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(EXTRA-LIMITAL.) 



* Crested. 



P. imperialis, Gould. (Not figured.) Shining greenish black. Crest scarlet : a triangular spot on 

 the back ; secondaries and inner webs of primaries white ; bristles of the nostrils black. Length, 

 two feet ; the largest of the genus. Rocky mountains, California. 



P. principalis. (Aud. B. of A. Vol. 4, p. 214, pi. 256.) Violet-black. Crest red and black ; secon- 

 daries, rump and a stripe on each side white ; nasal bristles white. Female : crest Hack. Length, 

 21 inches. From North Carolina southwardly. 



P. lineatus. (Id. lb. p. 233, not figured.) Head scarlet: a crimson patch on the chin ; throat yellowish 

 white; a white band from the nostrils down the neck; breast black. Beneath whitish, barred with 

 black. Length, 15 inches. Columbia river. 



** Not Crested. 

 P. ruber. (Id. lb. pi. 266.) Entire head, neck and breast carmine red ; beneath yellow. Wings 



dusky, with a white patch. Length, 9 inches. Columbia river. 

 P. harrisi. (Id. lb. p. 261. Giraud, Texas.) Head, eye-stripe and all above black : a red occipital 



band: a white stripe above and beneath the eye; quills barred and tipped with black; beneath 



brownish white. Female : no red occipital band. Length, 9 inches. Columbia river and Texas. 

 P. querulus. (Id. lb. p. 254, pi. 264.) Black, barred above with white: sides of the head white, 



with a short red line above it ; outer tail-feathers white spotted with black. Female, no red line on 



the head. Length, 8£ inches. From New-Jersey southwardly. Allied to carolinus. 

 P. auduboni. {Id. lb. p. 259, pi. 265.) Head and eye-stripe black, with a yellow patch on the 



crown: four middle tail-feathers black: quills spotted with white; beneath white. Allied to pube- 



scens. Length, 7 inches. Louisiana. 

 P. martini. (Id. lb. pi. 260.) Barred above with white and black. Frontlet, back of the head and 



eye-stripe black. Crown red : a line above the eye, one beneath meeting on the hind head, and 



all the lower parts dusky white. Length, 9 inches. Canada. 

 P. torquatus. (Id. lb. p. 280, pi. 272.) Greenish black. Front, cheeks and belly bright vermilion; 



collar round the neck and breast white. Female : throat and breast greyish white, with dusky 



sagittate spots. Length, 11 inches. Columbia river. 

 P. mexicanus. (Id. lb. pi. 274. Giraud, Texas.) Brown above, barred with black; under side of 



wings and tail, and shafts of the quills red ; hind part of the back white : a red patch at the angles 



of the mouth. Female, no red patch. Allied to auratus. Length, I3£ inches. Texas and 



Columbia river. 

 P. medianus. (Nut. Man. Orn. Vol. 2, p. 601.) Varied with black and white: crown black; hind 



head red, and both spotted with white ; second quill much longer than the seventh. Female : head 



wholly black. Confounded with pubescens, with which it may prove identical. Middle Stales. 

 P. ayresi. (Add. B. of A VoL 7, p. 348, pi. 494.) A red dash from the base of the bill down 



each side of the throat, and a similar transverse band on the hind neck. Allied to auratus. Length, 



12-5. Upper Missouri. 



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