PICIDtE, WOODPECKEES. GEN. loG, 137. 



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becoming yellowish ; tins cuts off the black arouncl base of bill and on the 

 chin completel}' ; crown in the $ crimson from tlie M'hite front, in the 9 

 separated from the white by a black interval ; frequently a few red feathers 

 in the black breast-patch, which is not sharply defined behind, but changes 

 by streaks into the Avhite of the belly. Bill black ; eyes white, brown in the 

 young, which are not particularly ditlerent, but have the head markings less 

 defined. Size of the last. Eocky Mountains to the Pacific, U. S., abund- 

 ant ; noted for its habit of sticking acorns in little holes that it digs in the 

 bark for the purpose ; whole branches are frequently studded in this manner. 



Cass., 111. ii, pi. 2; Bd., 114; Coop., 403 foumicivouus. 



Var. ANGUSTiFROKS is said to have the white frontal bar narrower and the hill 

 somewhat ditferently shaped. Cape 8t. Lucas. Coor., 405. 



136. Genus ASYNDESMUS Coues. 



^ I ) Lewis' WoodjjecA'er. Black, with bronzy-green iridescence ; wings and 

 tail the same, unmarked ; face and sides of head dusky crimson ; cervical 

 collar and under parts hoary-ash, becoming crimson or bloody-red on the 

 belly ; the feathers of these parts of a peculiar loose Ijristl}' texture ; sexes 

 alike ; young plainer black above, with little or no crimson on face or below. 

 Al)ont 11 long; wing 6J ; tail 4^. Wooded and especially mountainous 

 parts of Western America; a remarkable looking bird. Wils., iii, 31, 

 pi. 2U; NuTT., i, 577; Aud., iv, 280, pi. 272; Bd., 115; Coues, Proc. 

 Phila. Acad. 18G6, 56; Coop., 406 ; . torquatus. 



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137. Genus COLAPTES Swainson. 



*ji:.* Under parts with numerous circular black spots on a pale ground . A large 

 black pectoral crescent. Rump snowjr white. Back, wing coverts aiul innermost 

 quills brown with an olive or lilac shade, and 

 thickly barred with black ; quills and tail blaclv, 

 excepting as below stated. About a foot long ; 

 wing about 6 ; tail 4J. 



"2^ Golden-ivinged Woodijecher. Fliclcer.it 



Wings and tail showing golden -yellow 



underneath, and the shafts of this color; a 



scarlet nuchal crescent in both sexes ; $ 

 Vwith black maxillary patches, Avanting in the 



9 ; crown and nape ash ; chin, throat and 



breast lilac-brown ; sides tinged with creamy 



brown, and belly with 3'ellowish ; shade of 



the back rather olivaceous. Eastern North 



America; Alaska (i'flB). A very abundant 



and well known bird. Wils., i, 45, pi. 3, 



f. 1; NuTT., i, 561; Aud., iv, 282, pi. 





Fig. ]:j2. Gulden-winged AVoodiJecker. 



273; Bd., 118. . . 

 Gilded Wood^pecker. 



AURATUS. 



Wings and tail showing golden yellow underneath, 



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