432 PICID^. 



? mari simUiB, plaga nuchali ooccinea absente. (Desor. maris et feminae ex Eio de Urique, Chihuahua, Mexico, 

 Mus. nostr.) 



Hab, NoKTH Ameeica, Eocky Mountains to the Pacific Coast from Alaska southwards 2, 

 —Mexico, Casa Colorada, Pinos Altos, Temosachic, Eio de Iglesias, Eio de 

 Emeritano, Eefugio and Eio de Urique in Chihuahua {W. Lloyd), Ciudad in 

 Durango (Forrer), Sierra de Nayarit, Sierra de Valparaiso, Sierra de Bolanos, 

 Sierra de San Luis Potosi (W. B. Bichardson). 



In North America thi^ Woodpecker is considered a race of Bendrocopus villosus 

 (Linn.), a very variable form divided into six subspecies by Mr. Eidgway, and an equal 

 number by Mr. Hargitt, but of rather different relative value. Thus J), villosus, besides 

 the typical bird, has a large northern and a small southern form, called respectively 

 by Mr. Eidgway B. villosus, I), v. leucomelas, and J), v. auduboni, the other three forms 

 being subsp. a. B. maynardi, Hargitt, = !>. v. maynardi, Eidgw., subsp. /3. B. harrisi, 

 Hargitt, = i?. v. harrisi, Eidgve., and subsp. y. B. jardinii, Hargitt, = i?. v. Jardinii, 

 Eidgw. We have here only to do with the two latter birds, which we may call 

 Bendrocopus harrisi and B. jardinii, nothing resembling the true B. villosus occurring 

 within our limits. 



B. harrisi is restricted to the Northern and Western States of Mexico, as far south 

 as the sierras of Jalisco ; birds from this district can be distinguished vnthout much 

 difficulty by the lighter purer white of their light markings, which show but a slight 

 tinge of the smoky tint which pervades B. jardinii. 



Specimens from the more southern districts of Jalisco and Colima are slightly darker 

 than more northern birds, and thus there is an area within which B. harrisi passes 

 into B. jardinii. In Eastern and Southern Mexico all the birds are undoubtedly 

 B. jardinii. 



2. Dendrocopus jardinii. 



Picus jardinii, Malh. Rev. Zool. 1845, p. 374 ^ Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 308'; 1857, p. 214'; 1859, 

 pp. 367 *, 388 ' ; 1864, p. 177 " ; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 136 ' ; Taylor, Ibis, 1860, p. 119 ' ; 

 Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 130'; v. Frantzius, J. f. Orn. 1869, p. 364"; Salv. P. Z. S. 

 1870, p. 212 " ; Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 387 ". 



By ctiopicus jardinii, Boucard, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 49". 



Dry abates jardinii, Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, 1887, p. 123 " ; Chelrie, Auk, 1892, p. 327 ". 



Dendrocopus jardinii, Hargitt, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xviii. p. 237". 



Dryobates villosus jardinii, Ferrari-Perez, Pr. U. S.Nat. Mus. ix. p. 159". 



Picus harrisi. Cab. J. f. Orn. 1862, p. 175 " ; Sumichrast, La Nat. v. p. 240 ''. 



D. harrisi affinis, sed forsau minor, coloribus albicantibus totius corporis plus minusve fuliginoso lavatis. 



Hab. Mexico ^ {T. Mann^^), valley of Mexico (le Strange), Tenango del Valle (W. B. 

 Bichardson), Mexicalcingo, Chimalpa, San Pedro and Tetelco in the valley of 

 Mexico, Teziutlan 1^, San Miguel Molino [Ferrari-Perez), Alpine region of Orizaba 

 (Sumichrast ^% Popocatepetl 10,000 to 12,000 feet (F. B. G.), El Jacale {Salle % 



