286 PICIDJ5. 



^. 5 imra. sk. Nevada, California, Oct. Hensluiw Coll. 



(i\W«o/(). 

 /). cf ad. sk. Lake Talioe, Nevada, Cal. Henshaw Coll. 



(Henshcnc). 

 i. 2 imui. sk. Fort Crook, Cal., Nov. {B. Salviu-Godmau Coll. 



F. Parkinson) [Sm. no. 



22073]. 

 k. 5 ad. sk. Fort Crook (Z». F. Parkin- Sclater Coll. 



son). 

 I. 9 iuv. sk. BiK Trees, Cal., July (X. ] 



BoMiwj). 

 m n S 9- fic^' 1^1^16 Canon, Cal., June, [ Henshaw Coll. 



Oct. (Hens/uiw). ^ { [S.-G.] 



o,n. cJ ad. sk. Walker's Ba.«in, Cal., Nov. | 



( U^eeler). J 



1/ r d 2 ad. Bear Valley, Cal., June G. Frean Morcon), 



■" ■ {F. Stephens). Esq. [P.]. 



18. DENDROCOPTES. 



Type. 

 Dendrocoptes, Cab. Si- Heine, Mas. Hein. iv. p. 41 (186.3). D. medius. 



llanijc. Europe (generally), north to Finland; Asia Minor and 

 east into Persia. 



Keij to the Species. 



A. The white bars on the lateral tall-feathers broader 



than the black interspaces; the red occipital 

 feathers le.-^s elono-ated ; the breast less yellow, 

 and the striations on the sides of the body, flanks, 

 and thighs narrower. 

 a. The red on the occiput as bright as that of the 



crown medius J ad., 



h'. The red on the occiput duller than that of the [p. 287. 



crown medius $ ad., 



B. The white bars on the lateral tail-feathers nan-ow, [p. 288. 



and less in width than the black interspace.s ; 

 the red occipital feathers more elongated ; the 

 breast deeply washed with yellow ; the striations 

 on the sides of the body, flanks, and thighs 

 broader. 

 c'. The red on the occiput as bright r.s that of the 



crown .mncti-johannis 



d'. The red on the occiput duller than that of the [ (S ail., p. 288. 



crown sancti-johanms 



[$ ad., p. 288. 



1. Dendrocoptes medius. 



Le Pic varie, Briss. Orn. iv. p. 38, pi. ii. fig. 1 (1760). 



Picus medius, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 176 (1766) ; Scop. Ann. i. p. 48 

 (1760) ; Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 436 (1788) ; Lath. Lid. Orn. i. p. 229 

 (1790) ; Leicin, B. Gt. Brit. ii. p. 40, pi. xlix. (1796) ; Bechst. 

 Naturg. Leutschl. ii. p. 1029 (180o) ; Temm. Cat. Si/st. p. 65 



