Tribe S cA N S O R E S .
F a m . P S IT T A C ID Æ .
M a c r o c e r c u s m i l i t a r i s . Vieill.
Psittacus militaris. Linn., Syst. 1. p . 139. sp. 2.
Great green Maccaw. Edw., t. 313.
F am . P IC ID Æ .
P ic u s v i l l o s u s , Linn., Syst. Nat. vol. 1. p . 175. sp. 16.— Wils., Am. Orn. vol. I .
p . 150. p i. 9. f . 3.—P r . o f Musignano, Syn. p . 46. sp. 42.
Hairy Woodpecker. Penn., Arct. Zool. vol. 2. p . 273. sp. 164.
Pic varié mâle de Virginie. Buff., P l. Enl. 754.
This species was fou n d a t M o n te re y .
P jc u s R U B E R . Lath., Ind. Orn. p . 228. sp. 10.
Red-breasted Woodpecker. Id ., Gen. Hist. vol. 3. p . 398. sp. 70.
O f th is species one sp e c im en was b ro u g h t home b y th e e x p e d itio n from M o n te re y , w h ic li a c c u r a te ly
a c co rd s with D r. L a th am ’s d e s c rip tio n o f th e sp e c ie s , as above q u o te d from h is “ In d e x O rn ith o lo g i-
c u s ,” a n d a fte rw a rd s from his “ G e n e ra l H is to ry .” M . V ie illo t h a s fo u n d ed * a n ew sp e c ie s u pon
C a p t. Cook’s d e sc ription o f a b ird closely a llie d to th is , w h ic h was m e t w ith a t N o o tk a S o u n d . T h e
only ap p a re n t difference, h ow eve r, in th e d e s c rip tio n o f th e b ird s co n s is ts in C a p t. C o o k ’s c a llin g th e
c o lo u r o f th e abdomen yellow, and D r. L a th am s ta tin g i t to b e y e llow ish -w h ite . I t is m o s t p ro b a b le ,
from its locality, tl i a to u r M o n te re y b ird is th e sam e a s t h a t m e t w ith b y C ap t. C o o k a t N o o tk a S o u n d ;
a n d as it is e v id e n tly o f th e s am e spe c ie s a s th a t d e s c r ib e d b y D r. L a th am , th e p ro b a b ilitie s a r e th a t
th e re is b u t one species.
P ic u s S C A PÜ L A R IS . n. S. Zool. Journal, vol. 4. p . 354.
Mas. Pic. niger; striga atrinque longitudinali a ríctu ad scapulares extendente, ahdomineque fulvo-albis, hoc fusco
striato ; capite cristato, strigàque sub rictu coccineis, rostro eburneo.
Fcem. sine striga rictali,
Remiges reciriewque infra fuse». Tectrices alarum inferiores fulvo-aibæ. Longitudo corporis, 11 ; alce, a carpo ad
apicem remigis tertiæ, 6| ; rosir», ad frontem, 1^, ad rictum, 1^; caudee, 5 ; tarsi, 1.
This b ird w as found a t San B ia s. I t b e a rs a g r e a t re s em b la n c e to th e P ic . a lb iro stris o f M . S p ix ;
as also to th e P ic . (ineatus o f L in tiæ u s . P rom th e fo rm e r b ird , h ow ev e r, i t a p p e a r s to b e d is tin g u ish e d
by its infe rio r size ; by th e b uff tin g e o f th e lo n g itu d in a l s tr ip e d ow n th e n e c k , a s a lso o f th e u n d e r
wing-coverts a n d ab d om en ; a n d by tlm s tr ip e n o t e x te n d in g ov e r th e b a c k , b u t on ly to th e s c ap u la rs .
Tlie disjiosition o f th e m a rk in g s on th e h e a d a n d ch e ek s also a p p e a rs diffe ren t. F rom th e P ic . iineatus
it is a t onc e d istin g u ish ed by its w hite bill.
P i c u s f o r m i c i v o r u s . Swainson.
Picus melanopogon. Lichtenstein.
Pic à barbe noire. Temm., PI. Col. 451.
Mas.? Pic. circulo angusto circa rostrum, genis,pectore, corporeque supra intensé atris; fascia frontali, guld, uropygio,
abdomineque albis, hujus parte superiori laleribusgue atro lineatili capite summo coccíneo.
Foera.? occipite solo coccineo,veTtice atro ; pectore minus atro tiotato.
Rostrum pedesque nigri. Plumæ pectoris parce coccíneo notatæ. Remiges ad basin albo notata, expansæ fasciam
aibam exhibentes. Longitudo co»yor«s, 9 ; al®, acarpo ad apicem remigis secundæ, ; TOrtrt,lfg; cauda, A ; tarai,
* Ois. d’Am . S ep t. p . Ql.