4i8 THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN HAIRY WOODPECKER. 



No. 162. 



ROCKY MOUNTAIN HAIRY WOODPECKER. 



A. (). I . Xn, 3()3 e. Dryobates villosus monticola Antiiony. 



Description. — . Iditlt iiiaU-: Aljove. in general. l)lack, — glossy, at least on 

 crown and cervix, dull on tail, fuscous on wings; a narrow scarlet band across 

 the nape ; broad white superciliary and rictal stripes separated by a black band 

 thru e3-e (including lore), continuous with nape; a black malar stripe broadening 

 behind ; white nasal tufts ; a lengthened white patch down middle of back ; wing- 

 coverts black, or sometimes lightl}- spotted with white ; primaries and outer 

 secondaries spotted with white on both webs (often very lightly on inner webs), 

 the spots on the outer webs confluent in bars on the closed wing; tail black cen-- 

 trally, the two outer pairs of feathers white on exposed portions, the third pair 

 white-tipped; entire underparts clear white; bill and feet light plumbeous. Adult 

 female: Similar but without scarlet band on hindneck. Young birds have the 

 crown chiefly red or bronzy or, rarely, yellowish. Length of adult: 10.00- 11.00 

 (234-279.4) ; wing 3.20 (132) ; tail 4.20 (106.7) • 'j'H i-50 (38). 



Recognition Marks. — Robin size; black-and-white ]5attern of head (11 

 alternating areas d black and white, viewed anteriorly), with size, distinctive; 

 lores black and underparts (•/('<;)• icliitc. as compared with /'. i. hyloscofus. 



Nesting. — Nest: A hole excavated in tree, usually in dead portion, unlined. 

 Eggs: ^-ft. white. Av. size, 1.08 x .77 (27.4x19.6). Season: May 15-June i; 

 one brood. 



General Range. — Rocky jNIountain district of the United States from New 

 Mexico n<irth [n Montana, west to LUah and eastern Washington. 



Range in Washington. — Mountain districts of eastern Washington, inter- 

 grading with I>. z'. Itarrisii along eastern slopes of Cascades, especialh' northerly. 



Authorities. — Xot previously published. Tiased here on specimen taken May 

 23rd, 1906, at Usk, Wash. ( Ident. by Biol. Surv., \\'ashington, D. C.) J. (Open 

 to c|uestion thru confessed lack of specimens). 



Specimens. — P). 



THIS form fniall}- displ;ices Harris (D. 7'. Iiarrisii. with which it inter- 

 grades on tlie eastern slopes of the Cascades) only in the northeastern corner 

 of the State and in the Blue ^fountains. It differs in no essential respect from 

 the western variety in habit ; but because of the nmre ojien character of the 

 timber, is rather more in e\"idence thrunut its range. 



On the 22nd of ■Ma\-, 1906, a male of this species was sighted at Usk, on 

 the banks of the Fend d'Oreille Ri\-er, as he clung to the to]) of a forty-foot 

 pine stub and deli\'ered. rather gcntlw his rulling tattoo, or call-note. After 

 rcjieating this several times he dropiied down and entered a hole a few feet 

 lower. We returned the following morning and found the male bird (dis- 

 tinguishable h\- his red nuchal patch ) again on the nest. When I rapped gentl}' 



