BIBDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMEEIOA. 83 



Patzcuaro; Morelia), and northward over greater part of Texas 

 (north to Eastland County, west to Kendall, Tom Green, and Concho 

 Counties). 



P[i(Ms] aurifrons Waglee, Ibis, 1829, 512 (Mexico; i. e. Ismiquilpdm, Hidalgo'^; 

 coll. Berlin Mus.; ex Lichtenstein, manuBcript). 



Pieus aurifrons Lichtenstein, Preis-Verz. Mex. V8g., 1830, 1; Joum. fiir Orn., 

 1863, 55 (reprint). — Sundbvall, Consp. Av. Picin., 1866, 53, part. 



[Centurus\ aurifrons Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 119. — Lichtenstein, Nom. 

 Av. MuB. Berol., 1854, 76.— Gray, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 198, bo. 8770.— Coues, 

 Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 196. — Sclatek and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 

 1873, 100. 



C[enturus] aurifrons Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 488. 



Centurus aurifrons Sclatbr, Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 343 (n. Mexico). — Oabanis, 

 Joum. fiir Orn., 1863, 323 (crit.).— Gray, List Birds Brit. Mus., Picidae, 1868, 

 103. — Duois, La Natuialeza, i, 1873, 139 (Guanajuato). — Cooper, Om. 

 (' Calif., 1870, 399 (Texas, etc.).— Coues, Check List, 1873, no. 307; 2d ed., 



1882, no. 451.— Baird, Brewer, and Eidgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1874, 

 557, pi. 52, figs. 3, 6.— Sennett, Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geog. Surv. Terr., iv, 

 1878, 39 (Hidalgo and Brownsville, Texas); v, 1879, 416 (Lomita Ranch, 

 Texas).- Merrili; (J. C), Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 1878, 151 (Ft. Brown, 

 Texas; habits; descr. eggs). — Ragsdalb, Science News, i, no. 20, 1879, 320 

 , (local distr. in Texas). — Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, 1880, 189; iv, 

 1881, 104 (monogr.); Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 373.— Brown (N. C), 

 Bull. Nutt. Om. Club, vii, 1882, 40 (Boeme, Kendall Co., w. Texas, resi- 

 dent). — -American Ornithologists' Union Committee, Auk, xx, 1903, 

 342; Check List, 3d ed., 1910, 194.— Miller (W. De W.), Bull. Am. Mus. 

 N. H., xxii, 1906, 165 (Rosario, etc., n. w. Durango, breeding; crit.). — Lacby, 

 Auk, xxviii, 1911, 209 (Kerrville, Texas, resident). 



[Centurus aurifrons] var. aurifrons Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. 

 Birds, ii, 1874, 554. 



[Centurus aurifrons] a. aurifrons Ridgway, Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mus., iv, July 18, 

 1881, 97 (diagnosis). 



Zebrapieus aurifrons Malherbe, Mon. Picid., ii, 1862, 240; iv, 1862, pi. 104, 

 figs. 1, 2, 3, 4. 



Melanerpes aurifrons BjDaw AY, Proc.TJ. S.Nat. Mus. ,viii,no. 23, Sept. 2,1885,355. — 

 American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886 (and 2d ed., 1895), no. 

 410. — Lloyd, Auk, iv, 1887, 191 (w. in Texas to Castle Mts., Tom Green Co., and 

 n. to Texas and Pacific R. R.). — Hancock, Bull. Ridgw. Om. Club, no. 2, 1887, 

 16 (Corpus Christi, Texas).— Cooke, Bird Migr. Miss. Val., 1888, 132 (Tom 

 Green, Concho, and Kendall Counties, Texas). — Beckham, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., X, 1888, 665 (San Antonio, Leon Springs, Corpus Christi, and Beeville, 

 Texas). — Hasbroitck, Auk, vi, 1889, 238 (Eastland Co., Texas; notes, etc.). — 

 Ragsdalb, Auk, vii, 1890, 401 (Comal Co. w. to Medina R., n. e. to Colorado 

 R. in San Saba Co., Texas; also, Brazos R. 40 m. from Red R.). — Hahgitt, 

 Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xviii, 1890, 177 (Hidalgo, Corpus Christi, Laredo, and 

 San Antonio, Texas; Nuevo Laredo, Nuevo Leon; Soto la Marina and Sierra 

 Madre near Victoria, Tamaulipas; Silao, Guanajuato; Morelia, Michoacan; 

 City of Mexico; near Guadalajara, Jalisco). — Jouy, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 xvi, 1893, 785 (Ahualulco, Soledad, and Hacienda Angostura, San Luis 

 Potosi, Oct.-Dec.).— Rhoads, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1892, 106 (Corpus 



o See Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, ii, 1895, 418. 



