rUID.K — TIIK NVOODl'IX'KEliS. 



oTO 



with a 

 V faint 



Sp. Ciiah. Sliafts aii<l uiuW-v siirlUcrs of wing ami tail li-athers orantjo-rod. Male 

 rc'tl patrh 1)11 viU'h side tlje elu'ek ; nape witliout nil crescent ; sonietinies ver 

 indications laterally. Throat and sti ipe 

 In-neath the eye l»liii>li-ash. Uack , ^ \ t 



jrlossed with pinpli>h-ltrt>wn. Female 

 without the red cheek-patch. Length, 

 about 1.5.00 ; win<:, over G.'>0. 



AODITIONAI. CUAKACTKHS. SpOtS oU 



the belly, a crescent on the breast, and 

 interrupted transverse bands on the 

 back, black. 



Had. Western North America from 

 Pacific to the IJlack Hills; north to 

 Sitka on the coast. Localities: 

 Oaxaca (Scl. P. Z. S. L'^oS, Mo); 

 Vera Cruz, al[)ine re*rions (SuMiniuAST, 

 Mem. Bost. Soc. T, IS*)!), fid'J) ; San 

 Antonio, Texas (Dhksskr, Ibis, LSOo, 

 470); W. Arizona (Corts, P. A. N. S. 

 LSGG, r>0). 



Colaptm tnfxietinu.t. 



Tlie female is similar in every 

 way, perhaps a little smaller, but Licks the red mustache. This is, liowever, 

 indicated hy a brown tin^^e over an area corresponding with tliat uf the red 

 of the male. 



In the present specimen (1,880) there is a sliulit indicatinii of an inter- 

 rupted nuclial red band, as in the common Flicker, in some crimson fibres 

 to some of the feathers about as far behind the eye as this is from the bilL 

 A large proportion of males before us exhil>it the same characteristic, some 

 more, some less, altliough it generally recpiires careful examination for its 

 detection. It may possibly be a characteristic of the not fully mature bird, 

 although it occurs in two out of three male specimens. 



There is a little variation in tlie size of the pectoral crescent and spots ; 

 the latter are sometimes rounded or oblong cordate, instead of circular. 

 Tlie bill varies as much as three or four tenths of an inch. The rumj), 

 usually innnaculate, sometimes has a few black streaks. The extent of the 

 red whisker varies a little. In skins from Oregon and Washington the color 

 of the back is as described ; in those from California and New ^lexico it is 

 of a grayer cast. There is little, if any, variation in the shade of red in the 

 whiskers and quill-featliers. The head is washed on the forehead with 

 rufous, passing into asliy on the nape. 



There is not only some difference in tlie size of this s]iecies, in the same 

 locality, but, as a general rule, the more southern specimens are smaller. 



This species is distinct from the 0. mcmcanoUhs of Lafresnaye, though 

 somewhat resembling it. It is, however, a smaller bird ; the red of the 

 cheeks is deeper ; the whole upper part of the head and neck uniform reddish- 

 cinnamon without any ash, in marked contrast to that on the sides of the 



