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Jalapa {de Oca% Cofre de Perote {M. Trujillo), Sierra Madre de Colima {W. B. 

 Richardson), Oaxaca {Boucard % Tonaguia {M. Trujillo), Sierra Madre del Sur, 

 Omilteme, Amula [Mrs. H. H. Smith) ; Guatemala, El Eincon in San Marcos, 

 Santa Maria near Quezaltenango, Cuipache, Toliman (W. B. Eichardson), Chilasco, 

 San Geronimo, Duefias, Volcan de Fuego {0. S. & F. D. G.); Honduras, Siqua- 

 tepeque {G. C. Taylor^); Nicaeagua, Matagalpa, San Kafael del Norte (W. B. 

 Eichardson) ; Costa Rica, Desengafio (Hoffmann ^% Candelaria Mts. (v. Frantzius ^% 

 San Jose [Carmiol, Cherrie '^% Volcan de Irazu [Arce, Sogers, Boucard ^^,Zeledon i*), 

 Navarro (Boucard ^% Cervantes (Carmiol^), Birris (Zeledon^^'^) ; Panama, Volcan 

 de Chiriqui (Arce ^^). 



This dark form of D. harrisi occurs in the valley of Mexico and the surrounding hills, 

 even ascending to a height of 10,000 to 12,000 feet above the sea on the slopes of 

 Popocatepetl. It is also found on the Cofre de Perote and the Alpine region generally 

 of the State of Vera Cruz, on the Sierra Madre del Sur, and the highlands of the State 

 of Oaxaca. Southward of Mexico it spreads over the mountains of Guatemala, 

 Honduras, and Costa Rica, the Volcano of Chiriqui being its most southern domicile. 



It appears to be everywhere a highland bird, doubtless keeping to the upland pine- 

 and oak-forests wherever they are found. 



There is a considerable amount of difference between individuals as regards the sooty 

 colour of the under plumage. The darkest we have are from the Volcan de Santa 

 Maria and its neighbourhood, in the Guatemalan department of Quezaltenango, but a 

 specimen from Tonaguia, Oaxaca, is nearly as dark. 



The iris in life is reddish hazel, the tarsi and toes greenish slate. 



3. Dendrocopus stricklaudi. 



Picus stncklandi, Malh. Rev. Zool. 1845, p. 373' ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 367 'j Salv. Cat. Strickl. 

 Coll. p. 387 '. 



Threnopipo stricklandi, Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. Heft 2, p. 71 *. 



Dendrocopus stricklandi, Hargitt, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xviii. p. 243 '. 



Dryobates stricklandi, Stone, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1890, p. 214'. 



Picus cancellatus, Scl. (nee Wagl.) P. Z. S. 1856, p. 308". 



Fuliginoso-niger, nucha coocinea, dorso medio toto albo late trausfasciato, stria postooulari, altera infra ooulos 

 ad nucham extendente albis: subtus albidus undique nigricante striatus, striis pectoris latioribus; 

 remigibus externis in pogonio externo et alis subtus fere omnino albo maculatis; caudae rectricibus 

 extemis albis, nigro distincte bifasciatis ; rostro nigro ; pedibus nigricanti-plumbeis. Long, tota circa 7-4, 

 ate 4-7, caudffi 3-9, rostri a riotu 1-0, tarsi 0-75, dig. med. absque ungue 0-5, dig. ext. 0-56. 



2 mari similis, plaga nuchali coocinea absente. (Descr. maris et feminse ex Bio Frio Ixtaccibuatl, Mexico. 

 Mus. nostr.") 



Hah. Mexico ^ (T. Mann % Tetelco in the Valley of Mexico, Las Vigas, San Miguel 

 Molino (Ferrari-Perez), San Andres, Suapam (SalW), Jalapa ^ (de Oca^), Cofre de 

 Perote (M. Trujillo), base of the Volcan de Orizaba (Baker % Rio Frio Ixtaccihuatl 

 (W. B. Eichardson). 

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