394 CLEVIBIXG BIRDS— SCANSORES. 



Sphyropicus thyroideus, Cassin. 



THE KOUND-HEADED WOODPECKEE. 



Picus thyrokleus, Cassin, Pr. A. X. Sl'. V. IJcc. 1S.")1, .■J4'J. (California.) — Heermaxn, J. A. 

 N. Sc. Phil. 2d Series, II. 1853, 270. lu. 1'. R. Kep. X. vi. 5S. —Melanerpts thyroideus, 

 Cassin, lUust. I. 1S.')4, 201 ; pi. xxxii. — Pi/innnus thijrokleus, Bonaparte, Consp. Zv- 

 god. Aten. Ital. 1854, 8. — Sphyropicus thyroideus, Baird, P. R. Rep. IX. Birds, 106. 



Sp. Char. About tliL- .sizo of P. ruber. Head dark ashy-ljrown ; rest of l)odv appar- 

 ently encircled by narrow transverse and continnous IjaniLs crossinij; tbe winp;?, of black 

 and brownish-white, except a large, round, black jiatcli on the breast ; and the central 



line of the body from the crest to the vent, which is the color of rrjll-sulphur. Xo red on 

 top of the head, but the chin and thi-oat tinged with this color in adult males. 



Fewa/e with rather duller colors. Length, about 9.00; wing, 5.00; tail. 4 10. 



Hah. Interior nmuntain ranges of Calilijrnia and Oregon, to mountains of New 

 Mexico. 



This seems to lie a very rare Inrd, as I ]ia\'e nexer met with it, and (hmbt 

 if it is ever found in the Coast Iiange south of San Francisco. Mr. liell of 

 New York first found it in tlie Lower Sierra Ne^-ada, Dr. Heermann near the 

 Colorado Ei^•er, and it has .since been found near Fort Crook. It may be 

 more common in the mountains of Eastern Oreo'cn and Central Utah. 



Uexus HYLOTOMUS, llAiia,. 



Dryotomus, Malherise, Mem. Ac. Metz. 184'.), .■122. (Not of Swainson, 18.31.) 

 Dryopicus, BoNAPARTE, Consp. Zygod. in Aten. Ital. May, 18.'J4. (Not of Malhcrbe.) 

 Hylatomus, Baird, P. R. Rep. IX. Birds, 1858, 107. 



Gkn. Char. Bill a little longer than the head ; considerably depressed or broader 

 than high at the basi- ; shaped much as in Ceimpeplrilus, except shorter, and without the 

 bristh' feathers directed forwards at the base of the lower jaw. Gonvs about half the 



