496 NOUTir .UFKRICAN HIRDS. 



CciMMOM riiARAfTKiis. liill i viiiv-wliilc. Flody ciilirc'ly i.'l(issy liliip-lilack. A 

 sfapiiliir slii|u', ^ccninliiiics, ends of iniiiT priiiiiuics, ami undiT winp-coverts, 

 wliilo. Crest sciiilcl ill I lie male, lilack in tlie Ibinnlc. 



1. C. principalis. A white stripe on eacli side of the neck. Bristly 

 lealhcis ill, llic liiise ol' the liiil white. 



Wliite iieck-stripi; not exteiidiiij,' to the hase of the bill. Hliiek 

 leathers of erest loiijrer than the si'arlet. Wit)},', 10.00 ; oulmcn, 2.00. 

 [[(th. Gulf region of I'nited States .... \nr. pri tt r! pali n. 



White stripe reaciiiiiir tin' hase of the hill. Scarlet feathers of cre.it 

 loiijrer liiaii the hlaek. Winj:, I).")0 ; cuhneii, 2.40. Ilab, Ciiha . var. hairiJi} 



2. C. imperialis. No white stripe on the sides of the neck. i[ore white 

 on tiie wings. Hristly feathers at the base of the bill black. Ilab. Sonth 

 Mexico ; Guatemala. 



Campephilus principalis, Gray. 



IVOBT-BILLED WOODFECKEB. 



Picm principalis, Lixx. Sy.st. Nat. I, 17C6, 173. — Wilson, Am. Orn. IV, 1811, 20, pi. 

 xxxi.\, f. ti. — ■\VA(ii.Kit, Syst. Avium, 1827, Xo. 1. — Arn. Orn. Hi.ig. I, 1S32, 311 ; 

 V, 52,5, pi. Ixvi. — In. liirds America, IV, 1812, 214, pi. cclvi. — Si'nukvai.i., Consp. 

 Pic. 4. Dcndriicnptis priiicipaUn, l5ox. List, 1838. Viitiipfphilus priiici/m/i.i, (Ikay, 

 List Ocnc'ia, 1840. — IJAiun, hinls N. Am. 83. ('ah. & 1Ii;in. .Miis. Ilcin. IV, it, 

 100. — DitKssEi!, Iliis, 1805, 4()8 (breeds in Brazos iiiid Trinity, Texas). — (iiiAV, Cat. 

 53. — Ai.i.KX, Birds K. Florida, 301. Dnjultmuin (.Uei/npicii.s) priitiipalis, Bow. Con. 

 Zyg. Aten. Ital. 1854, 7. Drifocojiii.i jrriiieipa! is. Bos. Consp. 1850, 132. While-hilled 

 Woodpeekt;; Catksiiy, Car. I, IG. — Pe.nxant, Latjiam. 



Sp'. Char. Fonrtli and fifth qnills efpial ; third a little shorter. Bill horn-white. 

 Body entirely of a glossy blnc-black (glossed with green below) ; a white stripe beginning 

 half an inch posterior to the eonimissiirc, and passing down the sides of the neck, and 

 extending down each side of the back. Under wing-covert.«, and the entire exposed 

 portion of the secondary cpiills, with ends of the inner primaries, bristles, and a short 

 stripe at the base of the bill, white. Crest scarlet, npper surface lilack. Length, 21.00; 

 wing, 10.00. Female similar, without any red on the head, and with two .spots of white 

 on the end of the outer tail-feather. 



ILvn. Southern Atlantic and Gulf States. North to North Carolina and mouth of the 

 Ohio; west to Arkansas and Eastern Texas. Localities: Brazos and Trinity Rivers, 

 Texas (Duesskh, Ibis, 18G5, 408, broods). 



In the male the entire crown (with its elongated feathers) is black. The 

 scarlet commences just aliove the initldle of tlie eye, and, passing backwards 

 a sliort distance, widens behind find bends down as far as the level of the 

 under edge of the lower jaw. The feathers which spring from the back of 

 the head are much elongated above ; considerably longer than those of 

 the crown. In the specimen before us the black feathers of the crest do 

 not reach as far back as the scarlet. 



Eeference has already been made to the Cuban variety of the Ivory-billed 



1 Cavipephilus hairdi. Cassis, Pr. A. N. So. 1863, 322 (Cuba). — Gundlach, Repertoriuin, 

 I, 1866, 293. —In. Cab. .lour. 1866, 352. Ilab. Cuba. 



