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Adult male.— Length, (skins), 245-265 (259); wing, 135-147 (142.3); 

 tail, 84-94.5 (89.8); culmen, 32.5-37.5 (35.4); tarsus, 26-27 (26.7); 

 outer anterior toe, 20.5-22 (21.1).« 



Adult female.— Length, (skins), 243-248 (246); wing, 139.5-142 

 (140.6); tail, 87.5-91.5 (89.1); culmen, 33-36 (34.3); tarsus, 25.5-28 

 (26.6); outer anterior toe, 19-20.5 (19.8)." 



Pacific coast district of northern Lower California (San Fernando; 

 45 miles south of San Quintin; between San Fernando and El 

 Eosdrio; 45 miles east of Sandunttin). 



Colaptes chrysoides (not Geopieus chrysoides Malherbe) Anthony, Auk, xii, 1895, 

 139 (San Fernando, n. w. Lower California; crit.). — ^Ambeican Oenitholo- 

 GisTs' Union, Check List, 3d ed., 1910, 195, part.— Betant, Proc. CaUf. 

 Ac. Sci., 2d ser., 1889, 287, part (El Rosdrio, Lower California). 



Colaptes chrysoides brunnescens Anthony, Auk, xi, Oct., 1895, 347 (San Fer- 

 nando, n. w. Lower California; coll. A. W. Anthony B).— Ameeican Oeni- 

 THOLOGisTs' Union Committbe, Auk, xiv, 1897, 120 (Check List, no. 414a); 

 xxix, 1912, 383.— Thaybe and Bangs, Condor, ix, 1907, 136 (Bosdrio, Santa 

 Ana, San Javi6r, and San Rosarito, Lower California; crit.). — Ridgway, 

 Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xxiv, 1911,32 (range). 



[Colaptes] hrunnescens Shaepe, Hand-list, ii, 1900, 201, part. 



COLAPTES CHRYSOIDES MEARNSI Ridgway. 



MEARNS'S GILDED FLICKER. 



Similar to 0. c. chrysoides, but larger and paler, with pileum more 

 strongly cinnamomeous, black bars on back, etc., narrower, spots on 

 outer webs of primaries more conspicuous (primary coverts also 

 sometimes spotted), gray of throat, etc., lighter, and black spots on 

 imder parts usually smaller. 



Adult maZe.— Length (skins), 261-275 (269); wing, 141-153 

 (148.2); taU, 85.5-100.5 (93.8); culmen, 35.5-40.5 (37.8); tarsus, 

 25-29 (27.7); outer anterior toe, 21.5-24 (22.5)." 



Adult female.— Length (skins), 246-283 (266); wing, 143-153 

 (146.9); taU, 86-100 (92.6); cuhnen, 34-39.5 (36.6); tarsus, 27-29 

 (27.6); outer anterior toe, 20-23 (21.7)." 



Southeastern California ^ and southern Arizona (Lowell; Quito- 

 vaquita; Phoenix; Pichaca Station, Pinal County; Fort Mojave; Big 

 Bug Creek and Antelope Station, Yavapai Covinty; Temple; Desert 

 Station, Maricopa County; mouth of New River; Big Sandy River; 

 San Pedro Valley; Santa Catalina Mountains) and southward through 

 Sonora (Pozo de Luis; Senoyta; Opodepe; Col6nia Lerdo; Camoa; 

 Guaymas; Magdalena; Ysleta; Hermosillo; La Cobriza; Cedros) to 

 Sinaloa (Culiac^n). 



o Five specimens. c Ten specimens. 



6 Now in coll. Carnegie Museum. <* A. O. U. Check List, 3d ed., 1910, 195. 



