ORDER PICI. 217 



Had. Western United States, from the Black Hills and the Rocky 

 Mountains to the Pacific. 



Subgenus CENTURUS Swainson. 



Centurus Swains. Classif. 13. II. 1837, 310. Type, Picus carolinus 

 Linn. 



409. Melanerpes carolinus (Linn.). 



Kocl-bclUcd Woodpecker. 



Picus carolinus Linn. S. N. ed. 10, L 1758, 113. 



Melanerpes carolinus Ridgw. Ann. Lye. N. Y. X. Jan. 1874, 378. 



[B 91, C 306, R 372, C 450.] 



Hab. Eastern United States, to the Rocky Mountains ; rare or 

 accidental east of the Hudson River. 



410. Melanerpes aurifrons (VVagl.). 



Golden-fronted Woodpecker. 



Picus aun/rons Wagler, Isis, 1829, 512. 



Melanerpes aurifrons RiDGW. I'r. U. S. Nat. Mus. VHI. 1885, 355. 



[B92, C 307, R 373, C 451.J 



Hab. Southern Texas and Eastern Mexico. 



411. Melanerpes uropygialis (Baird). 



Gila W^oodpeeker. 



Centurus uropygialis Baird, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. June, 1854, 120. 

 Melanerpes uropygialis Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VIII. 1885, 355. 



[B 93, C 308, R 374, C 452.] 



Hab. Southern Arizona, Southeastern California, Lower California, 

 and Western Mexico. 



Genus COLAFTES Swainson. 



Colaptes Swains. Zool. Journ. III. Dec. 1827, 353. Type, Cuculus 

 auratus Linn. 



412. Colaptes auratus (Linn.). 



Flicker. 



Cuculus auratus Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 112. 

 Colaptes auyatas Vigors, Zool. Journ. III. 1827, 444. 



