rrciD.K — TllK WOODPECKi: 





that it i>; tlie nio«;t common Woodin'ck' ' noitli of (In Slave Lake, \vli<'iice 

 it lias l'i('([nently ])et*ii sent to the Sm, :soj Inst itiit ion. It is said to 



oR'atlv resembU' /'. v*///o.s/'.s' in lial>ils, except tluit it seeks its IockI ])rin(i- 

 pally iii>on deeaying trees of the pine tiil»e, in v/liieli it fretpicntly makes 

 holes laiLie enough to bury itself. It is not migratory. 



Gexus SFHYROFICUS, BAmn. 



Pi/((mnti.% Bon. ('»>nsj». Zygod. Atcuio Italiuno, May, l^^)4. (Type P. tiinroidi hs) pn- 



onupiiHl in <nistiiii-ans. 

 Sj)Inir<>i>ic>(s, Baiuh, llinls N. Am. 1858, lol. ^TyiM-, Picas varius, Linn., Coils, Vv. A. 



X. S. 18(><5, '>-2 (anatomy). 

 r/fifl».sr»jjns, (Aii. iS: Hkin. Mus. Ili'in. IV, 2, IStJS, 80. (Typ.', /'. ntfiits.) 



Gen. Chak. Hill as in Pims. htit tiif lateral ridge, which is very prominent, nnniing 

 out ihstinctly ti^ the ('".m- 

 missinv at al><>nt it^ niiiMle. 

 bevon<l whieli the hill is 

 rountle<l without any aiiLrles 

 at all. The eulnien and 

 <_:<>nvs are very nearly 

 straiirht. hut sliiihtly eon- 

 vex, the hill tapering rapitl- 

 Iv to a point : the latei-al 

 outline «*oneavo to very 

 near the slightly lievt-lletl 

 tip. Outer }>air ot" toes 

 longest ; the himler ex- 

 terior rather longest ; the 

 inner posterior toe very 

 short, less thar. the iiuier 

 anterior without its claw. 

 Wings long and pointed ; the third, excluding the spuiious. longest. Tail-t'er.;hers vorv 

 hroad. al)ru[)tly a.-uininate. with a very long linear tip. Tongue scarcely extt-nsihlc. 



The genus S/>/it//-opii't(s, instituted in 18.">S, proves to be so strongly marked 

 in iu characters that Dr. Cdues ])ro])()ses to make it the type <»f a distinct 

 sublamily, S/th/fi-niiiiiiur (Pr. Phil. Acad. 1S0(), r>2\ In addition t(> the ]tecu- 

 liarities already indicated, there is a remarkable feature in the toUL ti(\ whicli. 

 according to I )r. Cones, Dr. Hoy, Dr. lUyant. and oihers, is inca]>abic n\' ]>v(>- 

 trusion much beyond the tip of the bill, or not more than the third (d" an 

 inch. Dr. Cones states that the apo-hyal and cerato-hyal elements cd" the 

 hyoid bone do not reach back much beyond the tym])ano-inaxillarv artictda- 

 tioii, instead of extemling rnnnd,as in 7Vr«".s', over the occi])ut to the top of tlu^ 

 cranium, or even curving into an os.seous groove around the orbit. The basi- 

 hyals su]>porting the ti»ngue are shorter and diiferently shaped. The tt)ngut' 

 itself is short and flattened, with a superior longitudinal median groove iind 

 a corresponding inferior ridge ; the tip is broad and flattened and (d>tusely 



Sphi/ro/)icus iiuc/iaHs. 



