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(which are not confluent at the shaft) and one or two shallow scallops on 

 the outer web ; while the exterior feathers have the white inuch restricted 

 (but never interrupted except near their bases) bv the increased width of 

 the black bars. 



A male and female from the Santa Rita Mountains are curiously tinged 

 with reddish-brown. In the male this color is very generally distributed 

 both above and beneath, while on the interscapulars and some of the 

 primaries it deepens to reddish-chestnut. Possibly it is a stain caused 

 by contact with bark or decaying wood, but the whole plumage is so 

 evenly dyed that this explanation is hardly satisfactory. The female of 

 this pair is also peculiar in possessing a continuous but partially con- 

 cealed nuchal band of brownish-orange, which, on the sides of the neck, 

 is fully exposed, but behind can be seen only upon raising or otherwise 

 disarranging the feathers. Both specimens seem to be adult birds. 



23,' 5 ad.. Cave Creek, March 7. Length, 8.10; extent, 14; wing, 4.55; 

 tail, 3.25; culmen, .98. 



42, $ ad., Morse's Mill, March 14. Length, 8. 10; extent, 14.30; wing. 

 4.61; tail. 3.31 : culmen, 1.16. 



43, $ ad., same locality and date. Length, 7.90; extent, 14.20; wing, 

 4.45; tail, 3.03 ; culmen, .96. 



117, $ ad., Morse's Mill, March 27. Length, 8. 10; extent, 14.40; wing, 

 4.46; tail, 3.38: culmen, 1.05. 



129, $ ad., Morse's Mill, March 30. Length, 8.40; extent, 14.20; wing, 

 4.53; tail, 3.20; culmen, 1.22. 



143, $ ad., Morse's Mill, April i. Length, 7.70; extent, 14. 



144, 5 ad., same locality and date. Length, 8.20; extent, 14.40; wing, 

 4.55; tail, 3.27; culmen, 1.05. 



156, $ ad., Morse's Mill, April 2. Length, 7.80; extent, 14.30; wing, 

 4.44; tail, 2.92; culmen, 1.15. 



358, $ ad., Santa Rita Mountains, May 12. Length. 7.40; extent, 

 14.20; wing, 4.37; tail, 2.90; culmen, 1.03. 



379, $ ad., Santa Rita Mountains, May 14. Length, 8.60; extent, 

 14.70; wing, 4.45 ; tail, 3.23; culmen, 1.25. 



39S, 5 'ad., Santa R.ita Mountains, May 17. Length, 7.80; extent, 14; 

 wing, 4.32 ; tail, 3.05 ; culmen, .99. 



399, $ ad., same locality and date. Length, 7.90; extent, 14.10; wing, 

 4.40; tail, 3.1S; culmen, 1.06. 



137. Sphyropicus varius nuchalis Baird. Red-naped 

 Woodpecker. — Met with during March, in the Chiricahua 

 Mountains. It was found among scrubby pines and was not com- 

 mon. The stomachs of the specimens dissected contained small 

 black ants. 



128. Sphyropicus thyroideus ( Cass.) Baird. William- 

 son's Woodpecker. — Two specimens, both females, were taken 

 early in March in the Chiricahua Mountains. One of these birds 



