The type race of the species is now restricted in its distribution to the region from south-central Texas (Kerr County and the Chisos Mountains) to eastern and southern Mexico. It differs from the other races in the width of the white frontal band, the amount of streaking on the breast and sides, and the amount of yellow in the throat patch, as well as in size. It differs from _bairdi_ and _aculeata_ in having the chest mostly streaked, at least on the median portion, instead of mostly uniform black. The white frontal patch is broader than in _angustifrons_, and the black band across the female crown is much wider. It is slightly larger than _aculeata_, and somewhat smaller than _bairdi_ but decidedly larger than _angustifrons_. Its throat patch is paler yellow than in _bairdi_ and _angustifrons_. I cannot find anything of consequence in print relating to the habits of the race, which probably do not differ materially from the habits of the species elsewhere. There are two sets of eggs in the Thayer collection, one of six and one of five eggs, taken in Tamaulipas, Mexico, on April 18 and 22, 1908; in each case the nest is said to have been 20 feet from the ground in a pine. The measurements of these 11 eggs average 26.47 by 19.00 millimeters; the eggs showing the four extremes measure =28.1= by 19.0, 26.7 by =19.3=, =25.9= by =18.9= millimeters. DISTRIBUTION _Range._--Western United States, Central America, and northwestern South America; nonmigratory. On the Pacific coast the ant-eating woodpecker ranges through the Coast and Sierra Nevada ranges =north= to southwestern Oregon (Cow Creek and Ashland). In the interior it is found =north= to northern Arizona (Hualapai Mountain, Williams, and Grand Canyon); northern New Mexico (Largo Canyon and the headwaters of the Gallina River); and southwestern Texas (Fort Davis and Kerrville). From these regions the species is found =south= through both eastern and western Mexico (including Baja California) and other Central American countries, at least to central Colombia.