Red-headed Woodpecker 233 
Northern Pileated Woodpecker. 
Phleotomus pileatus abieticola. 
A.O.U. Checklist no 405a—Colorado Records—Drew 81, p. 140; 
Morrison 89, p. 68; Cooke 97, pp. 84, 207. 
Description.—Male—Above and below dark brown, almost black ; 
crown, occipital crest and malar stripe crimson; 3 stripe below the 
eye, chin and a patch on the wings white. Wing 9-0; tail 6-25; culmen 
2-05. The female has the crown and malar stripes brown, but retains 
the crimson crest. 
Distribution.—The wooded regions of North America from the southern 
Aileghanies north nearly to Hudson Bay, and west to Vancouver 
Island, but exterminated in most of the settled regions. 
The occurrence of this handsome bird in Colorado rests on most slender 
evidence. Drew was told of the existence of a large crested Wood- 
pecker in San Juan co., and H. G. Hoskins informed Cooke that he had 
seen what he took to be this bird on one occasion when passing the 
Tuttle Ranch in Kit Karson co., close to the Kansas line. 
Genus MELANERPES. 
Bill moderate, about as long as the head, culmen slightly curved, 
the culminal and lateral ridges evident, but not strongly marked ; 
nostrils hardly concealed by the bristles ; head not crested ; toes four, 
the anterior and posterior outer toes about equal; plumage black, 
white and red in masses. 
Two species in the United States. The Californian Woodpecker 
is found in Arizona and New Mexico, but does not reach our limits. 
Red-headed Woodpecker. Melanerpes erythrocephalus. 
A.O.U. Checklist no 406—Colorado Records—Allen 72, pp. 151, 158, 
180; Aiken 72, p. 207; Trippe 74, p. 290; Henshaw 75, p. 398; 
Tresz 81, p. 186; Allen & Brewster 83, p. 196; Beckham 85, p. 143; 
Drew 85, p. 17; McGregor 88, p. 44; 97, p. 38; Morrison 89, p. 145 ; 
Kellogg 90, p. 87; Bendire 92, p. 107; Cooke 97, pp. 84, 207; 
Henderson, 03, p. 235; 09, p. 231; Dille 03, p. 74; Warren 06, p. 21; 
08,p. 21; Markman 07, p. 156. 
Description.—Male—Head all round, including the fore-breast crimson, 
bordered with black on the breast ; back, wings (except the secondaries) 
and tail glossy blue-black, the latter with lateral feathers edged with 
white ; secondaries, upper tail-coverts and under-parts white; iris 
brown, bill and feet dusky brown. Length 8-5; wing 5-75; tail 3-2; 
culmen 1-1; tarsus -9. 
The fomale is like the male, but slightly smaller—wing 5-4 
