COLAPTES MEXICANUS, KED-SHAFTED WOODPECKER. 295 



ri'-u.i ladiami, Wagl., Svst. Av. 1*27, Pinus Xo Sj (same as P. cafer). 



Cvlaptes mcxhaniiH, y\v.,"S\-n. Mex. B. in Phil. Mag. i, l'^■i7,440; F. U. A. ii, 1?31, .'ilu.— 

 ScL., P. Z. S. l^.-j-?, 3U.5 (Oaxaca).— Xewb . P. E. E. Kep. vi, 1-57, 91.— Maxim., 

 J. f. O. vi, Id.:?', 4Jl.— Bd., B. X. A. Iro'i, 120.— Kexx., P. R. E. Ke,). x, 1-59, pt. 

 iv, ii-2.— Heehm., iVid. pt. vi, 59.— Coop. & Suck., X. H. Wash. Ter. l;au, 16;{.— 

 Lord, Pr. Eov. Artv. Inst, iv, 112 (British CoUiuihia;.— Duk.ss., Ibis, l-O.j, 470 

 (Tcx;is).— Coi ES. P'loc. Phila. Acad. 1.^66, 56.— Dai.i. & Banx., Tr. Chic. Acad. 

 i. 1-ijy. 27.') (Sitka).— Sl'mich., Mem. Bost. Sue. i, l'"G9,5f)2 (Veru Cruz).— Coop., 

 B. Cal. i, lS;ii, 4(1^.— .-^TEV.. U. S. Geol. Snrv. Ter. 1.S70, 4G.i.— Mkku., ibid. 1-72, 

 69.-).— AiLES, Bull. M. C. Z. iii. 1-72. 180.— Hold., Pr. Bust. Soc. 1S7 2. 2ii7.— 

 Codes, Key, 1872, lys.—Sxow, B. Kan.*. 1-73, 3.— B. B. & R., X. A. B. ii, 1-^74, 

 578. pi. .55, f. 3, 4 ; and of most late authors. 



Picus mexicamis, AcD., Orn. Biog. v, 1839. 174, pi. 416; Syn. 1839, 185 ; B. Am. iv, 1-42, 

 295, pi. 274.— SrxD.. Mon. Pic. 1866, 72. 



Pic«.s {Colaples) nifxicanus, Xutt., Man. Orn. ii, 1834, 603. 



Geopicus mexicanus. M.\i,H., Mnu. Pic. ii, 262. pi. 110, f. 4. 5. 



Picus rubricatus, "Licht., Mos. Berol." — Wagl., Isi-', 1-2'J. 516. 



Colapies rubricatus. Bp., P. Z. S. 1-37. 109: List. 183d. 40, Consp. i, 1850, 114 (not of 

 Gray & Mitch., Gen. of B. pi. 111. which is C. mexicanoides, Lafk. : nor Geo- 

 picus rubricatus of Malh., Mun. P.c. ii, 285, pi. 110, f. 1, 2, wtich i> also niexi- 

 caiioides, Lafr.). 



Colaptes coUaris, Via., Zool. Journ. iv, 1820, 384; Zoo'. Beecliey's Voy. 1839.23, pi. 9 

 (uot of Bp., Cousp. i, 18.50, 114, which is mexicanoides). 



Colaptes mexicanoides, WoODH., Sitgr. Ecp. 1853, 91 (not of Lafk.). 



Hah. — Eastern slopes and foot-hills of the Rocky Mountains, to the Pacific. Xorth 

 to Sitka. South into Mexico. Ea^t to Kansas. 



la!c Expeditions.— WH7~i^, Soda Springs, Colorado; 54304, 50356, 60797-99, 62258. 

 Wyoming: 622.59, Idaho. 



A.S will bave been gathered from tbe preceding article, tlie greater 

 part of the Missouri region is occupied either by the true G. auratus or 

 by the mixed form, the typical mexicamis beiuj;' chiefly coiifliied to tbe 

 western border, among the head-waters of the Missouri and its greater 

 tributaries. I did not observe it north of the ili.-^.souri water-shed. Dr. 

 Hayden says that he found it most abuudant about tbe Bad Lands and 

 the sources of the 3Iissouri. Prof. Baird, however, in 18.5S, quoted 

 individuals from the Eepubliean Fcjrk of the Kausas Eiver, and Prof. 

 Snow speaks of a flock which remained about tbe timber, near Lawrence, 

 for two or three weeks in December. The northernmost record I have 

 seen is Mr. Dall's: he speaks of it.s being taken at Sitka by Biscboff. 

 Tbe true auratus is found in Alaska, north of the main range of mount- 

 ains. In the Eocky Mountains tbe bird becomes fairly established, 

 mostly freed from admixture with auratus, and occurs tbence, in all 

 suitable regions, to the Pacific coast. I found it as common in some 

 parts of New Mexico and Arizona as the Flicker is in the East, tbe 

 habits of the two being identical in all essential respects. In Colorado, 

 says Mr. Trippe, the species is common and migratory. '• It breeds 

 from the plains up to timber-line. The Eed-shafted Flicker appears 

 near Idabo Springs about the middle of April, and soon becomes rather 

 common. It is never a very abuudant bird, but is to be seen, more or 

 less frequently, throughout the mountains, having very much the same 

 habits as the ftolden- winged Woodpecker. It is shy and diflicult of 

 approach. In October and November it disappears. 



" Mrs. Maxwell, of Boulder, informs me that a Yellow- winged Flicker 

 has appeared in the groves that fringe the streams near tbat town, 

 within tbe last few years, and is gradually becoming more abundant. 

 From her descriptions I should suppose it to be C. auratus, but probably 

 it is some form of V. hi/bridus.'" 



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