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Show 191 Collector's notes. Iris orange. Not abundant; found chiefly in the woods of the central portion of the island. When startled, they emit a short whistle of three or four syllables. They frequent brushwood, fallen logs, fences, etc., rather than trees. Insects as well as seeds are generally found in their stomachs. Their method of scratching among fallen leaves is curious: they make a jump forward, at the same instant strike back with both feet. FAM. PIOIDJE. 7. COLAPTES MEXICANUS RUF1PILEUS, nobis. CH.- Adult female:- Above grayish- brown, becoming bright tawny on the forehead, lores, and maxillary region; dorsal region and wings, except primaries and primary- coverts, marked with transverse bars of black ; rump and upper tail- coverts pinkish- white, the latter marked with transverse, somewhat oval, spots of black. Tail black, the basal two- thirds of the under surface vermilion- red; shafts of the primaries deep vermilion, their inner webs light vermilion basally, dull grayish-brown, glossed with. red, toward ends. Head and throat, except as described, dull ash- gray; jugulum with a transverse crescent of black, bounded anteriorly by pale brownish- pink; rest of lower parts light brownish- pink, thickly marked with circular and cordate spots of black. Wing, 5.90- 6.25; tail, 4.75- 5.30; bill, from nostril, 1.35- 1.00. Remarks.- In the closed tail, only about half at inch of red is exposed OD the under surface beyond the lower coverts, the remaiuing 2.50 being uniform black. The main differences from the continental form consist in the longer bill, more pinkish rump, and bright tawny forehead. Iu the latter feature, the resemblance is closer to G. clirysoides, the crown and nape having about the same gradation from bright cinnamon-tawny anteriorly to dull grayish- cinuamop posteriorly. It differs from true C. mexicanus as follows:- C. MEXICANUS BUFIPILEUS.- Wing, 5.90- G. 25 ; tail, 4.75- 5.30; bill, 1.3S- 1.60. Black of the tail occupying the terminal 2.40- 2.50 inches; crown cinnamon- color, becoming bright tawny anteriorly; rump pale pink or pinkish white. Bab.- Guadeloupe. C. MEXICANUS MEXICANUS.- Wing, 6.05- 6.95 ; tail, 5.50- 5.90; bill, 1.15- 1.25. Black of the tail occupying the terminal 1.90- 2.00 iuches ; crown brownish- gray, becoming browner anteriorly; rump pure white. Hab.- Western Province of North America ( continental). C. RUFIPILKL' 8. Xat. Miis. Ko. Original No. 70000 3 : 01K) 1 , 3 70002 1 3 l Sex and age. ? ad. $ ad. § ad. Wing. 6.35 5.90 6.25 Tail. 5.30 4.75 5.25 Bill.* 1 40 1.60 1.35 * From nostril. C. MEXICANUS. M M . H R 2916 2017 Sesand age. d" ad. ? ad. Locality. " Wing. 6.95 6.65 Tail. 5.90 5.50 Bill. 1.25 1.15 |