 

 Mts., Nevada), 21 (Ruby Mts., Nevada), 34 (Parleys Park, Utah); Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., iii, 1880, 7, 190, part; Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 3786, part.— 

 Mearns, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iv, 1879, 195 (Ft. Klamath, Oregon).— 

 Henshaw, Auk, iii, 1886, 79 (upper Pecos R., New Mexico). 



Colaptes auratus, var. mexicanus Ridgway, Bull. Essex Inst., vii, Jan., 1875, 38 

 (Nevada). 



[Colaptes auratus.] Var. mexicanus Jordan, Man. Vertebr. E. U. S., 4th ed., 

 1884, 105. 



Colaptes auratus, /?. mexicanus Ridgway, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iii, April, 1878, 

 67 (Calaveras Co., California).— Belding, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 1879, 430 

 (Marysville, Stockton, etc., California). 



Colaptes ruhricatus (not Picus rubicatus Wagler) Bonaparte, Geog. and Comp. 

 List, 1838, 40.— BoLLE, Journ. fiir Orn., 1858, 319, part (habits). 



Colaptes cafer (not Picm cafer Gmelin) American Ornithologists' Union, Check 

 List, 1886 (and 2d ed., 1895), no. 413, part (mostly).— Scott, Auk, iii, 1886, 428 

 (Santa CatalinaMts., Arizona, mostly above 6,000 ft.).— Lloyd, Auk, iv, 1887, 

 191 (Tom Green, Concho, and Uvalde counties, w. Texas, in winter). — 

 Cooke, Bird Migr. Miss. Val., 1888, 134 (Manhattan, Kansas; Caddo, Okla- 

 homa; San Angelo, Texas; in winter).— Beckham, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 x, 1888, 665 (San Antonio, Texas).— Bryant (W. E.), Proc. Calif. Ac. Sci., 

 eer. 2, 1889, 287 (San Rafael, San Pedro Martir Mts., Lower California, 7,000- 

 10,000 ft.).— Hasbrouck, Auk, vi, 1889, 239 (Eastland Co., Texas, common).— 

 Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., iii, 1890, 139 (Ashcroft, int. Brit. Colum- 

 bia).— Fannin, Check List Birds Brit. Col., 1891, 29 (e. of Cascade range).— 

 Attwater, Auk, ix, 1892, 235 (San Antonio, Texas, in migration).— Singley, 

 Rep. Geol. Surv. Texas, 1894, 350 (Lee Co., Texas, rare winter visitant).— Ben- 

 dire, Life Hist. Birds N. Am., ii, 1895, 134, part.— Grinnell (J.), Auk, xv, 

 1898, 234 (Santa Catalina I., California).— Car y. Auk, xviii, 1901, 234 (Black 

 Hills, Wyoming). 



Colaptes mexicanoides (not of Lafresnaye) Baird, in Rep. Stansbury's Expl. 

 Great Salt Lake, 1852, 333 (California).— Woodhouse, in Rep. Sitgreaves' 

 Expl. Zuni and Col. R., 1853, 91 (Rio Grande, Texas). 



