Plate CCCCXVI. Fig. 7. Male. Fig. 8. Female.
Upper parts black, highly glossed with dark green; a band across the
forehead, the chin, and a broad patch on the side of the head,
surrounding the eye, deep carmine, or blood-red; beyond this, the
throat and part of the sides of the neck black; a band of dull white
across the hind neck, continuous anteriorly with a large patch of
yellowish-white, occupying the fore neck and part of the breast; the
rest of the breast and the sides bright red; lower wing-coverts,
abdomen, and lower tail-coverts black. Young with the red on the head
scarcely apparent, that on the lower parts mixed with greyish-white,
the fore part of the neck dull grey, and the white ring on the hind
neck wanting; many of the feathers there with one or two white spots
near the end.
_Male_, 11, wing, 7-2/12.
Rocky Mountains, and Columbia River. Abundant. Migratory.
Lewis's Woodpecker, Picus torquatus, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. iii.
p. 31.
Picus torquatus, Bonap. Syn. p. 46.
Lewis's Woodpecker, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 577.
Lewis's Woodpecker, Picus torquatus, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. v. p.
176.
**** Bill comparatively slender, slightly arched, acute, with
the lateral angles obsolete. Genus _Colaptes_ of authors.
276. 21. Picus auratus, Linn. Golden-winged Woodpecker.--Flicker.
Tucker. High-holder.
Plate XXXVII. Male and Female.
Male with the upper part of the head and neck ash-grey; a transverse
band of carmine on the hind neck; back, scapulars, and secondaries
light greenish-brown, transversely spotted with black, rump white;
tail-coverts white, with black markings; primaries and tail-feathers
blackish-brown, the shafts yellow; sides of the head and fore neck
light pale purplish-red, inclining to lilac; a black streak on each
side of the throat, and a semilunar patch of the same on the fore part
of the breast; lower parts reddish-white, tinged with yellow, and
spotted with black; lower wing-coverts and inner edges of quills clear
buff, lower surface of quills and tail-feathers yellow, the latter
black toward the end. Female similar, but without the black bands on
the throat.
_Male_, 12-1/2, 16.
Breeds from Texas to Nova Scotia, and the Fur Countries. Generally
distributed in the United States. Eastern bases of Rocky Mountains.
Extremely common. Resident in the Southern States.
Gold-winged Woodpecker, Picus auratus, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. ii.
p. 45.
Picus auratus, Bonap. Syn. p. 44.
Colaptes auratus, Golden-shafted Woodpecker, Swains. & Rich.
F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 314.
Flicker or Golden-winged Woodpecker, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 561.
Golden-winged Woodpecker, Picus auratus, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. i.
p. 191; v. v. p. 540.