Mr. Svvainsbn's Synopsis of the Birds of Mexico. 4'39 



country alive by Mr. Bullock, who purchased them in the 

 city of Mexico. 

 Size of Ps. menstruus. Linn. 



78. Macrocerciis militaris. Edwards, pi. 313. 



Table land. Temiscaltipec. 



The minute description of Edwards enables me to state some 

 iew variations which present themselves in the Mexican 

 specimen. The size is somewhat larger, being 28 inches : 

 the two middle tail feathers alone are red, the others being 

 blue, margined with dull red about half their length : the 

 outer one being entirely blue. 



Total length 28 inches : wings, l* ; tail, 17 ; outer feather, 6^. 



Depth of both mandibles, 2\. 



79. Macrocercus pacJiyrhi/nchus. 



Green ; front, eye-brows, and ridge of the shoulders red ; 



cheeks plumed ; tail feathers broad and obtuse. 

 Table land : rare. 

 This bird has strong claims to generic distinction ; but I place 



it, for the present, on the confines of the true Mackaws. 

 Wings, 10 inches: middle tail feathers, 5| ; curveof the upper 

 mandible, 2 inches ; depth of the under, 1 inch. 



Fam. PiCTDiE. 



80. Picus formicivorus. 



Glossy blue-black ; hind head red ; front, rump, and band on 

 the quills white ; throat yellow ; breast black with white 

 stripes. 



Table land : not uncommon in the pine woods of Temiscalti- 

 pec. Information derived from Mr. Jenkens, a medical 

 gentleman now at Real del Monte, enables me to give this 

 species a name appropriate to its habits. 



Total length, 8: bill, \-^^; wings, 5|; tail, 3|. 



81. Picus elegans. 



Equally banded with black and white ; beneath gray ; eye- 

 brows black, crown red, hind head golden. 

 Maritime land. 

 Total length, 8^ : bill, 1^ ; wings, 5 ; tail, 3|. 



82. Picus albif-ons. 



Above blackish, transversely marked with white lines, be- 

 neath olivaceous ; front, chin, and sides of the head white; 

 crown and neck red. 



Table land : rare. 



Total length, 10^ : bill, \^"^ ; wings, 5 ; tail, 4. 



83. Picus varius. Wilson, Am. Orn. i. pi. 9. f. 2. Bonap. 



Am. Oni. i. pi. «. f. 1, 2. 

 Tabic land. Temiscaltipec. Real del Monte. 

 Total length, 7 : bill, 1 ,'o ; wings, 1:] ; tail, 3',. 



G. COLAPTES. 



