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COLAPTES CHRYSOIDES. 



Geopicus chrysoides, Malherbe, Rev. et. Mag. Zool. IV, 1852, 553. 



An immature Colaptes (4569) with yellow shafts, no nuchal collar, and ash colored throat, 

 was collected somewhere on the Mexican boundary line, by Mr. Schott. The precise locality is 

 not known, and the specimen is not perfect enough to show whether it is a distinct species or a 

 hybrid. It is much smaller than the corresjionding age of G. aurafus, the wing measuring but 

 5^ inches. The probabilities are that it is a permanent and perhaps distinct species. It may 

 possibly be the C. chrysoides of Malberbe, agreeing with this in the absence of a red nape. 

 There is a slight tinge of orange in the yellow of the shafts. 



Note. — The preceeding pages embrace all the Scanfiores usually assigned to North America, 

 either as good and distinct species or as synonymes. The only ones not given are : 1st, the 

 Picus leucurus, Hartlaub, Naumania, II, 1854, 55. This is a species with entirely white tail, 

 said to have been discovered by Prince Paul of Wurttemberg, in the Rocky mountains. Nothing 

 further is mentioned concerning it than the color of the tail, as stated in a note from the Prince. 

 2d, the Dryotomus delatti-i of Bonaparte, Comptes Rendus, XXVIII, 1854. This, though 

 assigned to California, appears to be really Central American. 3d, Picus lineatus. This is 

 given by Mr. Audubon as sent from the Columbia river by Dr. Gairdner, but there is no evi- 

 dence that such was really the case, or that it ever comes within many hundred miles of our line. 

 Campepliilus imperialis, although given in the preceding pages, has really no claim to a place 

 in our fauna. 



