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insignis (Cass. ). 
zambesia, Shelley, Ibis, 1894, p. 8; id. B.Afr. i. p. 125 (1896). 
‘‘ Similar to P. insignis, but differing in having the sides of the face and throat pale 
ashy, and the abdomen, flanks, and under tail-coverts white. Total length, 5; 
wing, 2'8 inches.” (She//ey). Habitat. Nyassaland (Zomba). 
Since this Catalogue was in the press, the following two subspecies have 
been described :— 
COLAPTES. 
See Page 99. 
auratus, susp. luteus, Bungs, Auk. xv. p. 177 (1898). 
“Size larger than C. auratus auratus; bill proportionally shorter, straighter, less 
curved. Colours much paler throughout ; the brown of the back and the gray 
of top of head several shades lighter ; black bands on back narrower and less 
conspicuous; under parts more washed with yellow—much less black and 
white; shafts, ete., a much brighter yellow.” (Bangs), Habitat, Eastern North 
America. 
In our series of sixteen examples of C. auratus, we can distinguish no differences 
cither in size or colouration, sufficient to separate a specimen from Georgia from 
others from Canada and the Assiniboina River, though in the absence of a 
larger series from the southern United States, it is impossible to state definitely 
that the subspecies is invalid. 
DRYOTOMUS. 
See Page 115. 
pileatus, susp. abieticola (Bangs), Auk. xv. p. 176 (1898). 
“Much larger than Ceophlwus pileatus pileatus; bill longer, of about the same 
breadth ; tarsus longer ; all the white markings more extensive ; black colour 
less sooty, more brownish or grayish black, feathers of sides more extensively 
tipped and barred with white.” (Bangs). Habitat. Eastern North America. 
In the case of D. pileatus, we can distinguish no differences whatever as regards 
colouration, in our series from the United States, but the dimensions of the bills 
seem somewhat variable, the culminal ridge of a specimen from Illinois measures 
58 mm., while that of a Georgian example is only 46 mm. The Vancouver 
Island specimen differs notably in showing no white whatever on the external 
aspect of the wing, whereas in all the other examples the primary coverts are 
tipped with white, and the white basal portion of the quills extends beyond the 
primary coverts, forming a white bar on the wing; in the Vancouver Island 
specimen, the white is much more restricted, so as to be invisible externally, and 
much less marked on the inside of the wing. 
The Picr are, therefore, represented in the Museum by 81 out of the 
91 characterised genera; and by 1871 Specimens belonging to 404 out 
of the 670 described species. The number of species represented by their 
Types is 17, besides 13 relegated to the synonymy. (October, 1898.) 
