408 



CLIMBING BIRDS— SCANSORES. 



the commissure at the end. Xo i-iilj;i'S on tliu liill. Xostrils basal, mi'ilian, oval, and ex- 

 posed. Gonys very short ; about half the cuhnen. Feet large ; the anterior outer toe 



C. aiiratus. 



considerably longer than the posterior. Tail long, exceeding the secondaries, the feathers 

 suddenly acuminate, with elongated points. 



The species of tlie Atlantic States, known as golden-winged woodpecker, 

 flicker, liigli-liolder, and yellow-lianimer (C. (itiratus), closely resembles C. 

 chrysoidcs ; and in fact the hylirids l)etween tlie former and C. Mcricaims are 

 often marked so ninch like C. chn/soidcs that, were not tlte plumage of tlie 

 latter constant, its \'alidity as a species would be doubtfid. 



Colaptes Mexicanus, Swainson. 



THE KED-SHAFTED FLICKER. 



Cohptes Mexicanus, Swainson, Syn. Mex. Birds, Pliilos. Miifr. I. 1827, 440. In. Fauna Bor. 

 Ainer. 11. 1831, 315. — NEwnERRV, Zool. C.al. and Or. Route, 91 ; V. R. R. Rep. VI. 

 IS.'ir. — Baird, p. R. Rep. IX. Birds, 120. — Kenxerly, X. iv. 22. — Heermann, X. 

 V. .',9. _ Cooper and Suckley, XII. iii. Zool. of W. T. 163. — Pkus Mexicanus, Audu- 

 bon, Oi-n. Biog-. V. 1839, 174 : \>\. 410. Ib. Birds Amer. IV. 1842, 295 ; pi. 274. 



Colaptes eollaris. Vigors, Zool. Jour. IV. Jan. 1829, 3.53. Ib. Zool. Beechcy's Voy. 1839, 

 24 ; 111. ix. 



Sp. Ch.\r. Shafts and under surfaces of wing anil tail feathers orange-red. A red 

 patch on each side the cheek ; nape without reil crescent ; sometimes very faint indica- 

 tions laterally. Throat and stripe beneath the eye bluish-ash. Back glossed with pur- 



