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Range. — Canadian and Transition zones of the central parts of eastern 

 North America from southeastern Alberta, Manitoba, southern Ungava, and 

 Newfoundland south to eastern Nebraska, Kansas, Tennessee, and Virginia. 

 Casual west to eastern Colorado. 



Dryobates pubescens pubescens (Linnaeus) . Southern Downy Woodpecker. 

 [394.] 



Picus pubescens Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, I, 1766, 175. Based on 

 The smallest Spotted Woodpecker, Picus varius minimus Catesby, 

 Carohna, I, 21. (in America septentrionaU = South Carolina.) 



Range. — Lower Austral Zone of the South Atlantic and Gulf states, from 

 Florida to eastern Texas, north to Oklahoma and North Carolina. 



Dryobates pubescens nelsoni Oberholser. Nelson's Downy Woodpecker. 



[394d.] 



Dryobates pubescens nelsoni Oberholser, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XVIII, 

 No. 1080, June 24, 1896, 549. (Nulato, Alaska.) 



Range. — Canadian Zone from northwestern Alaska and southwestern 

 Mackenzie to southern Alaska, extreme northern British Columbia, and 

 central Alberta; casually farther east, probably to northern New England. 



Dryobates pubescens leucurus (Hartlaub), Batchelder's Woodpecker. 



[3946.] 



Picus leucurus Hartlaub, Naumannia, II, Heft 2, 1852, 55. (Rocky 

 Mountains.) 



Range. — Canadian and Transition zones from the Kenai Peninsula, southern 

 Alaska, and British Columbia east of Cascade range (casual on the coast) to 

 eastern California, eastern Montana, western Nebraska, central Colorado, 

 New Mexico, and Arizona. 



Dryobates pubescens gairdneri (Audubon). Gairdner's Woodpecker. 



[394a..] 



Picus Gairdnerii Audubon, Orn. Biog., V, 1839, 317. (No locality given 

 = Fort Vancouver, Washington.) 



Range. — Humid Transition Zone of the Pacific coast from southern British 

 Columbia south to Mendocino County, California. Casually farther in winter. 



Dryobates pubescens turatii (Malherbe). Willow Woodpecker. [394e.] 



Picus Turati Malherbe, Monogr. Picidees, I, 1860, 125 (pi. 28, figs. 1-3). 

 (Near Monterey, California.) 



Range. — Upper Austral and Transition zones of California (except on 

 northwest coast and desert ranges). 



