APPENDIX. 



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COTTES KEY, 1884. 

 453. Melanerpes erythrocephalus. 



454. 

 455. 

 456. 

 457. 

 458. 

 459. 

 000. 



formicivorus bairdii. 

 fovmicivorus angustifrons. 

 Asyndesmus torquatus. 

 Colaptes auratus. 



chrysoides. 



mexicanus. 



[Not admitted in the Key.] 



407. 



407a. 



408. 



412. 



414. 



413. 



413o. 



415. 



459 bis. Add: Colaptes mexicanus rufipileus. 



C mexicanus : terminal black of the tail broader, occupying 2.50 instead of about 2.00 

 inches. Rump of a pale pinkish shade instead of pure white. Crown cinnamon, becoming 

 tawny anteriorly, instead of grayish. Wings and tail much shorter ; bill longer. Wing 

 5.90-6.25; tail 4.75-5.25 ; bill 1.35-1.60. An insular form approaching C. chrysoides in 

 some respects, as the color of the crown. Guadalupe Island, Lower California. 



UNION LIST, 1886. 



406. Melanerpes erythrocephalus. 



formicivorus bairdi. 

 formicivorus angustifrons. 

 torquatus. 

 Colaptes auratus. 



chrysoides. 

 caf er ! 



caf er saturatior.' 

 rufipileus. 

 Guadalupe Flicker. Resembling 



460. Conurus carolinensis. 



461. Aluco flammeus pratincola. 



462. Bubo virginianus. 



000. [Not admitted in the Key.] 



463. Bubo virginianus arcticus. 



464. virginianus pacificus. 



465. Scops asio. 



382. Conurus carolinensis. 



365. Strix pratincola. 



375. Bubo virginianus. 

 375a. virginianus subarcticus. 

 3756. virginianus arcticus. 

 375c. virginianus saturatus. 



373. Megasoops asio. 

 373rf. asio kenuicottii. 

 373c. asiobendirei. 

 373e. asio maxwelliae. 

 3736. asio mccallii. 

 373a. asio floridanus. 

 373/ asio trichopsis. 



374. flammeolus. 



366. Asio wilsoniaiius. 



367. accipitrinus 



370. Ulula cinerea. 

 [370a]. cinerea lapponica. 



368. Syrnium nebulosum. 

 368a. nebulosum alleni. 



369. occidentale. 



376. Nyctea nyctea. 

 377a. Surnia ulula oaparoch 



[377.] ulula. 



371. Nyctala tengmalmi richardsoni. 



372. acadica. 



379. Glaucidium gnoma. 



380. phaloenoides. 



381. Micrathene whitneyi. 

 378. Speotyto cunicnlaria hypogaea. 

 378a. cunicularia floridana. 



• An alleged dark-colored form occurring on the North "West coaBt, from the Columbia Biver to Sitka, — a 



region of lieavy rain-fall, where the tendency of the whole omis is to acauire heavier coloration. See Pr. Biol. 



Soc. Washn., U., Apr. 1884, p. 90. .„ 



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