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becomes in G. viridanus dull dingy green, the hinder crown alone being 
yellowish. The rosy feathers of the heleetas are much less vivid in G. 
viridanus. But the chief distinction lies in the much more boldly marked wings 
and tail of the latter, which are black, distinctly barred with buff, and a wash of 
rich deep red on the top of all, The foregoing rather suggests a description of 
the young bird of G@ grantia, but the colouring is really very dissimilar, and in 
the example sent me by Messrs. La Touche and Rickett, the rosy feathers of the 
head are confined to the forehead, showing the bird to be an adult male. Lastly, 
the Chinese bird has a longer wing by more than ‘3 inch (5°33 to 5:0 in 
G. grantia), though in other respects much of the same size.” (Slater). Habitat. 
Southern China. 
viridis, Blyth. One. 92. Burmah. 
ASYNDESMUS, Couves. 
torquatus (/Vils.). Six. 346,29. California (San Bernardino Co., April, 
September, October). 
MELANERPES, Swains. 
erythrocephalus (Linn.). Twelve. ¢, 2,3 jr. United States (Ohio; 
Illinois, Eaglewood, May). 
No. 10, jr. ( = 3872a, Lord Derby’s Mus.), is one of the Types of White-rumped 
Woodpecker, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. pt. iii. p. 563 (1782); id. Gen. Hist. iii. p. 397 
(1822). 
candidus ((fto). Six. 54, 9. Brazil (Para). Bolivia. 
formicivorus (Swains.). Six. 3 (1 jr.),39. Mexico. 
formicivorus, su)sp. melanopogon (Zvmm.). Five. 2¢,39. California 
(Marine Co. Nicasio, April; Visalia, May). [Brazil]. 
Messrs. Salvin & Godman (Biol. Centr. Amer. Aves. ii. pp. 412-414) consider that 
this sub-species cannot be separated from M. formicivorus typicus. Californian 
specimens can, however, be at once distinguished by their much broader black 
pectoral band. ; 
formicivorus, subsp. angustifrons, Baird. 
formicivorus, subsp. aculeatus, Mearns, Auk. vii. pp. 249-251 (1890). 
‘* Adult :—General size and colouring intermediate between M. formicivorus and M. 
Sormicivorus bairdi ; throat less yellow than in either of them; bill shorter, 
more slender, and less arcuate than in either of the other forms of MM. 
Jormicivorus ; white striping of chest more than in the Pacific form, less than in 
formicivorus. 
“ Young in first plumage :—Similar to adults, but lacking the black band across the 
fore part of the crown, the whole top of the head being red in both sexes ; colours 
duller, with the quill-feathers, neck, and breast shghtly brownish ; pectoral 
band broader, with less of the white striping ; black streaks of sides less sharply 
defined, having a blurred appearance. Dimensions: —Male—Length, 232-250 mm. ; 
alar expanse, 442-472 ; wing, 137-151 ; tail, 82-97 ; culmen (chord), 24-29 ; tarsus, 
21-24; middle toe and claw, 24-27. Female—Length, 231-248; alar expanse, 
437-475 ; wing, 140-150; tail, 83-95; culmen (chord), 23-28; tarsus, 19-24; 
middle toe and claw, 22°5-26.” (Mearns). Habitat. Southern United States, 
southward through the mountainous portions of Western Mexico. 
flavigula, Zeichend. Five. 3 6, 29. [California]. New Grenada. 
Bogota. 
xantholarynx, Reichenb. 
cruentatus (Bodd.). Eleven. 46,79. Cayenne. Bogota. Brazil. 
Bolivia. 
rubrifrons (Spiz). Three. 2¢, 9. Surinam (Albina, April). Northern 
Brazil. 
portoricensis (Daud.) ; chrysauchen, Salv. 
pulcher, Sclat. One. ¢. Bogota. 
flavifrons (Vicill.). Five. 28,39. Brazil (Bahia). 
cactorum (Lafr. d DOrb.). Four. 3¢, 9. Argentina (Buenos Ayres). 
Bolivia. 
