ARID^. — XLIII. 105 



PECKER. L. 9; W. 5i; T. 3^. U. S., E. of the Rocky 

 Mts.; abundant. 



8. COLAPTES, Swainson. Flickers. 



1. C. auratus, (li.) Sw. Golden - Winged Wood- 

 pecker. High - Holer. Yarup. Head ashy, with red 

 nuchal crescent; back olivaceous, barred with black; rump 

 white; below pinkish brown shading into yellowish, a 

 black crescent on breast and numerous round black spots; 

 shafts and under surfaces of quills golden yellow; 5 with 

 a black maxillary patch; L. 12|^; W. 6; T. 4 J. E. U. S., 

 abundant. 



Var. mexicanus, (Sw.) Snow. Red- Shafted Flicker. 

 Quills with orange red instead of golden; maxillary 

 patches in <$ red instead of black; no nuchal crescent; 

 no yellowish on belly. Western, E. to Kas., etc. Runs 

 into the preceding, through C. hyhridus. Baird. 



OEDER L-PSITTACI. 



{The Parrots.) 



Bill enormously thick, cered at base and strongly 

 hooked. Feet zygodactyle by reversion of outer toe, ^ 

 tarsus reticulate. Tongue short, fleshy; upper jaw un- 

 usually movable. Altricial. Plumage often brilliant. In 

 all warm regions; species three hundred and fifty-four, 

 nearly half of which are American. 



FAMILY XLIII.— ARID^. 



{The Macaws.) 



Parrots with the head not crested, and the tail long, 



wedge-shaped or graduated. [Baird.) 



* Culmen rounded ; ftice entirely feathered except a curve about 

 the eye ; tail shorter than wings. . . Conurus, 1. 



