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* Crested. 
P. imperialis, Gould. (Not figured.) Shining greenish black. Crest scarlet: a triangular spot on 
the back; secondaries and inner webs of primaries white ; bristles of the nostrils black. Length, 
two feet; the largest of the genus. Rocky mountains , California. 
P. principalis. (Add. B. of A. Vol. 4, p. 214, pi. 256.) Violet-black. Crest red and black ; secon¬ 
daries, rump and a stripe on each side white; nasal bristles white. Female : crest black. Length, 
21 inches. From North Carolina southwardly. 
P. lineatus. (Id. Ib. p. 233, not figured.) Head scarlet: a crimson patch on the chin; throat yellowish 
white; a white band from the nostrils down the neck; breast black. Beneath whitish, barred with 
black. Length, 15 inches. Columbia river. 
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** Not Crested. 
P. ruber. (Id. Ib. pi. 266.) Entire head, neck and breast carmine red; beneath yellow. Wings 
dusky, with a white patch. Length, 9 inches. Columbia river. 
P. harrisi. (Id. Ib. p. 261. Giraud, Texas.) Head, eye-stripe and all above black : a red occipital 
band: a white stripe above and beneath the eye; quills barred and tipped with black; beneath 
brownish white. Female : no red occipital band. Length, 9 inches. Columbia river and Texas. 
P. querulus. (Id. Ih. p. 254, pi. 264.) Black, barred above with white: sides of the head white, 
with a short red line above it; outer tail-feathers white spotted with black. Female, no red line on 
the head. Length, 8i inches. From New-Jersey southwardly. Allied to carolinus. 
P. auduboni. (Id. Ib. p. 259, pi. 265.) Head and eye-stripe black, with a yellow patch on the 
crown: four middle tail-feathers black: quills spotted with white; beneath w r hite. Allied to pube- 
scens. Length, 7 inches. Louisiana. 
P. martini. (Id. Ib. pi. 260.) Barred above with white and black. Frontlet, back of the head and 
eye-stripe black. Crown red: a line above the eye, one beneath meeting on the hind head, and 
all the lower parts dusky white. Length, 9 inches. Canada. 
P. torquatus. (Id. Ib. p. 280, pi. 272.) Greenish black. Front, cheeks and belly bright vermilion; 
collar round the neck and breast white. Female : throat and breast greyish white, with dusky 
sagittate spots. Length, 11 inches. Columbia river. 
P. mexicanus. (Id. Ib. pi 274. Giraud, Texas.) Brown above, barred with black; under side of 
wings and tail, and shafts of the quills red ; hind part of the back white : a red patch at the angles 
of the mouth. Female, no red patch. Allied to auratus. Length, I3i inches. Texas and 
Columbia river. 
P. medianus. (Nut. Man. Orn. Vol. 2, p. 601.) Varied with black and white: crown black; hind 
head red, and both spotted with white; second quill much longer than the seventh. Female : head 
wholly black. Confounded with pubescens, with which it may prove identical. Middle States. 
P. ayresi. (Aud. B. of A. Vol. 7, p. 348, pi. 494.) A red dash from the base of the bill down 
each side of the throat, and a similar transverse band on the hind neck. Allied to auratus. Length, 
12 ’5. Upper Missouri. 
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