202 piciD^. 



Dendrotypes, Cab. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 46 



(18(3.3) D. macii. 



Xylocopus, Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 51 



(1863) D. minor. 



Threnopipo, Cab. ^- Heine, Mm. Hein. iv. p. 70 



(1863) D. borealis. 



Uictyopipo, Cab. Sf Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 74 



(1863) D. scalaris. 



a. Chin-angle of Dendrocopus major. 



b. Wing of Dendrocopus major (reduced). 



Range. Almost the entire Palsearctic, Indian, and Nearctic 

 Regions, reappearing in the Neotropical Region below 20° S. lat. 



Key to the Species. 



A. Back and rump uniform black or brown. 

 a' . Witb red on the abdomen, vent, or under 

 tail-coverts. 

 a". Sides of the neck crossed by a black 

 band. 

 a" . Scapulars white. 



a^. The black stripes bordering the 

 throat and fore neck not uniting on 

 the chest, or not connected by a 

 distinct red crescentic patch, oc- 

 casionally with a small central 

 chest-spot of red ; the black bars 



