BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 117 



(Grays Harbor, Washington, Jan.). — Rhoads, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 

 1893, 43 (Brit. Columbia east of Cascade ]\It8.).— Kellogg, Auk, xi, 1894, 260 

 (Finney Co., Kansas, Apr. 23, 1893).— Brewster, Auk, xvi, 1898, 188 (habit 

 of storing acorns). — Kobbe, Auk, xvii, 1900, 352 (Cape Disappointment, 

 Washington, 1 spec, Apr. 30).— Cary, Auk, 1901, 234 (Black Hills, Wyoming). 



[Melanerpes] torquatus Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 115; Ateneo Italiano, ii, 

 1854, 125, (Consp. Vol. Zygod., 1854, 10).— Gray, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 201, 

 no. 8818. 



M[elanerpcs] torquatus Gray, Gen. Birds, ii, 1846, 444. — Ridgway, Man. N. Am. 

 Birds, 1887, 291. 



Celeus torquatus Woodhouse, in Rep. Sitgreaves' Expl. Zufii and Col. R., 1853, 

 90 (Indian Territory; New Mexico). ^ 



Melampicos torquatus Malherbe, M^m. Acad. Metz, xxx, 1849, 365. 



Melampicus torquatus Malherbe, Mon. Picid., ii, 1862, 214; iv, 1862, pi. 114, 

 fig. 3, pi. 116, figs. 1-5. 



Asyndesmus torquatus Coues, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila.; 1866, 56 (Ft. WTiipple, 

 Arizona, resident; deecr. young); Check List, 1873, no. 311; 2d ed., 1882, 

 no. 456; Birds Northwest, 1874, 291 (Snake R., Yellowstone R., Wind 

 River Mts., and Bighorn Mts.; synonymy; habits); Bull. U. S. Geol. 

 and Geog. Surv. Terr., iv, 1878, 617 (headwaters Saskatchewan R., 1 

 spec). — Ragsdale, Science News, i, 1879, 208 (middle Texas). — Hargitt, 

 Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xviii, 1890, 137.— Scott, Auk, ii, 1885, 356 (Santa 

 Catalina Mts., Arizona, April).— Brown (H.), Auk, xix, 1902, 80-83 (near 

 Tucson, Arizona, ab't in fall of 1884; habits). — American Ornithologists' 

 Union Committee, Auk, xx, 1903, 341. — Swarth, Pacific Coast Avifauna, 

 no. 4, 1904, 14 (Huachuca Mts., s. Arizona, March-May, rare). — Hunn, Auk, 

 xxiii, 1906, 421 (Pinos Altos, Grant Co., New Mexico). — Kermode, Prov. 

 Mus. Brit. Col., 1909, 50 (Vancouver I. and interior Brit. Columbia). 



[Asyndesmus] torquatus Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 197. — Sharps, Hand-list, 

 ii, 1900, 209. 



A[syndesmus] torquatus Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 490. 



Asyndesmus lewisi Riley, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xviii, Oct. 17, 1905, 225, in text 

 (ex "Picus lewis Drap[iez]" Gray, Gen. Birds, iii, 1849, App., p. 22; new 

 name for Picus torquatus Wilson, preoccupied). — Jewett, Auk, xxvi, 1909, 

 6 (Baker Co., n.e. Oregon, common). — Visher, Auk, xxvi, 1909, 148 (w. South 

 Dakota, especially Black Hills). — Wetmore, Condor, xi, 1909, 208 (8 m. s. e. 

 of Lawrence, Kansas, 1 spec, Nov. 7). — American Ornithologists' Union, 

 Check List, 3d ed., 1910, 193.— Beal, Bull. 37, U. S. Biol. Surv., 1911, 45, 

 pi. 5 (food). 



Melanerpes lewisi Marsden, Condor, ix, 1907, 27 (feeding habits). — W'arren 

 (E. R.), Condor, xii, 1910, 32 (Mosca and Madenas creeks, etc., Colorado). 



Genus TRIPSURUS Swainson. 



Tripsurus Swainson, Classif. Birds, ii, 1837, 311. (Type, as fixed by Gray, 



1840, Picus flavifrons Vieillot.) 

 Thripsurus (emendation) Sundevall, Consp. Av. Picin., 1866, 115. 

 Zebripicus (not Zebrapicus Malherbe) Bonaparte, Ateneo Italiano, ii, 1854, 126 



(Consp. Volucr. Zygod., 1854, 11). (Type, by monotypy, Zebrapicus puche- 



rani Malberbe.) 

 Meropicus Malherbe, Mon. Picid., Introd., 1861, p. liii. (Type, Picus cruen- 



tatus Boddaert.) 



Medium-sized or rather small Picidse (wing about 100-120 mm.) 

 resembling Melanerpes but diii'ering in having the orbital region 



