2. COLAl'TES. -le 



P 1i ad i f^^t Florida, Apr. Salvin-Godman Coll 



/ . c^ ad. sk. ban Patricia, Texas, Dec. (F. B. Salvin-Godman Co 



Armstrong). 



9\ 2 ad. sk. Papalote, Bee Co., Texas, Jan. Salvin-Godman Coll 

 i-i ^ , , v-^- ^- ^>'mstro7ia) . 



h . ? ad. sk. Texas {F. B. Armstrong). Salvin-Godo.an Coll. 



2. Colaptes chrysocaulosu?. 



Colaptes auratus (non Linn.), Tiff. Zool. Journ. iii. p 444 (1808) • 

 Ramon de la Sac/ra, Hist. Fis. &-c. Cnba ii n 110 n«S8t rn^' 



1856; I ?0.i ' '^'' ^"- ^'^- ^'"^''' P- ^^^ (l^^O) ; cih. J.f. 6. 

 Colaptes chrysocaulosus, Gundl. Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist N York 18^8 



^r^^X'A--^^^"^"--^'''''^"'-''-^^-^eotr. p. 101 (187.3)- L«r7/ 

 f-^; ?• xf i' P- ^•^•^' ''^- ^^«"^'-- ^'■«- «'K V 27i(1876) Coru 



^''£I^U^^^ ■' ^'- ^^'' ^^^^' p- ^^"y^- S: 

 ^tp'.lzTafer'' '^'^'°''"'°'"^^' ^^ ^^ ^^- ^- ^^■*^- ^- ^'««-. i?. 



Jf7»/</t-,«a7(^. Differs from C. auratus in having the rumD snoHprl 

 M-,th black ; t^e lores and sttperciliary stripe less fufous 2 throat 

 foi-e neck, and side of the neck are less vLceous, and the lattert 

 not so grey near the hind neck; the underside o the tail a the 

 base, IS of a deeper golden yellow. In other respects the 'present 

 species resembles so closely C. auratus, that a detailed descSion 

 isnnnecessary. Total length 11 inches, culmen 1-45, w 00-^5 5 

 tail 4-Uo tarsus 1-05; toes (without claws )-outer anteToi^OSo 

 2S T '?' '"^r f *^"°^ ^"^^ ' "-- posterior 0-45 '^' 

 femat Len;,;^r.' ""'r^ -«^- ^^ripe, but is otherwise like the 

 tema^e. Length 10-5 inches, wing 5-4, tail 4-5, tarsus 0-8, bill 1-2." 



Bab. Cuba. 



3. Colaptes gundlachi. 



Cokpt^s guodlachi, Cory, Auk, 1886, pp. 498, 502 ; id. op. dt. 1888, 



" Sp C7i«r Eesembles Colaptes chrijsocauhsus, but is smaller 

 the yellow ot the quiUs much brighter ; under surface of the 011^^ 

 tail-teathers distinctly banded; feathers of the rump white heavlv 

 bio ched with black ; shafts of the quills and tail very bTivS'^lW^ 

 first primary much longer than in the Cuban species^ Wh s'So 

 luches wing .3-20, tail 4, tarsus 0-85, bill Mol" (Cor>,) 



Hub. Island of Grand Cayman, West Indies. 



