PICIDJE. — PICINJE : WOODPECKERS. 



597 



M. f. angus'tifrons. (Lat. angustus, unvrow, straitened ; frons, forehead.) Narrow- 

 FKONTED Woodpecker. The white t'nmlal har narrower; bill somewhat diflVreutly shaped. 

 In the 9 the white froutal bar is narrower than the succeeding black coronal bar, and b(.th 

 together are narrower tlian the red occipital bar; iu botli sexes the frontal bar is hardly over 

 0.:25 in length. Tiiroat decidedly yellowish, and this color also tingeing the forehead iu some 

 cases; pectoral black plate more broken up in streaks than in bairdi, abont as m formicivorus 

 proper. Rather small, Wke formicivorus ; wing averaging under 5.50, but bill relatively large, 

 about 1.20. Cai)e region of Lower California. 



ASYNDESMUS. (Gr. a privative, avv, sun, together; dtafnk, 'A.sv»o.s-, a bond; alluding to 

 loosened texture of feathers of certain parts.) Hulstlk-hklliku Woodpeckek.s. liill 

 almost colaptine in general aspect, 

 but with short distinct lateral ridges 

 as in Melanerpes ; as long as head, 

 rather longer tlian tarsus, not 

 Ijj'oader tlian high at base, com- 

 pressed and somewhat (!urved toward 

 end; pointed with scarcely any lat- 

 eral bevelling, culmen curv(;d and 

 scarcely ridged ; gonys straight. 

 Wings of excessive length, folding 

 nearly to end of tail, and peculiar in 

 proportion of primaries: 4th quill 

 longest, .'id and 5th al)out equal and 

 shorter than 2d. Inner anterinr 

 claw reaciiing little beyond base of 

 outer anterior. Feathers of under 

 parts and of a nuchal collar with the fibrillie of their colored portions enlarged in calibre, 

 bristly, of silicious hardness, loosened and disconnected, being devoid of barbicels and hook- 

 lets. Dorsal plumage compact, of intense 

 metallic lustre. Feathers of face soft and 

 velvety. Sexes alike, young different. I 

 named this genus in 1866; it is a good 

 one, as genera go now ; I coiitinue to 

 uphold it, as in former eds. of tiie Key, 

 1872-90; so does the latest monographer 

 of the Picidce (Hargitt, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xviii, 1890, p. 187), who disallows 

 even subgeneric difference of Cc)tti(n(s 

 from Melunerpes. (Subgenus of Mela- 

 )H'rj)es, A. O. V. Lists.) 

 A. torqiia'tiis. (Lat. torquatits, collared. 

 I'igs. 410, 411.) Lkwis' Wdodpkckf.r. 

 COLLARICI) WiKil«PI.( Kf.i;. .Vdult (^ 9 '• 

 l'pi>er parts, including wings and tail, 

 Hanks and cri.ssum, green-black with in- 

 ii'iise bronzy lustre, especially on back — 

 tliis iridescence almost like tiiat of Qiiisca- 

 liis leueus. Face dark criinstm, in u patch 

 of velvety feathers around bill and eyes. 

 A narrow distinct collar around back of neck, and breast, hoary bluish-gray, gradually briglit- 



FiG. 410. — Lewis' Woodpecker, nat. .size. (Ad. nat. del. E. C.) 



Lewis' Wooilpecker, reduced. (Slicppard del. 



