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Genus CAMPEPHILUS Gn.vY. (Page 2S0, pi. LXXXII., fig. 1.) 



Species. 

 Common Cuaracters (of North American species). — Bill ivoiy-j-ellow or 

 ■whitish; plumage mainly black, with a white scapular stripe and other markings, 

 the occipital crest scarlet or glossy black. 



a'. Plumage glossy black, with scapulars, secondaries, ends of shorter primaries, 

 and under wing-coverts pure white ; crest of female entirely glossy blue- 

 black, 

 i'. A white stripe down each side of neck ; nasal tufts white. 



c*. White neck-stripe not extending to the bill ; nasal tufts much larger; 

 si.\th prinuuy not e.xtensively, if at all, white terminallj-; length 

 (fresh) 19.75-21.00, extent of wings 30.00-32.00, wing 9.00-10.00, 

 tail 6.25-6.80, culmcn 2.60-2.80. Eij'js 1.37 X -99. Hub. Formerly, 

 southern Atlantic and Gulf States and lower Mississippi Valley, north 

 to North Carolina, eastern Missouri, southern Illinois and Indiana, 

 and west to eastern Texas ; now appareetly confined to restricted 

 localities in Gulf States (including Florida) and lower Mississi]>pi 



Valle}- 392. C. principalis (Linn.). Ivory-billed Woodpecker. 



c'. "White neck-stripe continued nearly to rictus ; nasal tufts much smullor; 

 sixth primary extensively white at tip ; wing 9.50-9.70, tail 6.50- 

 7.00, exposed culmen 2.30-2.40. Sab. Cuba. 



C. principalis bairdi (Cass.). Cuban Ivory-billed Woodpecker.' 



Ir. No white stripe on side of neck ; nasal tufts black ; length about 23.00- 



24.00, wing 11.70-13.20, tail 8.00-9.50, exposed culmen 2.70-3.60. ffab. 



Western Mexico, north, along Sierra Madre, nearly if not quite to 



United States boundary ; southeastern Arizona? 



C. imperialis (Gould). Imperial Woodpecker.^ 



fl'. Plumage chiefly dull brownish black, the lower parts, except breast, barred with 



black and pale fulvous ; crest of female bright red (whole head red in male). 



Length about 12.00-13.00, wing 7.50-8.00, tail 4.80-5 20. exposed culmen 



1.85-2.20. ITab. Southern Mexico, and south to Costa Rica. 



C. guatemalensis (Hartl.). Guatemalan Ivory-billed Woodpecker.' 



Genus DRYOBATES Boie. (Page 280, pi. LXXXIIL, figs. 1-2; pi. LXXXVL, 



fig. 1.) 



Species. 

 Common Characters. — Above black or brown, more or less spotted or 

 otherwise varied with white ; lateral tail-feathers white, with or without black 



> Camptphilu^ bairdi Cass., Proc. Ac. Xat. Sci. Phila. 1863, 322. C. principalit, var. bairdi B. B. A R. 

 Iliit. X. Am. B. ii. 1874, 496. 



» Picua imptrialii Gortn, P. Z. S. ii. 1S32, 140. Campfphiliii imperialin B.tinn. B. N. Am. 1S58, S3. 



' Piciu guatcmalemit Hartu, Rev. Zoul. 1S44, 214. Campephiliu gualcmalcnais ScL., Cat. Am. B. 1S62, 



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