114 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



ridged terminally; supra^nasal ridge distinct for basal third, or more, 

 of maxilla. Nostril longitudinally elliptical, situated about midway 

 between culmen and tomium (or rather nearer to former), covered by 

 small antrorse latero-f rontal feathers ; feathers of malar apex antrorse, 

 with distinct bristle-like tips, those of chin also with, long antrorse or 

 semi-antrorse bristly tips. Orbital region naked for a rather narrow 

 space both aboTC and below eye, but margin of eyelids clothed with 

 short feathers. Wing long (about five times as long as culmen), the 

 longest primaries exceeding secondaries by nearly one- third the length 

 of wing; sixth, seventh, and eighth primaries longest, the ninth about 

 equal to fourth, the tenth (outermost) less than one-third as long as 

 ninth. Tail less than two-thirds as long as wing, the rectrices rather 

 broad, abruptly acuminate. Tarsus shorter than either outer toe 

 with claw, but longer than either digit alone ; outer hind toe slightly 

 shorter than outer front toe. 



Coloration. — Adults uniform dark metallic bronzy greenish or 

 glossy bronzy greenish black above, a ring around neck (widening on 

 chest) hoary gray; abdomen, sides, and flanks pinkish red; loral, 

 orbital, and malar regions and chin dark crimson; sexes ahke. 



Range. — ^Western North America (northern Mexico to British 

 Columbia). 



ASYNDESMUS LEWISI Riley. 



LEWIS'S WOODPECEEB. 



Adult male. — Forehead, lores, orbital region, anterior half of auricu- 

 lar region, malar region, chin, and upper throat dark crimson or bright 

 burnt-carmine; rest of head (except lower throat), nape, and upper 

 parts generally, together with posterior flanks and under tail-coverts, 

 plain glossy greenish black, the back and scapulars more bronzy; 

 lower throat dull black, the feathers (except on upper portion) tipped, 

 more or less, with pale gray or grayish white, the foreneck similar, 

 but with much broader pale gray tips; chest and a broad, sharply- 

 defined coUar around hindneck, light silvery gray ; breast, abdomen, 

 ^ides, and greater part of flanks light crimson or pinkish red, inter- 

 mixed (in fine longitudinal fines or streaks) with pale silvery gray or 

 ■ white, especially on breast, where the reddish color is paler and less 

 strongly contrasted with the pale gray of the chest; under surface of 

 wings and tail uniform black, faintly glossed with bronzy greenish, at 

 least on under wing-coverts; bill dull black or dusky; iris brown; 

 legs and feet dusky (gray or bluish gray in life) ; length (skins), 240- 

 272 (252); wing, 162-180 (173.6); tail, 87.5-102 (97.3); culmen, 

 28-33 (29.7); tarsus, 24-26.5 (25.5); outer anterior toe, 19.5-21 

 (20.4)." 



o Sixteen specimens. 



