APPENDIX. 



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COTTES KEY, 1884. 



453. Melanerpes erythrocephalus. 



454. formioivorus bairdii. 



455. formicivorus angustifrons. 

 4.56. Asyndesmus torquatus. 



457. Colaptes auratus. 



458. ohrysoides. 



459. mexicanus. 



000. [Not admitted in the Key.] 



UNION LIST, 1886. 



406. Melanerpes erythrocephalus. 



407. formicivorus bairdi. 

 407a. formicivorus angustifrons. 



408. torquatus. 



412. Colaptes auratus. 

 414. chrysoides. 



413. cafer! 



41.3a. cafer saturatior.' 



rufipileus, 

 Guadalupe Flicker. Resembling 



415. 

 459 his. Add: Colaptes mexicanus rufipileus. 



C. mexicanus: terminal black of the tail broader, occupying 2.50 instead of about 2.00 

 inches. Kump of a pale pinkish shade instead of pure white. Crown cinnamon, becoming 

 tawny anteriorly, instead of grayish. AVings and tail much shorter ; bill longer. Wing 

 5.90-6.25 ; tail 4.75-5.25 ; bill 1.35-1.60. An insular form approaching C. chrysoides in 

 some respects, as the color of the crown. Guadalupe Island, Lower California. 



382. Couurus carolineusis. 



365. Strix pratincola. 



375. Subo virginianus. 

 375a. virginianus subarcticus. 

 375J. virginianus arcticus. 

 375c. virginianus saturatus. 



373. Megascops asio. 

 373rf. asio kennicottii. 

 373c. asio bendirei. 

 373e. asio maxwellise. 

 3736. asio mccaUii. 

 373a. asio floridanus. 

 373/ asio trichopsis. 



374, fiammeolus. 



366. Asio wilsonianus. 



367. accipitrinus. 



370. Ulula cinerea. 

 [370a]. cinerea lapponica. 



368. Syrnium nebulosum. 

 368o. nebulosum alleni, 



369. occidentale. 



376. Nyctea nyctea. 

 377a. Surnia ulula caparooh. 



[377.] ulula. 



371. Nyctala tengmalmi richardsoni. 



372. acadioa. 



379. Glaucidium gnoma. 



380. phalcBnoides. 



381. Micrathene whitneyi. 

 378. Speotyto cunicularia hypogaea. 

 378a. cunicularia fioridana. 



» An alleged dark-colored form occurring on the North West coast, from the Columbia River to Sitka, — a 



region of heavy rain-fall, where the tendency of the whole omia is to acauire heavier coloration See Pr. BioL 



Soc. Wa«hn., ii., Apr. 1884, p. 90. _ - 



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