NOTES ON NORTH CAROLINA BIRDS — WETMORE 495 



SPHYRAPICUS VARIUS VARIUS (Linnaeus): Yellow-bellied Sapsacker 



Birds on their breeding grounds were obtained at 5,100 feet eleva- 

 tion on Rocky Bald, 12 miles west of Franklin, on June 20 (two 

 females) and at 4,500 feet on Rocky Ridge, 13 miles west of Franklin, 

 on June 21 (one female). A male was collected July 1 at 4,100 feet 

 on Standing Indian Mountain, 15 miles east of Hayesville. Else- 

 where I have explained my reasons for not recognizing a southern 

 race of this sapsucker.^° 



In fall migration this bird was found on the Catawba River 7 

 miles west of Statesville, September 30. Specimens were taken here 

 on October 5 and 7. Others were obtained at Bethel, October 30, 

 and near Greenville, November 8. 



DRYOBATES VILLOSUS VILLOSUS (Linnaeus) : Eastern Hairy Woodpecker 



A small series of hairy woodpeckers is of some assistance in de- 

 limiting the ranges of the two races in the State, though the detailed 

 distribution remains to be established. Perrygo recorded this bird 

 in June on Pack Mountain, Cherokee County, and on Rocky Bald and 

 Rocky Ridge, Macon County, but did not secure specimens, so that 

 doubt attaches to the identity of the birds from this area. This is 

 true in particular of the record from Pack Mountain since skins 

 from Big Frog Mountain in Polk County, Tenn., a short distance 

 to the west are recorded as D. v. auduboni. A female from 3,200 

 feet elevation 3 miles west of West Jefferson in Ashe County, N. C., 

 has the tips of the primaries badly broken from wear, so that though 

 in existing condition the wing measures only 113.9 mm. it is obvious 

 that the true dimension was appreciably greater. This bird therefore 

 is considered to be viUosits, particularly since an immature male, fully 

 grown, from 4,300 feet on Bluff Mountain, a mile or more farther 

 west, has the wing 120 mm. and is obviously the larger bird. Two 

 males from the Catawba River 7 and 10 miles southwest of States- 

 ville, shot on October 7 and 9, are on the borderline, but with wing 

 measurements of 118.2 and 118.9 mm. they seem properly allocated 

 with viUosus. A female from Hogan Creek 7 miles northeast of 

 Reidsville also belongs here, as the wing is not fully grown after molt 

 but still measures 115.6 mm. 



DRYOBATES VILLOSUS AUDUBONI (Swainson) : Southern Hairy Woodpecker 



An immature female from 7 miles southeast of Rockingham with 

 the wing fully grown measures 114,3 mm., seeming to be auduboni, 

 but the identity of birds from this section should be checked definitely 

 with adult specimens. Other specimens at hand to the eastward are 

 all clearly the southern subspecies, which in the eastern lowlands 



" Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. S6, 1939, pp. 193-195. 



