116 SCANSORES. 



4. MELANERPES FORMICIVORUS. The Ant-eating 

 Woodpecker. 



Picus formicivorus, Sw. Phil. Mag. i. p. 439. 

 Picus melanopogon, Licht. PL Col. 451. 

 Melanerpes formicivorus, Bp. Pr. Z. S. (1837) p. 109. 

 Melampicos melanopogon, Malh. Rev. et Mag. (1849) p. 542. 

 Melanerpes melanopogon, Bp. Consp. Av. p. 115. 

 Melampicus formicivorus, Malh. Monogr. des Pic. ii. p. 199. 

 t. 99. f. 1, 2, 3. 



a. Mexico, female. From Mr. Argent's Collection. 



b, c. Mexico, male and female. Presented by J. Taylor, 



Esq. 



d. Mexico, male. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 



5. MELANERPES XANTHOLARYNX. The Yellow-throated 

 Woodpecker. 



Melanerpes xantholarynx, Reichb. Handb. Sp. Orn. p. 384. 

 Melampicus xantholarynx, Malh. Monogr. des Pic. ii. p. 204, 

 t. 100. f. 6. 



Hob. ? 



b. ASYNDESMUS. 



6. MELANERPES TORQUATUS. Lewis's Woodpecker. 



Picus torquatus, Wils. Amer. Orn. pi. 20. f. 3. 



Picus montanus, Ord, in Guthrie's Geogr. ii. p. 316. 



Picus Lewisii, Drap. 



Melanerpes torquatus, Siv. Classif. of B. ii. p. 310. 



Melampicos torquatus, Malh. N. Cl. Mem. Acad. Metz (1849), 



p. 365. 

 Melampicus torquatus, Malh. Monogr. des Pic. ii. p, 214, t. 96. 



f. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 

 Asyndesmus torquatus, Coues. 



a-d. West side of Rocky Mountains, male and female. 

 Presented by J. K. Lord, Esq. 



e. Columbia River. Presented by Mr. Barclay. 



/. San Sacramento. Presented by Capt. Sir E. Belcher, 

 R.N. 



c. CLADOSCOPUS. 



7. MELANERPES WILLIAMSONI. Williamson's Woodpecker. 



Picus Williamsonii, Newb. Z. Calif orn. fy Or eg. Rout. p. 89. 

 Melanerpes rubrigularis, Sclat. Proc. Z. S. (1858) p. 2, pi. 131. 



