196 PICIDH, WOODPECKERS. —GEN. 134, 135. 
with a large oblique white bar on the coverts, and a few white spots on the 
edges of the quills; throat with a narrow crimson patch (white in the Q ?) ; 
head with a white postocular stripe meeting its fellow on the nape, and 
another from the nasal feathers to below the auriculars; size of the last. 
Same habitat. A beautiful species; this, and ‘hyroideus, resemble no others. 
BD.; Os sCoors. 303mm 6 eo) eo ele oe en =, Sn Sans Nii 
134. Genus CENTURUS Swainson. 
*.* Back and wings, except larger quills, closely banded with black and white ; 
primaries with large white blotches near the base, and usually a few smaller spots ; 
below, immaculate, except sagittate black marks on the flanks and crissum; the 
belly tinged with red or yellow; 9-10 long; wing about 5; tail about 32. 
[ed-bellied Woodpecker. Whole crown and nape scarlet in the ¢, partly 
so in the 9 ; sides of head and under parts grayish-white, usually with a 
yellow shade, reddening on the belly; tail black, one or two outer feathers 
white-barred; inner web of central feathers white with black spots, outer 
web of the same black with a white space next the shaft for most of its 
length; white predominating on the rump. Eastern United States, some- 
what southerly, rarely N. to New England; common. Wruts., i, 113, pl. 7, 
f. 2). Nurr.,; 150725 AmD:, iv,.2705 pl. 270); “Bp., 1095 | | osROmmNmEE 
Yellow-faced Woodpecker. Extreme forehead and a nuchal band yellow ; 
crown with a central square crimson patch, wanting in the 9 ; rump and 
upper tail coverts entirely white; tail feathers entirely black, except white 
touches on the outer pair; lower parts sordid whitish, becoming yellow on 
the belly. Texas, southward. C. flaviventris Bp., 110, pl. 42; P. aurifrons, 
WiAcnmR, [sis; 18295 512) Coor..o99.) el) se ee | ADRINRONSS 
Gila Woodpecker. No yellow about the head; crown with a square crim- 
son patch, wanting in the 9 ; rump and upper tail coverts barred with black ; 
tail feathers marked as in carolinus; head and under parts dull brown, 
becoming yellow on the belly. Valley of the Colorado and Gila. Bp., 111; 
Coopt 399 6 ease a!) 8 ganeecl oe ca #20 eek k OCe Ren U ROPES G Inutine 
135. Genus MELANERPES Swainson. 
Red-headed Woodpecker. Glossy blue-black; rump, secondaries and 
under parts from the breast, pure white ; primaries and tail feathers black ; 
whole head, neck and breast crimson, in both sexes, grayish-brown in the 
young; about 9; wing 53; tail 3$. Eastern U.S. to the Rocky Mountains ; 
California? A very abundant and familiar bird, in orchards and gardens as 
well as in the woods, conspicuous by its gay tricolor plumage; migratory “in 
northerly sections. Wmuts., i, 142, pl. 9, f.1; Nurr., i, p.—; Auvwb., iv, 
274, pl. 2715 Bo:, 113; Coor., 402.-. .. =< « SRYTHROCEPHALUS: 
Californian Woodpecker. Glossy blue-black; rump, bases of all the 
quills, edge of the wing, and under parts from the breast, white, the sides 
with sparse black streaks; forehead squarely white, continuous with a stripe 
down in front of the eyes and thence broadly encircling the throat, there 
