BIRDS dF KOBTH AND MIDDLE AMEEICA. 



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Melampieus meZanopoj'on Malhbkbe, M6m. Acad. Metz, xxx, 1849, 336; Rev. et 

 Mag. de Zool., i, 1849, 542. 



[Melanerpes] melanopogon Bonapakte, Oonsp. Av., i, 1850, 115 ("Brazil"); 

 Ateneo Italino, ii, 1854, 125 (Consp. Volucr. Zygod., 1854, 10). 



[Melanerpes forrmdvorus.] Subsp. a. Melanerpes melanopogon Haegitt, Cat. 

 Birds Brit. Mus., xviii, 1890, 151, part (Sierra Jerez and Sierra de Valpa- 

 raiso, Zacatecas; Zapotlan, Jalisco; Sierra Madre, Tepic; Sierra San Luis 

 Potosi; Chimalpa, Mexico; Sola and Juchatengo, Oaxaca). 



Melanerpes melanopogon Haegitt, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xviii, 1890, 569 (Sierra 

 de Bolanos, Jalisco). 



Picus melampogon Lichtenstbin, Preis-Verz. Mex. Vog., 1830, 1; Joum. fur 

 Om., 1863, 55 (reprint). 



[Picus\ melampogon Lichtenstbin, Nom. Av. Mus. Berol., 1854, 76. 



Melanerpes formidvorus, var. striatipectus, part, Ridqwat, in Baird, Brewer, 

 and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1874, 561 (Orizaba and Mirador, Vera 

 Cruz). • 



Melanerpes formidvorus . . . striatipectus Bottcaed, Liste Oia. r^col. Guat., 

 1878, 78 (Guatemala). 



BALANOSPHYRA FORMICIVORA ACULEATA (Meams). 



MEARKS' WOODPECEES. 



Similar to B. f. formicivora, but averaging smaller, especially the 

 bill, and with the chest much more extensively uniform black. 



Adult maZe.— Length (skins), 195-227 (210); wing, 135-146.5 

 (140.5); tail, 70-83 (76.8); culmen, 23.5-29.5 (26.1); tarsus, 20-22.5 

 (21.3); otiter anterior toe, 15.5-18.5 (17).'^ 



Adult female. — ^Length (skins), 191-220 (207); wing, 132.5-144 

 (138.9); tail, 67.5-82 (76); culmen, 22-26.5 (24.4); tarsus. 19-22 

 (20.4); outer anterior toe, 15-18 (16.1).* 



Arizona, New Mexico, and western Texas (Davis Mts.; Fort 

 Davis, in oak belt), southward over northwestern Mexico, in States 

 of Sonora (San Jos6 Mts. ; LaChumata; Rio de Santa Cruz; Oposura; 

 Nogales; Cerro Blanco; Cachute; El Pinita; Santa Rosa; Yecaera), 



"■ Thirty-two specimens. 



i Thirty- three specimens. 



Locality. 



Outer 

 ante- 

 rior toe. 



MALES. 



Nine adult males irom Arizona 



Three adult males from New Mexico 



Four adult males from Chiliuahua 



Six adult males from Sonora 



Ten adult males from Durango 



FEMALES. 



Ten adult females from Arizona 



Three adult females from New Mexico 



Tliree adult females from western Texas (Davis Mountains) . . 



. Six adult females from Chihuahua 



Four adult females from Sonora 



Seven adult females from Durango 



16.5 

 16.5 

 17.5 

 17.5 

 17 



16.1 



16.2 



16.8 



16.2 



16 



15.8 



