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SYSTEM A TIC SYNOPSIS. — PICARI^ — PICIFOBMES. 



450. 



451. 



452. 



Analysis of species. 



Belly reddening ; no yellow about bead ; (f wbole crown red ; § nape red carolinvs 460 



Belly yellowing ; cf crown-spot red ; 5 no red on bead. 



Front and nape yellow ; runip entirely wbite ; tail almost entirely black aurifrons 451 



No yellow on bead; rump and tail much barred witb black and wbite uropygialis 452 



C. caroli'nus. (Of Carolina. Fig. 339.) Red-bellieu Woodpecker. Whole crown and 

 nape scarlet in the $ ; nape only so in the 9 • Sides of head, and under parts, grayish-white, 

 usually with a yellow shade, reddening on the belly ; tail black, one or two outer feathers 

 white-barred ; inner web of central feath- 

 ers white with black spots, outer web of tn^L 

 the same black with a white space next \<sX Iwirf 

 the shaft for most of its length; white x^^^W^flfc^^ 

 predominating on the rump. Bill and feet '^^^\ ' ^f "^^^^ ^^^^ 

 dusky plumbeous. Iris red. Large ; length ^^^W \ \ 

 nearer 10.00 than 9.00; extent lG.50-17.50; l^^kiN^X 

 wing 5.00-5.50; bill over 1.00; 9 small- H^KS^^.^"-' ^ ^^ 

 er. Varies much in size ; Southern sped- W^^^vJi/ 

 mens smaller than Northern. Eastern ^^m vm.w^a^Xivi^h 

 U. S., somewhat southerly, rarely N. to ;^^^^\ii/^ 

 New England, and Canada West ; W. to ^B\^j'#^^7i\^ \\^ V.™— . 

 the Rocky Mts. ; Texas ; common south- ^^^V^vP^'^^X^^yI^T 

 erly, where resident, less so northerly, ^m|^ I/^^^^ tW ) \ 

 where migratory. Eggs 4-6, 1.00 X 0.87. ^^^Jl^Kn\ y A^s^; 

 C. au'rif rons. (Lat. aurum, gold ; frons, ^^^^^^f^^lHi^V »^ijiLn 

 forehead.) Yellow - fronted Wood- '^^^^^^^TW^^^i'll 

 PECKER. Somewhat similar to the last: ^^^^ ^ ^^-^T^^J^— ^ ^ 

 belly yellowish, not reddish; red of head -"'' ^^ "~^ 

 in (J confined to a crown-patch, in 9 



wanting. Forehead and nasal plumes ,. f;=^^«iiiiiiiir(|/)/riA,^/ 

 golden-yellow; nape with a golden, orange, ^ ' ^wlfrl™'!!'! 'V' 



or reddish band (in both sexes, besides the Fig 339 — Red-belhed Woodpecker, reduced (Shep- 



scarlet crown-patch of the <J). Ladder- Pard del. Nichols sc. ) 



rungs of back narrow, numerous, and distinct. Head and under parts clear ashy-gray, very 

 different from the smoky-gray of C. uropygialis. the beUy yellowish, the Hanks and crissum 

 whitish, varied with black. Upper tail-coverts white, not barred. Middle tall-feathers entirely 

 black ; outermost not entirely barred ; next black or only touched with white. Bill and feet 

 bluish-black. Iris red. Length 9.50-10.50 ; extent 16.50-17.50; wing 5.00-5.50 ; tail 3.25- 

 3.75. 9 differs as said. Young ^ : Distinctively like the adult ; nearly all the crown bronzy- 

 red ; nasal plumes not yellow ; nape dull yellowish ; a few thin streaks of dusky on breast. 

 Texas and southward ; very abundant iu suitable localities on the Lower Rio Grande. Habits 

 not peculiar. Eggs 4-6, 1.00 X 0.80. 



C. uropygia'lis. (Gr. ovponvyiov, ouropugion, Lat. uropygium, the rump; banded in this 

 species, not white as in aurifrons.) Gila Woodpecker. Saguaro Woodpecker. Head 

 all around and entire under parts fulvous-gray, with front and nape not notably different, the 

 middle of the belly yellomsh, the flanks and crissum whitish with black bars and cordate spots ; 

 middle of orowii crimson in $. Back, rump, upper tail-coverts, wing-coverts, and inner quills 

 closely and regularly banded with black and white, latter not pure on dorsal region. Primaries 

 blackish, not regularly barred or spotted like the inner quills, but slightly white-tipped and 

 -edged, and with large white blotches at base, of irregular shapes and tending to resolve into 

 sets of smaller spots. Middle pair of tail-feathers black, with long white shaft-space on outer 



