466 piciDji;. 



Megapicos iniperialis, Malh. N. CUtssif., Mem. Acad. Metz, 1848- 



49, p. ;J18. 

 Drvocopus impei'ialis, Bp. Consp. Gen. Ai\ i. p. 132 (1850). 

 MefrapicLis im])enalis, lip. Consp. T'oluci: Zi/(/od. p. 7, no. 1 (1854) ; 



Mn/Ji. Picidce, i. p. 2, pi. i. figs. 1, 2, d $ ad., 3 bill of 2 (1861), 

 Drvotomus iniperialis, Cass. Ill, B. Calif, p. 285, pi. xlix., tS ad. 



(1855). 

 Campophilus iin])erlalis, Cab. Sf Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 101 (1863). 



Adult male. Ecscmbles C. principaUs, but may be distinguished 

 by its black nasal plumes and in having the head and neck devoid 

 of any white stripe, the red crest much exceeding the elongated 

 black crown-feathers, a greater number of the inner secondaries 

 tipped with white, and this much more extended on these feathers ; 

 the dimensions are also very much greater. Total length 22 inches, 

 culmen 3'5, wing 12, tail 7'8, tarsus 1'9 ; toes (without claws) — 

 outer anterior 1-42, outer posterior 1*7, inner anterior 1-1, inner 

 posterior 0"8. 



Adult female. Has no red upon the head, this as well as the 

 crest being entirely blue-black, and the latter very long and curled 

 upwards at the tip. In other respects the two sexes are alike. 

 Total length 21 inches, culmen 3-1, wing 12, tail 7"8, tarsus 1-9. 



Hah. Western Mexico, south to Ciudad Durango, north along the 

 Sierra Madre to within 50 miles of the Arizona boundary. 



a. 2 ad. St. Mexico. Zoological Society. 



b. S ad. St. Mexico. 



c. c? ad. sk. Mexico. Gould Coll. 



d. e. (5 2 ad. sk. Mexico. Salrin-Godman Coll. 



(Type.* of the species.) 

 /, g. d 2 ad. sk. Ciudad Durango, Jan. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



{A. Forrer). 

 h. 2 skeleton. Ciudad Durango. A. Forrer [C.]. 



4. Campophilus leucopogon *. 



Picus leucopogon, J'alenc. Diet. Sc. Nat. xl. p. 178, 2 (1826). 

 Picus boiei, War/I. Syst. Av. Picus, sp. 3, 2 (1827) ; Sundev. Consp. 



Ar. Picin. p. 6 (1806). 

 Picus boieri, Less. Traite, i. p. 225 (1831). 

 Picus atriventris, d'Orb. Voy. Amer. Merid., Ois. iv. p. 378, pi. Ixiii. 



fig. 1, d'ad. (1835-44). 

 Campephilus boiei, Girty, Gen. B. ii. p. 436 (1845) ; Bp. Consp. 



Voliici: Zyyod. p. 7, no. 12 (1854) ; Reichenb. Scans. Picince, 



p. 394, no. 913, pl. del. fig. 4338, S (1854) ; Gray, List Picid. 



Brit. Mus. p. 66 (1868); id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 187, no. 8629 



(1870) ; Lee, Ibis, 1873, p. 133 ; Sclat. ^ Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. 



p. 98 (1873) ; Durnf. Ibis, 1877, p. 185 ; Sclat. ^ Salv. P. Z. S. 



1879, p. 63 ; Sale. Ibis, 1880, p. 360 ; White, P. Z. S. 1882, 



p. 617 ; Bai-roirs, Auk, 1884, p. 25 ; Sclat. Sf Huds. Arg. Orti. ii. 



p. 17 (18b9). 



* Valencieimes's title has priority, and iu addition to tbi.s his description of 

 the species is correct, whereas Wagler's description of his P. boiei does not 

 correspond with the type wliicli is iu the Paris Museum. 



