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Brit. Mus., xviii, 1890, 12, part (Ft. York, Hudson Bay; Ft. Dufferin).— 

 Macfaelane, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xiv, 1891, 438 (Valley of Anderson R., 

 Mackenzie).— Fannin, Check List Birds Brit. Col., 1891, 29 (Vancouver I. 

 and mainland, rare).— Rho ads, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1893, 43 (Victoria, 

 Brit. Columbia; 2 specs.).— Bendire, Life Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1895, 129, 

 part.— (?)Grinnell (J.), Pub. 2, Pasadena Ac. Sci., 1898, 26 (Alhambra, 

 Los Angeles Co., California, 1 spec, Feb. 7).— Coubeaux, Ottawa Nat., 

 1900, 28 (s. Saskatchewan, summer res.).— Burns, Wilson Bull., no. 31, 

 1900, 1-82, part (monogr.).— Porter, Auk, xvii, 1900, 72 (Newfoundland). — 

 (?)Felger, Auk, xxii, 1905, 421 (Hall Valley, Park Co., Colorado, 1 spec, 

 Oct. 24).— Cameron, Auk, xxiv, 1907, 270 (Custer and Davenport comities, 

 Montana). 



[Colaptes] auratus Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 197, part. 



C[olaptes] auratus Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 493, part.— Ridgway, 

 Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 295, part. 



Colaptes auratus luteus (not of Bangs) American Ornithologists' Union Com- 

 mittee, Auk, xvi, 1899, 111, part.— Bishop, North Am. Fauna, no. 19, 

 1900, 78 (Yukon Valley, Glacier, etc., Alaska; crit.).— Fleming, Auk, 

 xviii, 1901, 39 (Parry Sound and Muskoka, n. Ontario).— Cary, Auk, 

 xviii, 1901, 234 (Black Hills, Wyoming, breeding).— Preble, North Am. 

 Fauna, no. 22, 1902, 112 (between Lake Winnipeg and Hudson Bay; Albany 

 Fort, Ft. Churchill, etc.); no. 27, 1908, 386 (north to limit of trees, west to 

 base of Rocky Mts.).— (?)Grinnell (J.), Pacific Coast Avifauna, no. 3, 

 1902, 39 (California range).— Larsen, Wilson Bull., no. 60, 1907, 114 (Lyman 

 Co., South Dakota, summer res.).— Townsend and Allen, Proc. Bost. Soc. 

 N. H., xxxiii, 1907, 377 (s. Labrador to Hudson Strait).— Bent, Auk, xxv, 



1908, 26 (s. w. Saskatchewan, common).— Seton, Auk, xxv, 1908, 71 (north 

 to 20 m. n. e. of Pt. Reliance, abundant).— Dawson, Auk, xxv, 1908, 484 

 (Orcas I., Washington, 1 spec, Oct. 15).— Kermode, Prov. Mus. Brit. 

 Col., 1909, 50 (Vancouver I., etc.).— Visher, Auk, xx\'i, 1909, 148 (w. 

 South Dakota, common); xxviii, 1911, 12 (Harding Co., w. South Dakota, 

 mostly east of Little Missouri R. , breeding).— Townsend (C. W.), Auk, xxvi, 



1909, 201 (Sandwich Bay, Washington, Aug., 1908).— (?)Cooke, Auk, xxvi, 

 1909, 413 (Yuma and Park counties, Colorado, 8,000 ft., 2 specs., Oct.).— 

 Osgood, North Am. Fauna, no. 30, 1909, 39 (Yukon R., between Circle 

 and Eagle, and Seward Creek, Alaska), 89 (upper Russell Creek, Yukon 

 Terr.).— Towsend and Bent^ Auk, xxvii, 1910, 14 (Mingan and near Isles 

 des Corneilles, Labrador).— Ferry, Auk, xxvii, 1910, 199 (Saskatchewan, 

 common).— Clark (A. H.), Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxxviii, 1910, 60 (St. George 

 I., Pribiloffs, 1 spec, Oct., 1904).— Saunders, Auk, xxviii, 1911, 38 (Gallatin 

 Co., Montana).— Rathbun (S. F.), Auk, xxviii, 1911, 486 (Orcas I., San 

 Juan Co., Washington, Oct. 15, 1907).— (?)Arnold, Auk, xxix, 1912, 76 

 (Newfoundland, breeding). 



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



Colaptes auratus borealis Ridgway, Proc Biol. Soc. Wash., xxiv, Feb. 24, 1911, 

 31 (Nulato, lower Yukon R., Alaska; coll. U. S. Nat. Mua.). 



COLAPTES AURATUS LUTEUS X CAFER COLLARIS. 



HYBRID FLICKER. 



Intermediate in coloration and size between C. auratus luteus or 

 C. a. borealis and C. cafer collaris, the characters of the two being 

 mixed or blended, in various degrees in different specimens, the 

 more frequent combinations being as follows : — 



(a) Shafts, etc., orange or orange-yellow, intermediate in hue 

 between the yellow of auratus and the orange-red of cafer. 



