T h e b ird first d e s c rib e d is th e only sp e c im en b ro u g h t by th e e x p e d itio n . I t w a s fou n d a t M o n te re
y . I t a p p e a r s so c lo se ly to a c co rd with M r . Sw a in so n ’s d e s c rip tio n o f P jc. / o rín im -o n « , th a t I a t
o n c e r e fe r i t to th a t b ird , e x p re s s in g m y d o u b ts a s to th e d iffe renc e o f s ex . I t a lso a c c o rd s w ith
M . T em m in c k ’s p la te , a s ab o v e q u o te d . I am n o t aw a r e w h ich n am e ha s th e r ig h t o f p rio rity .
P i c u s C H R Y SO G E N Y S . n .s .
Mas. Pic. eorpore supra crissoque albo nigroque subgraciliter fasciaiis ; pestare abdomineque medio olivaceis, hoe aureo
infra noiafo ; capile supra coccíneo ; fronte, genis, gulàqtie aureís,
Fcem. ? capitis vertice aureo.
Rostrum pedesque nigri. Remiges primari» nìgt», ferè eoncolores, secundari» pogonio interno albo maculato,
tcrtiari» pogoniis utrinque albo maculatis fasciatisque. RecU'ices (lertiis et quartis utrinque exceptis) nigr», albo
fasciata ; bis nigris unicolotibus. Longitudo corporis, : ala, a carpo ad apicem remigis quart*, 4 | ; rosiri, ad
apicem, 1, ad rictum, I J ; ca«d<»,3^; tarsi,
C O L A P T E S C O L L A R IS . n . S.
; abdomine dortoque imo albis ; fasciis corporis superni,Col. vitiaceo-griseus ¡i guitis abdominis, collari se iri peetorali,
remigibus rectrkilusque atris, harum ainbarum rftocftibus rubro-aurantiacis ; striga utrinque sub riciu coccinea.
Caput supernè bruunescens, coiiumque vinaceo-griseum sine fasciis. Remiges ad apicem gracilitcr albo-fasciata;
sublus ad basin rubro-aurantiac». Tectriees inferiores alarum alb», interné leviter rubro-aurantiaco diffus», externe
nigro notatæ. Tectrices caud» supernæ nigr* albo fasciat* ; inferna alba nigro fasciat*. Rostrum pedesque brunnci.
Longitudo corporis, 1 1; rostri, ad frontem, 1 |, ad riet«m, 1 | ; ai<s,acarpoad apicem remigis tertia, ; coud«, 5 ;
PLATE IX.
T h is spe c ie s a c c o rd s in g e n e r a l c h a r a c te r s with th e d e s c rip tio n g iv en by M r . Sw a in so n o f his
Colaptes M e x ica n u s, in th e P h ilo so p h ic a l M a g ., N ew S e r. (Vol. I . p . 440, y e a r 1827) ; b u t n o m e n tio n is
m a d e in t h a t d e s c r ip tio n o f th e s tro n g ly -m a rk e d co lla r o n th e b r e a s t, t h a t distin g u ish e s o u r b ird ; th e
c o lo u r also o f th e sh a fts o f tb e q u ill a n d ta il fe a th e rs in th e M e x ic a n b ird is s ta te d to b e b r ig h t r e d ,
w hile th o s e o f o u r b ird a re o f a n o ra n g e o r y e llow red .
T h e fem a le w a n ts th e r e d s t r e a k o n th e ch e ek s . T h e se b ird s w e re fo u n d a t M o n te re y . M r. Collie
h a s m ad e tb e fo llow in g n o te o n th e sp e c ie s
“ T h e s tom a c h is d o u b le , an u p p e r m em b ra n o u s o ne , a n d low e r m u s c u la r ; e a ch c o n ta in e d th e
le g s a n d o th e r h o rn y p a r ts o f in s e c ts , a n d th e low e r o n e a lso grave l.
“ T h e ir ch ie f n o te is a ja r r in g w h is tle . T h e y live a goo d d e a l am o n g b u sh e s , a n d long g ra s s , and
p e rc h m o s t f re q u e n tly on th e b r a n c h e s o f d e c a y e d tr e e s . T h ey a r e to le rab ly n um e ro u s am o n g th e
p in e tre e s b e tw e e n Mo n te rey a n d P u n t a d e lo s P in o s . S e v e r a l o f th em a re seen in company w h en on
th e b u sh e s o r on th e g ra s s ; b u t th e y a re so lita ry w h e n o n th e tre e s .
“ T h e n a tiv e s m a k e c o ro n e ts for th e i r h e a d s o f th e two m id d le ta il-fe a th e rs . O n e o f th e s e o rn a m
e n ts som e tim e s c o n ta in u pw a rd s o f th r e e h u n d r e d fe a th e rs , so th a t o ne h u n d re d a n d fifty b ird s m u s t
h a v e c o n tr ib u te d to its fo rm a tio n .”
C o l a p t e s C h i l e n s i s .
Picus Chilensis. Lesson, Zool. de la Coquille, p i. 32.
Col. supra fuseo-brunneus,fiavescenti.albo fasdatim notatus, gula, genis, dorso imo, corporeque subtus ftavescenti-albis,
hoc brunnescenti-fusco guttato; capite supra cano; tectricibus caudee supra subtusque fiavescentUalbis, fusco fasdatis ;
remigum rhachibus subauraiis.
Rostrum brunneum. Pedes flavesceates. Tectriees alarum inferiores remigumque pogonia interna supra et subtus
subaurata. Rectrices atræ, du* medi* flavescenti-albo utrinque fasciat*, duarum lateralium pogoniis extemis apiceque
flavescentUalbo guttatis.
Staturâ Col. collari æqualis.
A sin g le skin only o f th is species w a s o b ta in ed a t C o n c e p tio n . I t p ro b ab ly be lo n g ed to a female
bird , a n d th e male m a y b e fo u n d to possess th o s e s c a r le t o r oth e rw ise h ig h ly -co lo u red m a rk in g s which
g e n e ra lly d is tin g u ish th a t s e x in th e p re s e n t family.
r L J T R L T .
C o la p te s c o lla r ii