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Colaptes auratus Swainson, Faima Bor.-Am., ii, 1831, pp. xxvi, 314, part; Classif. 

 Birds, ii, 1837, 310. — Bonaparte, Geog. and Comp. List, 1838, 40, part. — 

 NuTTALL, Man. Orn. U. S. and Can., Land Birds, 2d ed., 1840, 663. 

 Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 118, part; Cat. N. Am. Birds, 

 1859, no. 97, part. — ^Marsh, Zoologist, 1859, 6327 (accidental in England). — 

 ScLATBR, Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 344, part (Eastern North America). — 

 (?)Dressbr, Ibis, 1865, 470 (San Antonio, Texas, 1 spec). — ^Lawrence, 

 Ann. Lye. N. Y., viii, 1866, 291 (vicinity of New York City).— Allen, Bull. 

 MuB. Comp. Zool., iii, 1872, 143 (Saline R., n. w. Kansas, winter). — Cottes, 

 Check List, 1873, no. 312, part; 2d ed., 1882, no. 457, part; Birds North-West, 

 1874, 292, part. — Baird, Brewer, and Ridgwat, Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 

 1874, 575, part, pi. 55, figs. 1, 2. — Brewster, Ann. Lye. N. Y., xi, 1875, 

 144 (Ritchie Co., West Virginia); Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iii, 1878, 181 (descr. 

 first plumage). Auk, x, 1893, 231-236 (feeding of young).— Scott, Bull. Nutt. 

 Orn. Club, v, 1880, 56 (nesting in natural cavity). — (7)Dalgleish, Bull. 

 Nutt. Om. Club, V, 1880, 74 (accidental in England).— Hardy, Bull. Nutt. 

 Orn. Club, v, 1880, 241 (imusual nesting sites). — Ridqwat, Nom. N. Am. 

 Birds, 1881, no. 378, part.— Ogilvt, Sci. Proc. Roy. Dublin Soc, iii, 1882, 

 59 (Navarro Co., Texas, winter; habits). — Bicknell, Auk, ii, 1885, 259 

 (notes). — American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886 (and 2d ed., 

 1895), no. 412, part. — Llotd, Auk, iv, 1887, 191 (Tom Green and Concho 

 counties, Texas, winter). — Phillips, Auk, iv, 1887, 346 (laid 71 eggs in 73 

 days!). — Cooke, Bird Migr. Miss. Val., 1888, 133, part (San Angelo, s. w. 

 Texas; Bonham, Texas; etc.). — Beckham, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 1888, 

 665 (San Antonio, Texas, 1 spec, March 2). — Attwater, Auk, ix, 1892, 235 

 (San Antonio, Texas, winter). — Singlby, Rep. Geol. Surv. Texas, 1894, 350 

 (Lee Co., Texas, winter resident). — ^Bendire, Life Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 

 1895, 129, part.— Miller (G. S.), Auk, xiv, 1897, 275 (spec, with spotted 

 rump). — Burns, Wilson Bull., no. 31, 1900, 1-82, part (monogr.); no. 70, 

 1910, 55 (a Pennsylvania vernacular name). — Beal, Bull. 37, U. S. Biol. 

 Surv., 1911, 52, part (food). 



[Cohptes} auratus Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 113, part; Ateneo Italiano, ii, 

 1854, 126.— <xRAY, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 202, no. 8822, part.— Cotjbs, Key N. 

 Am. Birds, 1872, 197, part. 



C[olaptes'\ auratus Reichenbach, Handb. Scans., Picinse, 1854, 412, pi. 666, fig. 

 4419-20, part. — ^Maximilian, Joum. fiir Orn., 1858, 420 (New Harmony, 

 Indiana, winter). — Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 493, part. — 

 Ridgway, Ann. Lye. N. Y., x, 1874, 378, part (Illinois); Man. N. Am. Birds, 

 1887, 295, part. 



[Colaptes auratus] var. auratus Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. 

 Birds, ii, 1874, 575, part. 



Geopicos auratus Malhbrbe, M6m. Acad. Metz, xxx, 1849, 359, part. 



Geopieus auratus Malhbrbe, Mon. Picid., ii, 1862, 255, part; iv, pi. 109, figs. 

 5, 6, 7. 



Colaptes auratus luteus Bangs, Auk, xv, April, 1898, 177 (Watertown, Massa- 

 chusetts; coll. E. A. and O. Bangs).— American Ornithologists' Union 

 Committee, Auk, xvi, 1899, 111, part (check list no. 412a). — Blake, Auk, xix, 

 1902, 199 (Berkshire Co., Massachustetts, Dec, 1 spec.).— Larsen, Wilson 

 Bull., no. 60, 1907, 114 (Lyman Co., South Dakota, com. sum. res.). — ^Howell, 

 Proc Biol. Soc. Wash., xxi, 1908, 121 (n. Louisiana, winter); Auk, xxvii, 

 1910, 296 (Midway, Barbourville, etc, Kentucky), 302 (High Cliff, etc., e. 

 Tennessee). — ^Embody, Auk, xxvii, 1910, 172 (Hanover Co., Virginia, resi- 

 dent). — ^American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 3d ed., 1910, 194, 

 part. 



[Colaptes auratus luteus] Sherman (Althea R.), Wilson Bull., xxii, 1910, 135-171, 

 figs., 5 pis. (nesting habite, etc). 



[Colaptes] luteus Sharpe, Hand-list, ii, 1900, 201, part. 



