. XLIII. 105 



PECKER. L. 9; W. 5; T. 3. U. S., E. of the Rocky 

 Mts.; abundant. 



8. COLAPTES, Swainson. FLICKERS. 



1. C. auratus, (L.) Sw. GOLDEN - WINGED WOOD- 

 PECKER. HIGH - HOLER. YARUP. Head ashy, with red 

 nuchal crescent; back olivaceous, barred with black; rump 

 white; below pinkish brown shading into yellowish, a 

 black crescent on breast and numerous round black spots; 

 shafts and under surfaces of quills golden yellow; $ with 

 a black maxillary patch; L. 12; W. 6; T. 4f E. U. S., 

 abundant. 



Var. mexicanus, (Sw.) Snow. RED- SHAFTED FLICKER. 

 Quills with orange red instead of golden; maxillary 

 patches in $ red instead of black; no nuchal crescent; 

 no yellowish on belly. Western, E. to Kas., etc. Runs 

 into the preceding, through C. hybridus, Baird. 



OEDER L-PSITTAOI. 



(The Parrots.) 



Bill enormously thick, cered at base and strongly 

 hooked. Feet zygodactyle by reversion of outer toe, 

 tarsus reticulate. Tongue short, fleshy; upper jaw un- 

 usually movable. Altricial. Plumage often brilliant. In 

 all warm regions; species three hundred and fifty-four, 

 nearly half of which are American. 



FAMILY XLIIL ARID^E. 



(The Macaws.) 



Parrots with the head not crested, and the tail long, 

 wedge-shaped or graduated. (Itaird.) 

 * Culmen rounded ; face entirely feathered except a curve about 

 the eye ; tail shorter than wings. . . CONUKUS, 1. 



