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Genus COLAPTES Swainson. (Page 280, pl. LXXXVI., fig. 2.) 
Species. 
Common CHaractErs.—Back, scapulars, and wing-coverts brownish, barred 
with black; rump and upper tail-coverts white, the latter broadly barred or 
otherwise marked with black; outer surface of quills and upper surface of tail- 
feathers black, the shafts of these feathers bright yellow or red; under surface 
of quills and tail-feathers paler yellow or reddish, the latter with a broad black 
terminal band; lower parts pale vinaceous, marked with small roundish or 
cordate spots of black, the chest with a large transverse, somewhat crescentic, 
patch of black. Adult males with a broad malar stripe, or ‘‘ mustache,” of black or 
red. 
a’, Shafts, etc., yellow. 
6. Occiput with ared patch; throat light pinkish cinnamon, or vinaceous; top 
of head grayish ; male with the “ mustache” deep black. 
c. Rump immaculate white; length 12.00-12.75, wing 5.50-6.60 (6.15), 
tail 4.00-4.95 (4.45), exposed culmen 1.25-1.40 (1.33). ggs 1.10 x 
85. Hab. Eastern North America, north to Hudson’s Bay and 
Alaska (Yukon Valley, to Sitka), west to Great Plains. 
412. C. auratus (Linn.). Flicker. 
ec. Rump thickly spotted with black; wing 5.35-5.75, tail 4.30-4.80. Hab. 
Cuba. 
C. chrysocaulosus GunpL. Cuban Flicker.! 
&. Occiput without any red; throat ash-gray; top of head cinnamon-brown ; 
“mustache” of male bright red; length 11.20-11.70. wing 5.35-6.15 
(5.75), tail 3.75-4.30 (4.05), exposed culmen 1.30-1.55 (1.38). Eggs 1.14 
x .85. Hab. Southeastern California, Lower California, southern Ari- 
zona, and Sonora........... 414. C. chrysoides (Matu.). Gilded Flicker. 
a’, Shafts, etc., red. 
61. Top of head dull brown, grayish brown, or brownish gray, becoming per- 
ceptibly grayer (or less distinctly brown) on hind-neck, more rusty or 
cinnamon-colored on forehead, lores, and superciliary region; rump usu- 
ally immaculate white; back, etc., grayish brown, varying to a burnt- 
umber tint, narrowly barred with black, these bars always much nar- 
rower than the brown interspaces; “mustache” of male bright scarlet. 
c. Exposed culmen usually much less than 1.60; wing averaging decidedly 
more than 6.25; crown grayish brown, or brownish gray, becoming 
browner anteriorly ; rump pure white, or slightly tinged with deli- 
cate pinkish; shafts pure orange-vermilion, or scarlet, the inner 
webs of quills and under surface of tail deep pinkish red, varying 
to orange-red. 
@, Lighter colored, with back grayish brown, lower parts pale vina- 
1 Colaptes chrysocaulosus GUNDL., Ann. Lye. N. Y. vi. 1858, 273. 
