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ORNITHOLOGY. 
The bird first described is the only specimen brought by the expedition. It was found at Monte- 
rey. It appears so closely to accord with Mr. Swainson’s description of Pic. formicivorus, that I at 
once refer it to that bird, expressing my doubts as to the difference of sex. It also accords with 
M. Temminck’s plate, as above quoted. I am not aware which name has the right of priority. 
PlGUS CHRYSOGENYS. Jl. S. 
Mas. Pic. corpore supra crissoque albo nigroque subgraciliter fasciatis ; pecttre abdomineque medio olivaceis, hoc aureo 
infra notato ; capite supra coccineo ; f route, genis, guldque aureis. 
Foem. ? capitis vertice aureo. 
Rostrum pedesqae nigri. Remiges primariae nigra;, fere concolores, secundariae pogonio interne albo maculato, 
terciariae pogoniis utrinque albo maculatis fasciatisque. Rectrices (tertiis et quartis utrinque exceptis) nigra; , albo 
fasciatse ; his nigris unicoloribus. Longitudo corporis, 7^-: aloe, a. carpo ad apicem remigis quart®, 4|-; rostri , ad 
apicem, 1, ad rictum, 1J ; caudoe, 3£; tarsi, 
COLAPTES COLLARIS. n. S. 
Col. vinaceo-griseus ; abdomine dorsoque imo albis j f asciis corporis superni , guttis abdominis, collari semilunari pectorali, 
remi gibus rectricibusque atris, harum ambarum rhachibus rubro-aurantiacis ; strigd utrinque sub rictu eoccinea. 
Caput superne brunnescens, collumque vinaceo-griseum sine fasciis. Remiges ad apicem graciliter albo-fasciatae ; 
subtus ad basin rubro-aurantiacse. Tectrices inferiores alarum alba;, interne leviter rubro-aurantiaco diffusae, externe 
nigro notatae. Tectrices caudae supernae nigra; albo fasciatae ; infernze albae nigro fasciatae. Rostrum pedesqne brunnei. 
Longitudo corporis, 11 ; rostri, ad frontem, l |, ad rictum, \ \ ; alee, a carpo ad apicem remigis tertias, 6-J- ; caudee, 5 ; 
tarsi, 1. 
PLATE IX. 
This species accords in general characters witli the description given by Mr. Swainson of his 
Colaptes Mexicanius, in the Philosophical Mag., New Ser. (Yol. I. p. 440, year 1827) ; but no mention is 
made in that description of the strongly-marked collar on the breast, that distinguishes our bird ; the 
colour also of the shafts of the quill and tail feathers in the Mexican bird is stated to be bright red, 
while those of our bird are of an orange or yellow red. 
The female wants the red streak on the cheeks. These birds were found at Monterey. Mr. Collie 
has made the following note on the species : — 
“ The stomach is double, an upper membranous one, and lower muscular ; each contained the 
legs and other horny parts of insects, and the lower one also gravel. 
“ Their chief note is a jarring whistle. They live a good deal among bushes, and long grass, and 
perch most frequently on the branches of decayed trees. They are tolerably numerous among the 
pine trees between Monterey and Punta de los Pinos. Several of them are seen in company when on 
the bushes or on the grass ; but they are solitary when on the trees. 
“ The natives make coronets for their heads of the two middle tail-feathers. One of these orna- 
ments sometimes contain upwards of three hundred feathers, so that one hundred and fifty birds must 
have contributed to its formation.” 
Colaptes Chilensis. 
Picus Chilensis. Lesson, Zool. de la Coquille, pi. 32. 
Col. supra fusco-brunneus, flavescenti-albo fasciatim notatus, gula, genis, dorso imo, corporeque subtus Jiavescenti-albis , 
hoc brunnescenti-fusco guttato ; capite supra cano ; tectricibus caudce supra subtusque Jiavescenti-albis, fusco fasciatis ; 
remigum rhachibus subauratis. - 
Rostrum brunneum. Pedes flavescentes. Tectrices alarum inferiores remigumque pogonia interna supra et subtus 
subauratae. Rectrices atra;, duae mediae flavescenti-albo utrinque fasciatae, duarum lateralium pogoniis externis apiceque 
flavescenti-albo guttatis. 
Statura Col. collari aequalis. 
A single skin only of this species was obtained at Conception. It probably belonged to a female 
bird, and the male may be found to possess those scarlet or otherwise highly-coloured markings which 
generally distinguish that sex in the present family. 
