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Picoidps americnnus, var. fasciatus, Coop. B. Calif., od. BairrJ, i. 



p. ?.So, heiul iigd. p. ;i8n (1870). 

 Picoidos tridactylu.", var. aiuericanus, Jj., U., v-V R. Hisf. N. Amev. B. 



ii. p. 532, pi. 1. %. l^ c? -id. (1874). 

 Picoides tridaflvlus iiiiu'ricanus, Buhjw. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mu.s. 1880, 



p. isa 



Adult male. Differs from /'. dvcticus in having the back distinctly 

 barred witli white, the bars being narrower tlian the black inter- 

 spaces ; the central tail-feat her.s occasionally having maiginal spots 

 of white, the lateral ones barred with black at the base ; the yellow 

 on the crown of a pale lemon- or straw-yellow ; the white stripe 

 which borders the nape uniting on the hind neck with the corre- 

 sponding stripe, the white only tipping the feathers ; the top of the 

 head spotted with white, and the white stripe which runs under the 

 ear-coverts and down the side of the neck narrower. Total length 

 8 inches, culmen 1'12, wing 4-5, tail 3, tarsus O'So ; toes (without 

 claws) — outer anterior 0"46, inner anterior 0-4, posterior 0-54. 



Adult female. Differs from the adult male in wanting the yellow 

 on the crown, the whole of the top of the head being blue-black, 

 the forehead and crown more or less spotted with white. Total 

 length S inches, culmen 1-05, wing 4-35, tail 2-05, tarsus O'S. 



Hah. Northern North America east of the Rocky Mountains, 

 north to about 60^ N. lat., south, in winter, to the Northern United 

 States. 



a,b. S 9- ^^- sk. 

 c, d. d' $ ad. sk. 

 e. c? ad. sk. 

 f-k. c?ad.;;-o. $ 

 ad. et inim. sk. 



2). S ad.; q. ? 

 ionn. sk. 



r, .s, t. § ad. sk. 



n. V, w. (S ad. : x, 

 y, z. $ ad. sk. 



a'. Skeleton. 



Arctic America. 



Labrador. 



British Columbia. 



Big Moose Lake, New York, 



Feb., April, Way, July. 



Aug., Oct., Nov., Dec. 



{Hart Merriam). 

 Moose River, New York, 



June (Hart Slerrioni). 

 7th Lake, Hamilton Co., 



N. Y., May, June (Hart 



Merriam). 



Sir J. Rae [P.]. 

 Salviu-Godman Coll. 

 .T.K.Lord,Esq.[P.]. 



Ilenshaw Coll. 



[S.-G.] 



Herkina Co., 

 June, Oct. 

 riam). 



N. America. 



N.Y'., May, 

 {Hart Mer- 



Subsp. a. Picoides alascensis. 



Picoides americauus {non Brelwi), Hall 8)- Bann. Trans. Chic. Acad. 

 Sc. 1869, p. 274. 



Brisson distinctly states that in the male the crown is red, and the habitat 

 " Cayenne " is apparently an error. 1 have therefore omitted all these 

 references in my synonymy. The Three-toed Woodpecker of Edwards, 

 'Gleanings,' iii. pi. csiy. (j' (1750), is probably Picoides americanus, but the 

 crown is said to be orange -red. 



