496 NOIITIT AMKRICAN niRDS. 



Common ('ii.\K.\fTKns. Itill ivorv-whitr, Rody cntinly t:lossy Muo-Mack. A 

 srapiilar strijK', srcniidiirii's. ciids »»l' iniHT primaries, aii<l undor win^'-covcrts, 

 \vlui«'. Crrst scarlft in tin- male, Mark in tin* I'l'inalc. 



1. C. principalis. A wliitc stripe on eacli side of the neck. Bristly 

 IcutlHTs at ill*' l>as«> of the hill white. 



White lu'ck-stripe not extcndiujj: to tin- Itjise of the bill. I^laek 

 feathers of crest lonjrer than the searh't. Wing, lO.OO ; eulnu n, 2.<iO. 

 IInl). (Julf reL'ioti of I'nitefl States .... \i\r. ]> r i )t ri pnl i s. 



White stripe reaejiin<r the base of the hill. Scarlet feathers of crest 

 lonjrer than the l)lack. Winjr, O.oO ; euhnen, 2.40. Ilab. Ciiha . var. hairdi} 



2. C. imperialis. No white stripe on the sides of the neek. More white 

 on the winjrs. Hristly feathers at the base of the bill black. Ilah. Sonth 

 Mexico ; Guatemala. 



Campephilus principalis, Gray. 



lYOBT-BILLED WOODPECKER. 



Picus principal is, Linx. Syst. Nat. I, 1766, 173. — Wii.sox, Am. Om. IV, 1811, 20, pi. 

 xxxix, f. t). — Wa(;lkr, Syst. Avium, 1827, No. 1. — Ari>. Oni. liioj,'. I, 18-32, 341 ; 

 V, 52.'), pi. Ixvi. — In. Birds America, IV, 1842, 214, pi. cclvi. — SrxDKV.vi.L, Consp. 

 Pic. 4. Demlrocnpus primipalis, Hox. lust, 1838, Cauiprphilus prinri/t'ifis, On AY, 

 List Genera, 1840. — Raikd, Birds N. Am. 83, Cab. k Hkin. Mus. Ilrin. IV, ii, 

 100. — DuEssEi:, Ibis, 186-i, 468 (breeds in Brazos and Trinity, T«'.\as). — Gijay, Cat. 

 53. — Al.l.KX, Birds K. Florida, 301. Driiotoinaa {Mafapicus) prituipnh's, ]i<»x. Con. 

 Zyg. Aten. Ital. 1854, 7. Dryixopus jtrincijmlis. Bos. C(»nsp. 1850, 132. irhitc-billcd 

 }Voo(1jh'ck\ ■', Catesby, Car. I, 16. — Penxaxt, Latham. 



Sr'. CtiAa. Fourth and fifth quills erpial ; third a little ."shorter. Bill horn-white. 

 Body entirely of a glossy blue-black (glossed ^vith green below) ; a white stripe beginning 

 half an inch posterior to the commissure, and passing down the sides of the neck, and 

 extending do^vn each side of the back. Under wing-coverts, and the entire exposed 

 portion of the secondary quills, with ends of the inner primaries, bristles, and a short 

 stripe at the base of the bill, white. Crest scarlet, upper surfixce black. Length. 21.00; 

 wing, 1().00. Female similar, without any red on the head, and with two ispots of white 

 on the end of the outer tail-feather. 



Hah. Southern Atlantic and Gulf States. North to North Carolina and mouth of the 

 Ohio; west to Arkansas and Eastern Texa.«!. Localities: Brazos and Trinity Rivers, 

 Texas (Dresser, Ibis, 1865, 4G8, breeds). 



In the male the entire crown (with it.s elongated feathers) is black. The 

 scarlet commences jnst above the middle of the eye, and, passing backwards 

 a short distance, widens behind and bends down as far as the level of tlie 

 under edge of the lower jaw. The feathers which spring from the back of 

 the head are much elongated above ; considerably longer than those of 

 the crown. In the specimen before ns the black feathers of the crest do 

 not reach as far back as the scarlet. 



Eeference has already been made to the Cuban variety of the Ivory-billed 



1 CamprphiJvs hairdi, Carsix, Pr. A. N. Sc. 1863, 322 (Cuba). — Guxdlach, Repertorium, 

 T, 1866, 293. —Ib. Cab. Jour. 1866, 352. Hah. Cuba. 



