BIRDS—PICIDAE—MELANERPES TORQUATUS. 
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Specimens vary in the gloss on the black of the upper parts, which is sometimes green, 
scmetimes bluish. 
The young male is exactly like the adult; the only evidence of immaturity being in the 
shorter and more curved bill, as well as the smaller size. 
Specimens from New Leon are much smaller than those from California, as shown by a male, 
(4033,) in which the wing is half an inch shorter than in California specimens. 
mens have a few red tipped feathers in the posterior edge of the pectoral collar, but it is not 
found in all. 
List of specimens. 
Specimens from the Coppermines are about the size of Californian. 
Many speci- 
Locality. 
Umpqua valley, O. T- 
Suisun village, Cal.-- 
Petaluma, Cal.-...-. 
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San Francisco......- 
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Santa Clara, Cal ..... 
San Jose, Cal 
Santa Isabel, Cal 
Los Nogales, Mexico - 
Copper Mines, N. M-- 
Fort Thorn, New Mex. 
New Leon, Mexico... 
Sp. Cu.—Feathers on the under parts bristle-like. 
Breast, lower part of the neck and a narrow collar all round hoary grayish white. 
When collected. 
Orign’) 
No. 
Whence obtained. 
Collected by— 
May —, 1856 
July —, 1856 
Winter 53~-’54 
Nov. —, 1855 
Dec. 26,1854 
June —, 1856 
Lt. Williamson .. 
A. J. Grayson -.- 
Major Emory---- 
Dr. 8. C. Henry-- 
Lt. Couch...--.- | 162 | 
Dr. Newberry - 
Mr. Schott---- 
. Kennerly . 
Mri@larkc. =. 
Extent. 
MELANERPES TORQUATUS, Bonap. 
Lewis’s Woodpecker. 
Picus torquatus, Witson, Am. Orn. IL, 1811, 31; pl. xx.—Wacrer, Syst. Av. 1827, No. 82.—Avp. Orn. Biog. 
V, 1839, 176 ; pl. 416.—Is. Birds Amer. IV, 1842, 280 ; pl. 272. 
Melanerpes torquatus, Br. Consp. 1850, 115.—Herrmann. J. A. N. Se. Phil. 2d ser. I], 1853, 270.—Newserry, 
Zool. Cal. & Or. Route, 90; in P. R. R. Surv. VI, 1857. 
Picus montanus, Ord, in Guthrie’s Geog. 2d Am. ed. I, 1815, 316. 
Picus lewisii, Drapiez. (Gray.) 
Fourth quill longest ; then third and fifth. 
Around the base of the bill and sides ot 
Above dark glossy green. 
the head to behind the eyes, dark crimson. Belly blood red, streaked finely with hoary whitish. Wings and tail entirely uniform 
dark glossy green. 
Female with the markings more obscure. 
Hab.— Western America from Black hills to Pacific. 
Length about 1} inches ; wing 62. 
