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SYSTEM A TIG SYNOPSIS. — PICABIM — PICIFOBMES. 



450. 



Analysis of SpeciiS. 



Belly reddening; no yellow about Lead; ^f whole crown red ; $ nape red caroUnus 450 



Belly yellowing ; <f crown-spot red ; $ no red on head. 



Front and nape yellow; rump entirely white; tail almost entirely black aurifrons 451 



No yellow on head; rump and tail much barred with black and white nropyglalls 452 



C. caroli'nus. (Of Carolina. Fig. 339.) Red-bellied Woodpecker. Whole crown aud 

 nape st-arlet iu the ^ ; nape only so in the 9 . Sides of head, aud under parts, grayish -white, 

 usually with a yellow shade, reddening on the belly ; tail black, one or two outer feathers 

 wliite-baiTed ; inner web of central feath- 

 ers white with black spots, outer web of 



the same l>lack with a white space next - A ^^^^^^ /Cf'i^ 



the shaft for most of its length; white \Si\\v\ ^^ 



predominating on the rump. Bill and feet ^^^^\8\V;\ \\^^W ./^^^^ ^^^ 



dusky plumbeous. Iris red. Large ; length ^^^^§N\n V\ 



nearer lO.OOthan 9.00; extentlC..50-17. 50; M^KkvA \ ^fflu-^ 



wing 5.00-5.50; bill over 1.00; ? small- ^^^V^( 'i 'S^«*»r'- 



er. Varies much in size ; Southern sped- ^^^^v)/%>^V^Tn Ti \Q 

 mens smaller than Northern. Eastern ^^^^^^ M^ "^^"^ \^^^^ 

 IT. S., somewhat southerly, rarely N. to ^I'T^V^ l/ ' \ 

 New England, and Canada West ; W. to ^v!^/^^ 1 

 the Rocky Mts. ; Texas; common south- ^^^Nr" |*^ A\\^<^k' 

 erly, where resident, less so northerly, \\ t> \ ''/''^^(W |\ y)' T 

 wliere migratory. Eggs 4-6, 1.00 X 0.87. ^-A^ \ W^^\\ 

 451. C. au'rifrons. (Lat. rmrHm, gold; /)-OM.s, ^■:?;-tM^^^^T | U "^ 

 forehead.) Yellow - fkonted Wood- ^'^ ^IfClf^l <(} ^^m 

 PECKEE. Somewhat similar to the last : ^fj^ \ ^^^^^sS^f-^ 



belly yellowish, not reddish ; red of head ii ^i|^*\-*®fck> ' ' 

 in (J confined to a crown-patch, in ? <al/^^^0^-i.r.:.;.^i*™iiv;i 

 wanting. Forehead and nasal plumes ^ ^/^5-lllBllJvrl 

 golden-yellow; nape with a golden, orange, * "tW™'l!™'l'( 11 l- 



or reddish band (in both sexes, besides the no. 33J. — Rod bellied Woodpecker, reduced. (Shep- 



scarlet crown-patch of the ^). Ladder- Par<ldel. Nichols sc.) 



rungs of back naiTow, numerous, aud distinct. Head and under parts clear ashy-gray, very 

 different from the smoky-gray of C. iwoi[)ygialis. the belly yellomsh, the flanks and crissum 

 whitish, varied with black. Upper tail-coverts white, not barred. Middle tail-feathers entirely 

 black; outermost not entirely barred ; next black or only touched with white. Bill and feet 

 bluish-black. Iris red. Length 0.50-10.50 ; extent 16.50-17.50 ; wing 5.00-5.50 ; taQ 3.25- 

 3.75. 9 differs as said. Yoimg ^ : Distinctively like the adult ; nearly all the crown bronzy- 

 red; nasal plumes not yellow; nape dull yellowish; a few thin streaks of dusky on breast. 

 Texas and southward ; very abundant in suitable localities on the Louver Rio Grande. Habits 

 not pecuhar. Eggs 4-6, 1.00 X 0.80. 



C. uropygia'Us. (Gr. ovporrvyiov, oiiropugion, Lat. ^iropygirim, the rump ; banded in this 

 species, not white as in aurifrons.) Gila Woodpecker. Saguaro Woodpecker. Head 

 all around and entire under parts fulvous-gray, with front and nape not notably different, the 

 middle of the Tielly yellowish, the flanks and crissum whitish with Idack bars and cordate spots ; 

 middle of crown crimson iu $. Back, rump, upper tail-coverts, wing-coverts, and inner quiUs 

 closely and regularly banded with black and white, latter not pure on dorsal region. Primaries 

 blackish, not regularly barred or spotted like the inner quills, but slightly white-tipped and 

 -edged, aud with large white blotches at base, of irregular shapes and tending to resolve into 

 sets of smaller spots. Middle pair of tail-feathers black, with long white shaft-space on outer 



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