MELA NERPES. 291 



south to Costa Kica, north to Jalapa, Cordoba, Tehuante- 

 pec, etc. 



M. formicivorus (SWAINS.). Striped-breasted Woodpecker. 1 

 e 2 . Greater part of chest uniform glossy black, the white streaks 

 being confined to posterior half, or less ; length about 

 8.50-9.50, wing 5.30-6.00 (5.61), tail 3.00-4.00 (3.64), cul- 

 men 1.00-1.40 (1.16). Eggs .91 X -71. Hab. Central, 

 northern, and western Mexico and contiguous border of 

 United States, from western Texas to California, and north 

 along Pacific coast to British Columbia; south, through 

 western Mexico, to Jalisco (Tonila) and Sierra Nevada of 

 Colima(?); northern Lower California 407. M. formi- 

 civorus bairdi EIDQW. Californian Woodpecker. 

 (P. Width of white or yellow frontal band and black crown band in 

 female together decidedly less than width (longitudinally) of 

 red occipital patch ; white or yellow frontal band less than .30 

 wide ; wing averaging decidedly less than 5.50. 



Greater part of chest streaked with white; throat usually 

 decidedly brighter sulphur-yellow than in other forms ; 

 length about 8.25-9.00, wing 5.20-5.55 (5.38), tail 3.30-3.50 

 (3.37), culmen 1.15-1.25 (1.20). Hab. Southern portion of 

 Lower California.... 407. M. formicivorus angustifrons 

 BAIRD. Narrow-fronted Woodpecker. 



I*. Lower parts chiefly pinkish red (in adult) or grayish (in young), rump and 

 upper tail-coverts glossy blackish ; plumage of lower parts harsh, hair- 

 like; wing more than 6.00. (Subgenus Asyndesmus COUES.) 



Adult (sexes alike) : Upper parts, lower tail-coverts, and thighs uni- 

 form dark metallic greenish, or greenish black ; fore-part of head, 

 including cheeks, dark crimson ; chest and collar round hind-neck 

 light hoary grayish ; breast, belly, sides, and flanks pinkish red, 

 lighter anteriorly. Young : No red on head, which is dull blackish 

 above and on cheeks, and dusky grayish on throat; chest dirty 

 light grayish ; sides dusky ; belly dull reddish. Length 10.50-11.50, 

 wing 6.50-6.80, tail 4.40-4.70. Eggs 1.08 X .79. Hab. Western 

 United States, east to Black Hills and Rocky Mountains. 



408. M. torquatus (WILSON). Lewis's Woodpecker. 



a 2 . Back, scapulars, and wings barred with white. (Subgenus Centurus SWAINSON.) 



b l . Sides distinctly barred with blackish ; lesser wing-coverts not varied with 



white. Hab. Central America, north to southern Mexico, south to 



Veragua. 



M. pucherani (MALH.). Pucheran's Woodpecker. 2 



6 2 . Sides without bars ; lesser wing-coverts varied with white. 



1 Picus formicivorus SWAINS., Pbilos. Mag. i. 1827, 436. Melanerpes formicivorus BONAP., P. Z. S. 1837, 

 109. 



* Zelrapicus pucherani MALH., Rev. Zool. 1849, 542; MOD. Pic. ii. 1862, 227, pi. 103, figs. 1, 2. 



