196 PlCIDiE, WOODPECKEES. GEN. 134, 135. 



with a large oljlique white bar on the coverts, and a few white spots on the 

 edges of the quills; throat with a narrow crimson patch (white in the $ ?) ; 

 head with a white postocular stripe meeting its fellow on the nape, and 

 another from the nasal feathers to below the am-iculars ; size of the last. 

 Same habitat. A beautiful species ; this, and tliyroideus, resemble no others. 

 Bd., 105; Coop., 303 williamsonii. 



134. Genus CENTUEUS Swainson. 



* ,g* Back and wings, except larger quills, closelj' banded with black and white ; 

 primaries with large white blotches near the base, and usually a few smaller spots ; 

 below, immaculate, except sagittate black marks on the flanks and crissum ; the 

 belly tinged with red or yellow ; 9-10 long ; wing about 5 ; tail about 'd^. 



Red-hellied Woodpecker. Whole crown and nape scarlet in the $ , partly 

 so in the ? ; sides of head and under parts grayish-white, usually with a 

 yellow shade, reddenuKj on the belly ; tail black, one or two outer feathers 

 white-barred; inner web of central feathers white with black spots, outer 

 web of the same black with a wdiite space next the shaft for most of its 

 length ; white predominating on the rump. Eastern United States, some- 

 what southerly, rarely N. to New Englaud ; common. WiLS., i, 113, pi. 7, 

 f. 2; NuTT., i, 572; Aud., iv, 270, pi. 270; Bd., 109. . . caeolinus. 

 ^, (i"' Yellou'-faced Wood2)echer. Extreme forehead and a nuchal band yellow ; 

 crown with a central square crimson patch, wanting in the y ; rump and 

 upper tail coverts entirely white ; tail feathers entirely black, except white 

 touches on the outer pair ; lower parts sordid whitish, becoming j-ellow ou 

 the bell}^ Texas, southward. C. flaviventris Bd., 110, pi. 42 ; P. aurifrons, 



Wagler, Isis, 1829, 512 ; Coop., 399 aurifrons. 



Gila Woodjjecker. No yellow about the head ; crown with a square crim- 

 son patch, wanting in the $ ; rump and upper tail coverts barred with black; 

 tail feathers marked as in carolinus ; head and under parts dull brown, 

 becoming yellow on the belly. Valley of the Colorado and Gila. Bd., Ill ; 

 Coop., 399 ukopygialis. 



135. Genus MELANERPES Swainson. 

 n Bed-headed Woodj)ecl-er. Glossy blue-black ; rump, secondaries and 



\\) ' under parts from the breast, pure white ; primaries and tail feathers black; 

 whole head, neck and breast crimson, in both sexes, grayish-brown in the 

 yoinig ; about 9 ; wing 5J ; tail 3J. Eastern U. S. to the Kocky Mountains ; 

 California? A very abundant and familiar bird, in orchards and gardens as 

 well as in the woods, conspicuous by its gay tricolor plumage ; migratory in 

 northerly sections. Wies., i, 142, pi. 9, f. 1; Nutt., i, p. — ; Aud., iv, 



274, pi. 271; Bd., 113; Coop., 402 erytiirocephalus. 



Californian Woodpecker. Glossy blue-black ; rump, bases of all the 

 quills, edge of the wing, and under parts from the breast, Avhito, the sides 

 with sparse black streaks ; forehead S(piarely white, continuous with a stripe 

 down in front of the eyes and thence broadly encircling the throat, there 



