MELAXERPES. 291 



Bouth to Costa Rica, north to Jalupa, Cordoba, Tehuantc- 

 pec, etc. 



M. formicivorus (Swains.). Striped-breasted Woodpecker.' 

 e*. Greater part of chest uniform glossy bhick, the white streaks 

 being confined to posterior half, or less ; length about 

 8.50-9.50, wing 5.30-6.00 (5.G1), tail 3.00-4.00 (3.64), cul- 

 men 1.00-1.40 (1.16). Eggs 1.00 X -75. Hah. Central, 

 northern, and western Mexico and contiguous border of 

 United States, from western Texas to California, and north 

 along Pacific coast to southern Oregon ; south, through 

 western Mexico, to Jalisco (Sierra Nevada of Colima?); 



northern Lower California 407. M. formicivorus 



(43.) bairdi Ridgw. Californian Woodpecker. 



(P. "Width of white or yellow frontal band and black crown band in 



female together decidedly less than width (longitudinally) of 



red occipital patch ; white or yellow frontal band less than .30 



wide ; wing averaging decidedly less than 5.50. 



Greater part of chest streaked with white ; throat usually 

 decidedly brighter sulphur-j-ellow than in other forms ; 

 length about 8.25-9.00, wing 5.20-5.55 (5.38), tail 3.30-3.50 

 (3.37), culmen 1.15-1.25 (1.20). Ilab. Southern portion of 

 Lower California.... 407rt. M. formicivorus angustifrons 

 Baird. Narrow-fronted Woodpecker, 

 t'. Lower parts chiefly' pinkish red (in adult) or gi-ayish (in young), rumj) and 

 upper tail-coverts glossj- blackish ; plumage of lower jiarts harsh, hair- 

 like ; wing more than 6.00. (Subgenus Asyndesmus CouES.) 



Adult (sexes alike) : Upper parts, lower tail-coverts, and thighs uni- 

 form dark metallic greenish, or greenish black ; fore-part of head, 

 including cheeks, dark crimson ; chest and collar round hind-neck 

 light hoary grayish ; breast, belly, sides, and flanks pinkish red, 

 lighter anteriorly. Young: No red on head, which is dull blackish 

 above and on cheeks, and dusky grayish on throat ; chest dirty 

 light grayish ; sides dusky ; belly dull reddish. Length 10.50-11.50, 

 wing 6.50-6.80, tail 4.40-4.70. Eggs 1.03 X .80. Hab. Western 

 United States, east to Black Hills and Rocky Mountains. 



408. M. torquatus (Wilson). Lewis's Woodpecker. 



a'. Back, scapulars, and wings barred with white. (Subgenus Centurus Swainson.) 



6'. Sides distinctly barred with blackish ; lesser wing coverts not varied with 



white. Hab. Central America, north to southern Mexico, south to 



Veragua. 



M. pucherani (Malh.). Pucheran's Woodpecker. = 

 6'. Sides without bars ; lesser wing-coverts varied with white. 



> Picut /ormicicorut SwAIXS., Philos. Mag. i. 1827, 439. Metanerpo /ormicworui Bonap., P. Z. S. 1837, 

 109. 



» Ztbrapicut pucherani Mald., Rev. Zool. 1S19, 512; .Mod. Pic. ii. 1SC2, 227, |.l. lO.'!, figj. I, 2. 



