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Two species are indicated, one of them probably GalUnago wilsoni, but 

 neither of them certain. 



(No. 17, the next " bird " mentioned by the authors, is the " Leather- 

 winged Bat,^^ an uuideutiliable species of mammal.) 



" White Woodpecl-er:' 



Allen, ii. 18G.— Rees, 4to, 478,— Rees, Svo, iii. 53.— M-Yickar, ii. 356. 



Mention of the "red head" of this species would seem to indicate 

 Melaiierpes erythrocephalus, but as this species scarcely inhabits the 

 country, if at all, the actual reference is more probably to Picus harrisi. 



^^ Blade Woodpecl'er.'^ 



Allen, ii. 187.— Rees, 4to, 478.— Rees, 8vo, iii. 54.— M'Vickar, ii. 357. 



Ficus torqnatus, AVils., Am. Orn. iii. 1811, 31, pi. 20, f. 3. 



Melanerpes torquatus, Bp., Consp. Av. i. 1850, 115. 



Celeus torquatus, Woodh., Sitgreave's Rep. 1853, di\ 



Asyndesmus torquatus, Cones, Proc. Acad. Phila. 186G, 5Q. 



" Picus lewisii, Drapiez." 



Described at length and with great particularity. Before the publi- 

 cation of this work, the bird had already been described by A. Wilson 

 from the specimens brought in by Captain Lewis, to whom the species 

 was dedicated, though only by the vernacular name of " Lewis's Wood- 

 pecker." According to G. R. Gray, the term ''■Picus lewisii " was, how- 

 ever, subsequently introduced by Drapiez. I have not been able to lay 

 hand on the reference. 



In this connection, special attention is directed to a name, Picus 

 montanus, established by Ord in 1815, (Guthrie's Geog. 2d Am. ed. ii, 

 1815, p. 31G), and which has usually been quoted as a synonym of this 

 species. Reference to the original, however, will show that it does not 

 belong here at all. Ord quotes Lewis and Clarke (Allen edition, i. 398) 

 as the basis of his species P. montanus. Turning to this place, we read, 

 "Among the woods, Captain Clarke observed a species of woodpecker, 

 the beak and tail of which were white, the wings black, and every other 

 part of the body of a dark brown ; its size was that of the Robin, and it 

 fed on the seeds of the pine." ]S^ow this is an entirely different bird 

 from any mentioned in the formal summary we are here considering. 

 There is much reason to believe, though some terms of the description 

 do not fit exactly, that the bird here meant is the Picicorvus colunibianus, 

 which has a white tail, black wings, the rest of the body ashy (not un- 

 likely to be called "brown" from recollection), which feeds upon pine- 

 seeds, and the general habits and appearance of which strongly recall a 

 Woodpecker; in fact, the bird has been mistaken for a Woodpecker by 

 some scientific observers at least as late as 1872. At any rate, Picus 

 montanus of Ord has nothing to do with P. torquatus. Is it possible that 

 a species of Picus, with a white tail, remains to be discovered in the for- 

 ests of the West? For we are instantly reminded, in this connection, of 

 such a bird, described by the Prince Paul of Wiirttemberg, under the 

 name of Picus leucurus. But I am of opinion that this name also refers 

 to the Picicorvus columhianus. 



" Calamut {or Calumet) Eagle.''' 



Allen, ii. 188.— Rees, 4to, 479.— Rees, 8vo, iii. 55.— M'Vickar, ii. 357. 



Aquila chryscetos, melametos, fulva, canadensis, regia, &c., of authors. 



The Golden Eagle of North America is described in detail by the 

 authors under the above name. Their account is copied, or compiled, 

 with comment, by numerous writers. 



