28 BtTLLETiK 50, UNITED STATES KATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Adult male.— Length, (skins), 245-265 (259); wing, 135-147 (142.3); 

 tail, 84-94.5 (89.8); culmen, 32.5-37.5 (35.4); tarsus, 26-27 (26.7); 

 outer anterior toe, 20.5-22 (21.1 ).« 



Adult female.— Length, (skins), 243-248 (246); wing, 139.5-142 

 (140.6); tail, 87.5-91.5 (89.1); culmen, 33-36 (34.3); tarsus, 25.5-28 

 (26.6); outer anterior toe, 19-20.5 (19.8).'^ 



Pacific coast district of northern Lower California (San Fernando; 

 45 miles south of San Quintin; between San Fernando and El 

 Rosario; 45 miles east of Sanduntun). 



Colaptes chrysoides (not Geopicus chrysoides Malherbe) Anthony, Auk, xii, 1895, 

 139 (San Fernando, n. w. Lower California; crit.). — American Ornitholo- 

 gists' Union, Check List, 3d ed., 1910, 195, part. — Bryant, Proc. Calif. 

 Ac. Sci., 2d ser., 1889, 287, part (El Rosdrio, Lower California). 



Colaptes chrysoides brunnescens Anthony, Auk, xi, Oct., 1895, 347 (San Fer- 

 nando, n. w. Lower California; coll. A. W. Anthony &). — American Orni- 

 thologists' Union Committee, Auk, xiv, 1897, 120 (Check List, no. 414a); 

 xxix, 1912, 383. — Thayer and Bangs, Condor, ix, 1907, 136 (Rosdrio, Santa 

 Ana, San Javier, and San Rosarito, Lower California; crit.). — Ridgway, 

 Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xxiv, 1911, 32 (range). 



[Colaptes] brunnescens Sharpe, Hand-list, ii, 1900, 201, part. 



COLAPTES CHRYSOIDES MEARNSI Ridgway. 



MEARKS'S GILDED FLICKER. 



Similar to C. c. chrysoides, but larger and paler, with pileum more 

 strongly cinnamomeous, black bars on back, etc., narrower, spots on 

 outer webs of primaries more conspicuous (primary coverts also 

 sometimes spotted), gray of throat, etc., lighter, and black spots on 

 under parts usually smaller. 



Adult male.— Length (skins), 261-275 (269); wing, 141-153 

 (148.2); tail, 85.5-100.5 (93.8); culmen, 35.5-40.5 (37.8); tarsus, 

 25-29 (27.7); outer anterior toe, 21.5-24 (22.5). <= 



Adult female.— Length (skins), 246-283 (266); wing, 143-153 

 (146.9); tail, 86-100 (92.6); culmen, 34-39.5 (36.6); tarsus, 27-29 

 (27.6); outer anterior toe, 20-23 (21.7).'' 



Southeastern California*^ and southern Arizona (Lowell; Quito- 

 vaquita; Phoenix; Pichaca Station, Pinal County; Fort Mojave; Big 

 Bug Creek and Antelope Station, Yavapai County; Temple; Desert 

 Station, Maricopa County; mouth of New Kiver; Big Sandy River; 

 San Pedro Valley; Santa Catalina Mountains) and southward through 

 Sonora (Pozo de Luis; Senoyta; Opodepe; Col6nia Lerdo; Camoa; 

 Guaymas; Magdalena; Ysleta; Hermosillo; La Cobriza; Cedros) to 

 Sinaloa (Culiacan). 



a Five specimens. c Ten specimens. 



&Now in coll. Carnegie Museum. d x. O. U. Check List, 3d ed., 1910, 195. 



