550 



NOIITII AMinaCAX BIRDS. 



Hylotomus pileatus, Baird. 



BLACK WOODCOCK; LOO-COCK. 



Pints pHeatKn, LixN. Sysf. Nat. I. 17il(i, ]7.'i. — ViKli.l.or, Ois. Am. Scjit. II, 1807, 58, 

 pi. ex. — Wii.sdN, Am. OiM. IV, IMl, -^7, pi. .\.\ix, f. 2. - WAiii.Ki;, Sy.st. Av. 1827, 

 No. 2. — All.. Oni. liioy. 11, KS;i4, 71 ; V, .'',;!;!, \,]. cxi. — lu. Birds Amcr. IV, 18'12, 

 2C0, pi. fclvii. —Maxim, (.'uli. .lour. VI. 1S.'>8, 8.12. - Si-ndevall, Consp. 8. /'(V((.s 

 (Dryotomus) jiilcalus, .S\v. F. Bor. Am. II, isyi, ;!U4. Drijotomus pilcntus, Br. Li.st, 

 1838. Dn/oeopus pilailiifi, BoNAl". C'oiisp. Av. 18.'i(), 132. Jh-i/opicKs pilcittus, lios. 

 C'oiisp. Zyj,'- At.'ii. Ital. I. — Sci.ATKi;, C'lital. 18(12, 332. — GliAY, Catal. fi'J. Vilcatcd 

 fl'tml/irdri; Pi-.NXANi'. — Latiia.m. J/iiln/niiiiis /n7tiititx, lUiKi), Birds N. Am. 1858, 

 107. — Loiii), I'r. H. Art. Iii.st. IV, 212. — ('(mppkii >t SicKi.r.Y, Kil. — Dui:,ssF.ii, Ibis, 

 1865, 4t)9 (K. Te.\as, but not Kio (iramlu). — (.'iiorKit, Orii. C'al. I, 1870, 39G. Cenph- 

 locus pikulus, t'AB. .lour. 1802, 176. (Jfi/hlinnn, preoccuiiicd by Latreillo ! !) Cab. & 

 HuiN. Mils. Ili'iii. IV, II, 1863. —Samuels, 99. — Ai.len, 15. K. Fla. 302. 



8p. Char. Fourth aud fillh quills equal and longo.-Jl; third intcrnipdiato botwcon sixtli 



and seventh. Bill blue-black; more horn-color bciK'atli. General color of body, wings, 



_ and tail dull greenish-black. 



A narrow white streak from 

 just al)()ve the eye to the oc- 

 ciput ; a wider (Mie IWiui the 

 nostril feathers (inclusive), 

 iiiuler the eye and along the 

 side of tlic head and neck ; 

 sides of tin' breast (concealed 

 by the wing), axillaries, and 

 under wing-coverts, and con- 

 cealed bases ol'all the (|uills, 

 witli chin and beneath the 

 head, white, tinged with sul- 

 l)hui'-yellow. J'Jitire crown 

 from the base ol" the bill to 

 a well-developed occipital 

 crest, as also a palcii on the 

 ramus of the lower jaw, 

 scarlot-red. A Unv faint 

 white eix'socnts on the sides 

 of the body and on, the ab- 

 domen. Longer primaries generally tijiped wilii white. Length, about 18.(iO; wing, O.oO. 

 Female without the red on the cheek, and the anterior half of that on the top of the 

 head replaced by black. 



Had. Wooded parts of North Auierica ri'oin Atlantic to Pacific, Localities: E. Texas 

 (not Rio Grande!), (Duksskh. Ibis, ISCm. 4()1), breeds). 



Speciiiions of this .species from Fort Liard in the Kortheni Rocky Moun- 

 tains, and from Piioet Sdiiiul region, are nearly four incites longer than those 

 from the Southern Atlantic States, and are scarcely exceeded in size by the 

 Ivory -billed W( lodjiecker. 



Sjiecimens from the northwest coast reoion (Columbia Eiver, British 



Hylolomtis pikatus. 



