17. xENOPicrrs. 285 



R. R. vi. pt. iv. p. 91 (1857) ; Bridges, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 3 ; Gray, 

 List Picid. Brit. Mus. p. 117 (1868) ; id. Iland-l. B. ii. p. 201, 

 DO. 8821 (1870). 



Picus (Xeuopicus) albolarvatiis, Baird, B. N. Amer. p. 06 (1858) ; 

 Cass. Proc. Acad. Philad. 1863, p. 202 ; B., B., ^- R. Hist. N. Amer. 

 B. ii. p. 526, pi. 1. %. 7 <S , fig'. 8 2 ad. (1874). 



Xeuopicus albolarvatiis, Malh. Picidce, ii. p. 221, pi. ci. figs. 3, 4, 

 (5 2 (1862) ; Elliot, New ^- Unfit/. B. N. Amer. i. pi. xxiv., c? $ 

 ad. (1869); Ridffw. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1880, pp. 6, 189 ; Cones, 

 Check-list N. Amer. B. 2nd ed. 1882, p. 78 ; id. Keij N. Amer. B. 

 2nd ed. 1884, p. 484 ; A. O. U. Check-list N. Amer. B. 1886, p. 213 ; 

 Coop. Auk, 1887, p. 88; Ridgiv. Man. N. Amer. B. p. 286 (1887) ; 

 Merrill, Auk, 1888, p. 253. 



Xeuocraiigus albolarvatiis, Cab. 8f Heine, 3Lis. Hein.'w. p. 74 (1863). 



Picus albolarvatus. Sunder. Consp. Av. Picin. p. 29 (1866) ; Coop. B. 

 Calif, ed. Baird, i. p. 382 (1870) ; Ridgiv. Proc. Esse.v Inst. 1875, 

 p. 3'8 ; Ridgiv. U. S. Geol. ExpL 'kOth Par. pt. iii. Orn. pp. 388, 

 547 (1877) ; Beld. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1 S78, pp. 393, 428. 



Adult male. Forehead and crown smoky white ; a bright scarlet 

 occipital band ; nasal plumes, lores, side of the face, chin, and 

 throat pure white ; the remainder of the plumage blue-black (except 

 the wings, these being slightly browner) ; dwart primary having a 

 white spot at the base of the inner web, the next feather having 

 the base of the inner web white, with a small spot at the base of 

 the outer web; the remaining primaries having their basal portion 

 white on both webs, that on the outer not extending to within an 

 inch of the tips : " iris brown " (A. Forrer). Total length 8'5 

 inches, culmen 1"25, wing 5"15, tail 3-45, tarsus 0-9: toes (without 

 claws) — outer anterior 0-55, outer posterior 0-65, inner anterior 0'48, 

 inner posterior 0"3. 



Adult female. Diflers from the adult male in the absence of the 

 red occipital band, the occiput being, like the hind neck, black : 

 " iris brown " {A. Forrer). Total length 8'5 inches, culmen 1-05, 

 wing 5"2, tail 3"6, tarsus 0'87. 



Young. General colour of a more dusky black : the male has the 

 crown-feathers tipped with red, and no red on the occiput. A 

 young female examined resembles the adult of the same sex, but 

 has the forehead and crown smoky white ; there is more white on 

 the outer webs of the primaries, and they are barred with black on 

 the apical portion ; sometimes the white upon the inner webs is also 

 barred, the white appearing as a spot. I am not aware that the 

 female has an earlier stage of plumage. 



Hab. Pacific coast-region from British Columbia to Southern 

 California, including both slopes of the Sierra Nevada. 



a. d ad.; b, c. British Columbia. J. K. Lord, Esq. [P.]. 



2 ad. sk. 

 d, e. c? ? ad. Fort Klamath, Oregon, Dec. Henshaw Coll. 



sk. & Jan. (C. Bendire). 



f. S ad. sk. Nevada, California, Sept. Salvin-Goduiau Coll. 



{H. W. Hemhaiv) [Sm. 

 no. 72618]. 



