54G NOUTU AiII<:iaUAN 13IIIDS. 



posed siiiliiii^ of iiuills withdiil iiiiy while, t'xeept, on the outoi- primaries. Female with 

 tlie ehin white instead <if reil. I.iMi,i;th, 0.0(1; win;:. ").(•(); fail, 4.70. 



ILvn. Udf'ky Mountains to the Caseiide Mountains, Sierra Nevada. Loealities; West 

 Arizona (Cones, V. X. X. S. ISGG, 51). 



Jlead and neck all rouiul, sides of breast and bmly, upper parts jfenerally, 

 wings, and tail, glossy greenisli-lilack. A well-detincd white stripe from the 

 nostrils (including the bristly nasal feathers) passing backwards under the 

 eye ; another, nearly jiarallel, starting at the upper ]iart of the eye, and nctarly 

 meeting its fellow on tlic occii)ut. Chin and throat red along tlieir central 

 line. A large ])ati]i on the wing, including the exposed portions of tlic 

 middle and greater coverts, white, although the anterior lesser coverts are 

 black. The inner face of the wings, excepting the smaller coverts, is black, 

 banded trans\ersely on tlie inner primaries with white ; the sides of body 

 behind and under tail-coverts white, with broadly Y-shaped bands of black, 

 which coloi' on tlie latter occupies the whole central iiortion of the feath- 

 ers, iiuni]) and upjier tail-coverts pure white ; back with a few indistinct 

 and concealed sjiots of tlie same. (j>uills l)lack ; the margins of e.xterior 

 primaries s))otted with white, the inner margins only of the remaining (pulls 

 with similar but larger ana more transver.se blotches. Middle of the body, 

 from the breast to tiie vent, sidphur-yellow, with the exception of the 

 type which had been [n-eserveil in alcohol (which sometimes extracts the 

 red of feathers). We have seen no specimen (except young birds, marked 

 female), in a considerable number, without red on the chin, and are inclined 

 to think that 1)(jth sexes exliibit this character. Young birds from the liocky 

 Mountains t.re very similar to the adult, but have the throat marked white, 

 and the inner web of innermost tail-feather banded with the same color. 

 Xo. 10,0',)t», i ad. (F(n't Crook, ( 'alifornia), has a single crimson feather in 

 the nnddle of the forehead. 



II.VDiTs. This comparatively new sjjecies of Woodpecker was first dis- 

 covered by Dr. Newlierry in the pin'b forest on the eastern border of the 

 upper Klamath Lake. Its habits ajjpeared to liim to be very sinnlar to those 

 of P. harrisi and F. f/ninln, ri, which inhabit the same region. The indi- 

 vidual he procured was creeping u]) the trunk of a large yellow ])ine (I', bra- 

 clnjptcm), searching for insects in tlie bark. Its cry was very like tliat of 

 r. /Kd-flsi. Although killed by the first fire, a second disciiarge was re(piired 

 to detach it iVom tiie limb to which it clung fast. 



According to Dr. Cones, it is resident and not uncommon in the Territory 

 of Arizona, occurring exclusively among tlie jjine-trees. It is said to range 

 from both sh)pes of the Jiocky ^Fountains to the Pacific, fr(nn as far north 

 at least as Oregon. Fort Whi]i]ile is su]i])osed to be aliont its southern 

 lunit. Dr. Coues states that this species po.s.sesses the auiitomical peculiari- 

 ties of the S. ravins, and that its iuvl)its entirely correspond. Mr. Allen found 

 it aliundant on the sides (.'f Blount Lincoln, in Colorado Territory. 



Dr. Cooper met with a straggler of this species in the valley of the Colo- 



