PICID.E — THE WOODrECKERS. 5(J1 



domen, sides, and crissnm, with paU'h on baso of primaries, pure white, 

 the sides and breast with blaeiv streaks. Other jiortions slo^-'^y bhie- black. 

 ^. Wiiole crown and nape carmine. 9 ^^'itl^ tlie occiput and nape 

 alone red. 



More than t/te anterior h(i[t' of the pectoral hand immaculate. 



9 ^^'^^^^ ^^^^ white frontal, black coronal, and red occipital bands 

 of about equal width. Forehead and throat only s!i«,'htly tinged 

 with sulphur-yellow. Wing, 5.80; tail, 3.00; bill, 1.27. Hah. 

 Pacilic Province of United States, .ind Northern ai^d Western 

 Mexico ........ \iiv. for tnic i vor us. 



9 with the white frontal l)and only about half as wide as the 

 black coronal, which is only about half as wide as the red occipi- 

 tal, band or patch. F'orehead and throat bright sulphur-yellow. 

 Wing, ').40; tail, 3. Go; bill, 1.23. Ilah. Lower California. 



var. a n gust ifr ons. 



Nearly the whole of the black pectoral band variegated with white streaks. 



Relative width of the white, black, and red areas on the crown as in 

 formicivorus. Wing, 5.50 ; tail, 3.75; bill, 1.22. Ilab. Middle America, 

 south of Orizaba and Mirador .... var, s t riati pectus} 



^. Nape, only, red (as in females of preceding races); 9 ^vitliout 

 any red. 



Whole breast streaked, the black and white being in about equal 

 amount. Wing, 5.70 ; tail, 3.90 ; bill, 1.20. Hab. New Granada. 



var. jlavigula.' 



Melanerpes torquatus, Boxap. 



LEWIS'S WOODPECKER. 



Picustorqvifus, Wilson, Am. Cm. Ill, Isll, 31, pi. xx. — Wagler, Sysc. Av. 1S27, No. 

 82. — Aid. Orn. Biog. V, 1839, 176, pL cicxvi. — Ib. Birds Amer. IV, 1842, 280, pi. 

 cclxxii. — SuNDEVALL, Consp. 51. Mdancrjics torquatus, Bp. Consp. 1850, 115. — 

 Heeumann, J. A. N. So. Phil. 2d ser. II, 1853, 270. — Xewbeurv, Zool. Cal. & Or. 

 Route, 90, in P. R. R. Surv. VI, 1857. — Baird, Birds N. Am. 115. — Cooi'Kk & 

 SucKLEY, 161. — Cassin. Pr. A. N. S. 1863, 327. — Loud, Pr. R. A. Inst. IV, 1864, 

 112 (nesting). — Coopek, Orn. Cal. I, 1870, 406. Picus montitnua, Oud. in Guthrie's 

 Geog. 2d Am. ed. II, 1815, 316. Picus Icicisii, Du.4.piez. (Gray.) Asyndcsrnus tor- 

 quatus, CouEs, Pr. A. N. S. 1866, 55. 



Sp. Char. Feathers on the under parts bristie-like. Fourth quill longest; then third 

 and fifth. Above dark glossy-green. Breast, lower part of the neck, and a narrow collar 

 all round, hoary grayish-white. Around the base of the bill and sides of the head to 



1 McIancrpcs formicivorus, var. stria tipcctus, Ridgway. In view of the very appreciable 

 ditTcrence from the other races named, it appears necessary to name this one, in ordei- that it 

 may rank eipudly with the rest. The almost entirely streaked breast is only an approaeh to what 

 we see, in its extreme phase, in the var. Jlaviijula. The black vertex of the female appears 

 broader than in specimens of var. formicivorus. 



•2 MrtancriKs formicicorua, var. Jiavigula, Natt. ^feIampicus flavigula (Natt.), Maiii. Rev. 

 Zool. 1849, 542, Mouog. Pie. II, 202, pi. xeix, f. 5, 6. McIancrpcs flavigularis, ScL. P. Z. S. 

 1856, 161. 'IMiis can only be considered the melanistie extrenu' of a species of which the var. 

 formicivorus is the nibes«?ent one, the transition being gradual through tlie var. striatipcctus of 

 the intermediate region. 



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