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•i. Picoides arcticus. 



Apternus arcticus, Swaim. Faun. Bor.-Aunr., Birds, ii. pp. xxvi 

 iatrod. & 313, pi. Ivii. (1S31) ; id. Vlassif. B. ii. p. 306 (1837) ; Bp. 

 Comp. List B. Eur. i^- N. Amer. p. .39, no. 260 (1838) ; id. Consp. Gen. 

 Av. i. p. 131) (1850) ; id. Consp. Volucr. Zijcjod. p. 8, no. 83 (1854) ; 

 Licht. Xomencl. Av. p. 75 (1854) ; Reichenh. Semis. Picitice, p. 361, 

 no. 833, pi. dcxxx. figs. 4189-91, cJ d 2 fid- (1854) ; JVewb. P. R. R. 

 Rep. Ti. p. 91 (1857). 



Picus tridactylus {noii Linn.), Jard. ed. Wils. Amer. Orn. iii. p. 423, 

 pi. xiv. fio-. -2, S (1832) ; And. Orn. Bioyr. ii. p. 197 (18-34), v. 

 p. 538, pi. exxxii. figs. 1, 2, cJ $ (1839) ; Nutt. Man. Orn. i. p. 578 

 (1840). 



Picus arcticus, Gloy. Handh. JVatun/esch. Vog. Eur. p. 402 note 

 (1834) ; And. Sijn. B. X. Amer. p.'l82 (1839) ; id. B. Amer. 8vo, 

 p. 206, pi. cclxviii. figs. 1,2 cJ, 3 $ (18.39) ; Putnam, Proc. Esse.v 

 Inst. 1856, p. 214 ; Sundev. Consp. Av. Picin. p. 15 (1866). 



Picoides arcticus, Grai/, Gen. B. ii. p. 434, pi. 108. tig. 7 (1845) ; 

 Baird, B. N. Amer. p. 98 (1858); Malli. Picidce, i. p. 174, 

 pi. xxxix. figs. 5, 6, S ad., 5 (1861); Boardm. Proc. Bust. Sac. 

 1802, p. 123; Verrill, Proc. Esse.v Inst. 1862, p. 143; Blakist. 

 Ibis, 1863, p. 51 ; Allen, Proc. Esse.v Inst. 1864, p. 52 ; Mcllwr. 

 op. cit. 1866, p. 83 ; Coues, op. cit. 1868, p. 262 ; Grmj, List Picid. 

 Brit. Mils. p. 31 (1868) ; id. Iland-l. B. ii. p. 181, no. 8539 (1870) ; 

 Coop. B. Calif, ed. Baird, i. p. 384, head of S figd. (1870) ; Allen, 

 Amer. Nat. 1870, p. 572 ; Merr. U. 8. Geol. Surv. Terr. 1872, 

 p. 694 ; Coues, Key N. Am. B. 1872, p. 194 ; Ridyw. Bull. Esse.v 

 List. 1874, pp. 13, 38 ; Coues, B. N.- West, p. 284 (1874) ; B., B., ^ 

 R. Hist. N. Amer. B. ii. p. 530, pl.l. tig. 1, d ad. (1874) ; Ridffiv. 

 U. S. Geol. E.ipl. 40tk Par. pt. iii. Birds, p. 548 (1877) ; Beld. 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1878, p. 429 ; Merr. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, 

 1879, p. 6; Roberts, t.c. p. 1-54; Mearns,t. c. p. 175; Mayn. Bds, 

 E. N. Amer. p. 245 (1879); Ridyw. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1880, 

 p. 189 ; Merr. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, 1882, p. 236 ; Coues, Check- 

 list N. Amer. B. 2nd ed. p. 78 (1882) ; Steariis, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus. 1883, p. 118 ; Coues, Key N Amer. B. 2nd ed. 1884, p. 485 ; 

 Turner, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1885, p. 242 ; A. 0. U. Check-list 

 N. Amer. B. p. 21.3, no. 400 (1880) ; Ridqiv. Man. N. Amer. B. 

 p. 287 (1887) ; Merrill, Auk, 1888, p. 254. 



Tridactjlia arctica. Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Ilein. iv. p. 27 (1863). 



Adult male. Back, rump and upper tail-coverts, scapulars and 

 wiijg-coverts blue-black, the lower rump-feathers occasionally tipped 

 with white ; quills black, spotted with white upon both webs, 

 except upon the outer webs of the inner secondaries ; shafts black ; 

 tail black, the four central feathers uniform, the next having the 

 apical third birflfy white, the two outer large feathers on either side 

 having the apical half, or more, huffy white, and the basal half of 

 the inner web irregularly barred with white, the dwarf feather 

 white barred with black on the inner web ; shafts of the same 

 colour as the surrounding web ; nasal plumes black ; crown golden 

 yellow, the remainder of the head, side of the neck, and hind 

 neck blue-bluck, with the base of the forehead and a stripe thence 

 running under the eye and ear-coverts and down the side of the 

 neck white, and a very narrow white stripe running backwards 



