104 PICID.'E. 



s. J ad. slf. Fort Benton, Mississippi, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



April (/. A. Mullan). 

 «', b' . c5' nd. sk. Temosachic, Chilmabua, Salviii-Goduian Coll. 



Mexico, March ( W. Lloyd), 

 c' . S ad. ; d'. <S Guerrero, Chiluialnia, Jan., Salvin-Godman Coll. 



inini. sk. March {TV. Lloyd), 



e. cS ad. sk. Casa Colorado, Chihuahua, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



March {W.Lloyd). 

 f. cSnA. sk. Eefugio, Chihuahua, Dec. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



{W. Lloyd). 



2. Sphyropicus ruber. 



Picus ruber, Gm, Sy.^t. Nat. i. p. 429 (1788); Lath. Ind. Orn. i. 



p. 228 (1790) ; Steph. Gen. Zool. ix. p. ICO (1815) ; Wnql. Si/st. Av., 



Picus, sp. 15 (1827) ; And. Syn. B. N. Amer. p. 181 (18;39; ; id. 



Oni. Bioffi: v. p. 179, pi. ccccxvi. figs. 9, 10, cJ $ ad. (1839) ; Jly. 



in Beechey''s Voy. p. 23 (1839) ; Aud. B. Amer. iv. p. 261,pl. cclxvi. 



figs. 1 S ad., 2 5 ad. (18'42); Heerm. Journ. Acad. Fhilad. 1853, 



p. 270 ; Malh. Picidee, i. p. 132, pi. xxxi. figs. 1, 2, d $ ad. (l8(il) ; 



Sundev. Consp..Av. Picin. p. 32 (186G) ; Gray, List Picid. Brit. 



Mus. p. 51 (1868) ; id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 186, no. 8616 (1870). 

 Picus flaviventris, Vieill. Ois. Amer. Sept. ii. p. 67 (1807) ; Stej)k. 



Gen. Zool. ix. p. 161 (1815) ; Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxvi. 



p. 95 (1818) ; id. ^ Bonn. Enc. MM. iii. p. 1320 (1823). 

 Picus niger, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxvi. p. 90 (1818) ; id. Sf 



Bonn. Enc. Meth. iii. p. 1316 (1823). 

 Melanerpes ruber, Bp. Comp. List B. Eur. Sf N. Ainer. p. 39, no. 261 



(1838) ; Gray, Gen. B. li. p. 444 (1846) ; Gambel, Journ. Acad. 



Philad. 1847, p. 56 ; i?/j. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 115 (1850) ; Beichenb. 



Scatis. Picina-, p. 382, no. 883, pi. dcxlii. ncs. 4387-88 (1854) ; 



Sclat. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 127 ; id. op. lit. 1858, p. 2. 

 Pilumnus ruber, Bp. Con.'^p. Vohicr. Zyqod. p. 8, no. 28 (1854). 

 Sphyrapicus ruber, Bnird, B. N. Amer'.^. 104 (1858) ; Bidyw. U.S. 



Geol. Eaped. AOlh Par. pt. iii. Orn. p. 649 (1877) ; A. (). U. Check- 

 list N. Awer. B. p. 215, no. 403 (1886) ; Ridyiv. Man. N. Amer. 



B. p. 289 (1887). 

 Spliyro].icus ruber, Sclat. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 236; Brown, Ibis, 1868, 



p. 419 ; Cooj}. B. Calif, ed. Baird, i. p. 392 (1870) ; Hartl.J.f. O. 



1883, p. 275. 

 Cladoscopus ruber, Cab. Sf Heine, Mvs. Hein. iv. p. 82 (1863). 

 Sphyrapicus varius ruber, Bidqw. Proc. Esse.r Inst. 1874, p. 173 ; id. 



Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1880," p. 189, no. 3f.9 b. 

 Sphyropicus varius, var. ruber, B., B., i§- R. Hist. N. Amer. B. ii. 



p. 544, pi. li. fig. 6, S ad. (1874). 

 Spnyrapicus varius, var. ruber, Bidgw. Proc. Esse.r Inst. 1875, p. 38 ; 



L'eld. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1878, p. 429. 

 Splijn'opicus varius ruber, Coves, Cheek-list N. Amer. B. 2nd ed. 



1882, p. 78, no. 448 ; id. Key N. Amer. B. 2nd ed. 1884, p. 486. 



Adult male. Has the upper parts, also the wings and tail and 

 their coverts, similar to those of S. varius ; but it differs from that 

 specie.s in having the head, neck, chest, and breast red, with a trace 

 of markings similar to those of /S. varius showing through, in so far 

 as the parts which are black in the latter species are deeper and 

 duller red in >S'. ruber, caused by the feathers having blackish bases ; 



