158 PICIDiE. 



Genus CEOPHLffiUS, Cah. cj- Hchie. 



CeophlcBus scapiilaris (Vig.). 



Ceopliloeus scapiilaris, Jlat-ffift, Cat, Birds B. M. xviii. p. 510 (1890) ; 

 Salv. 1^- Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, ii. p. 450 (1895) ; Nehrk. 

 Kat. Eiersamml. p. 108 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 232 (1900). 



The eggs of the White-billed Woodpecker in the Collection are 

 of a very narrow oval shape, and extremely glossy. Four examples 

 measure respectively : 1*15 by '78; 1-28 by -78; 1-19 by '8; 1-1 

 by -74. 



2. Mazatlan, Mexico {A. Forrer). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Mazatlan. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus DRYOTOMUS, Swains. 

 Dryotomus pileatus {Linn.). 



Hylotomus pileatus, Baird, Brewer Sf Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 550 



(1874). 

 Dryotomus pileatus, Harqitt, Cat. Birds B. M. xviii. p. 515 (1890) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l ii. p.' 232 (1900). 

 Ceopliloeus pileatus, Bendire, Life-Hist. N. Afner. Birds, ii, p. 102, pi. i. 



fig. 5 (1895). 



Pour eggs of the Pileated Woodpecker measure respectively : 

 1-28 by -95: 1-26 by -98; 1-23 by •97: 1-27 by -98. They are 

 exceedingly glossy. 



4. N. America {Field Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus PICUS, Limi. 

 Picus martius, Linn. 



Picus martius, Thien. Fortpflanz. (jes. Vixj. p. 98, tab. xiii. fig. 13 (1845- 



54) ; Simpsoji, Ibis, 1859, p. 2G4 ; Hurgitt, Cat. Birds B. M. xviii. 



p. 518 (1890) ; Scebohm, Eqqs of Brit. 'Birds, p. 172, pi. 48. fig. 9 



(189(3) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii! p. 232 (1900). 

 Dryocopus martius, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 11. fig. 3 (1855-63) ; 



Dresser, Birds Eur. v. p. 3 (1871). 



The eggs of the Great Black Woodpecker are of a peculiar pointed 

 oval shape, and some are quite pyriform. They are highly glossy, 

 and measure from 1-2 to 1-45 in length, aud from "9 to 1*05 in 

 breadth. 



4. Sweden (J/. W. Wheelwright : Ci'owley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



2. Gefle, Sweden, April. Crowley Bequest. 



6. Sweden, Gould Coll. 



4. Sweden, 30th April [Meves). Seebohm Coll. 



