13. 8PHTR0PICUS. 



18; 



Adult female. Differs from the adult male in -wanting the crimson 

 on the crown, this being entirely of the same colour as the hinder part 

 of the head and the neck. Total length 8 inches, culmen 1, wing 

 4-85, tail 3-2, tarsus 0-85. 



Yoiou/ male. Resembles the adnlt of the same sex, but differs in 

 having the white on the back and wings very smoky ; the under 

 surface of the body more smoky ; the vent, thighs, and under tail- 

 coverts very dingy and smoky white, the black markings on these 

 being extremelj- faint ; the red patch on the crown smaller and 

 less crimson, being more of a dull scarlet colour. 



Hab. Southern Mexico (Puebla and some of the adjoining states). 



a, b. 2 ad. sk. 



c. 5 ad. sk. 



d. cJ ad. sk. 



e,f. 6'^ ad. sk. 



g. S juv. sk. 

 h. (S ad. sk. 

 t. $ ad. sk. 



k. c? ad. sk. 



Mexico. 



Mexico (Becker). 



Valley of Mexico {H. S. le 



Strange). 

 Chietla (Chiantla) Puebla, 



Dec. 

 San Bartolo, Puebla, June. 

 Izucar, Puebla, Nov. 

 San Miguel Moliuo (Iluajot- 



zingo), Puebla, Feb. 

 Sierra Madre del Sur, Mexico 



{Mrs. H. H. Smith). 



Sclater Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salviu-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



13. SPHYROPICUS. Type. 



Pilumnus {non Leach), Bp. Consp. Valuer. Zygod. no. 26 



(l'^5-l) S. thjroideus. 



Sphvrapicus, Baird, Rep. E.rpl. 8f Surv. Mississ. Pacif. 



Bail. Route, ix. p. 101 (1858) S. varius. 



Cladoscopus, Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 80 

 (1863) S. varius. 



Chin-angle of Sphyropicus varius. 



Range. The whole of North America to South Alaska (possibly to 

 Behring Straits) and into Greenland ; through Central America to 

 Costa llica, and in the Island of St. Andrew ; also into several of 

 the West-Indian Islands. 



