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. 277. 22. Picus Mexicanus, Swains. Red-shafted Woodpecker. Plate CCCCXVI. Fig. 5. Male. Fig. 6. Female. Male with the upper part of the head and hind neck light greyish-brown; forehead and a band over the eye dull red; sides and fore part of neck ash-grey, with an oblong patch of bright carmine on each side of the throat; back, scapulars, and secondaries light reddish-brown, transversely spotted with black; rump white; upper tail-coverts black, barred with white; primaries blackish-brown, tail-feathers black, their shafts vermilion; lower parts reddish-white, spotted with black, of which there is a semilunar patch on the fore part of the breast; lower wing-coverts, and inner webs of quills of roseate tints; lower surface of quills and tail-feathers orange-red, inclining to vermilion, the tail black toward the end. _Male_, 13-1/2, wing, 6-10/12. _Female_, 13. Rocky Mountains, Columbia River, and northward to the Saskatchewan. Abundant. Migratory. Colaptes mexicanus, Swains. Synop. Birds of Mex. Phil. Mag. N. 84. Colaptes mexicanus, Red-shafted Woodpecker, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 315. Red-shafted Woodpecker, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p. 603. Red-shafted Woodpecker, Picus mexicanus, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. ii. p. 314. FAMILY XXVII. CUCULINÆ. CUCKOOS.