COLAPTES. 



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The eggs of the Ground Woodpecker in the Collection are exces- 

 sively glossy and measure respectively : 1*08 by *85 ; 1'09 by *82 ; 

 1-11 by 79; 1 -12 by -82. 



4. Newcastle, Natal, 2nd Aug. (E. A. Crowley Bequest. 

 Butler}. 



Genus COLAPTES, Swains. 

 The eggs of the Woodpeckers of this genus are highly glossy. 



Colaptes luteus, Bangs. 



Colaptes auratus (nee Linn.}, Ross, Nat. Hist. Rev. 1862, p. 278 ; id. Canad. 

 Nat. vii. p. 143 (1862) ; Blakiston, Ibis, 1862, p. 3 ; Baird, Brewer 

 8f Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 575, part. (1874) ; Cones, Birds N.- 

 West, p. 292 (1874) ; Hargitt, Cat. Birds B. M. xviii. p. 12, part. 

 (1890) ; Bendire, Life-Hist. N.-Amer. Birds, ii. p. 129 (1895). 



Colaptes auratus luteus, Bangs, Auk, xv. p. 177 (1898). 



Colaptes luteus, Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 201 (1900). 



The eggs of the Golden-winged Woodpecker measure from 1 to 

 1*23 in length, and from '78 to *91 in breadth. 



1. North America. 



11. North America (Henshaiv Coll.}. 



2. North America (Montreal Mus. : 



Hargitt Coll.}. 



6. Fort Simpson, Mackenzie River 

 District. 



6. Great Slave Lake, 9th June (L. 



Clarke, Jun. : Tristram Coll.}. 



7. Fort Rae, Great Slave Lake, 20th 



June (L. Clarke, Jun. : Smiths. 



Inst.}. 

 1. Carlton, Canada, 1st June (T. W. 



Blakiston}. 



4. Pennsylvania (Hargitt Coll.). 

 6. New York, 17th May. 



6. Highland Falls, New York, 21st 



May (E. A. Mearns: Hargitt 

 Coll.}. 



4. Madison, Connecticut. 

 28. Princeton, New Jersey ( W. E. D. 

 Scott}. 



8. Princeton, 10th May ( W. E. D. S.) 



7. Princeton, 13th May ( W. E. D. S.} 

 7. Princeton, 16th May ( W. E. D. S. 



10. Princeton, 27th May ( W. E. D. S. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



B. R. Ross, Esq. [P.]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll, 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Princeton University. N. J. 

 [E.]. 



Colaptes collaris, Vig. 



Colaptes mexicanus (nee Swains.), Lord, Proc. R. A. Inst. Woolwich, iv. 

 p. 337 (1865) ; Baird, Brewer fy Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 578, 

 part. (1874) ; Hargitt, Cat. Birds B. M. xviii. p. 17, part. (1890). 



