420 THE HARRIS WOODPECKER. 



ajjpearing on wing-coverts and upon inner secondaries (thus shading into eastern 

 forms of the D. villosus group). 



Recognition Marks. — As in preceding. 



Nesting. — As in D. :■. mnnticola. 



General Range. — Imperfectly made out as regards that of D. %■. monticola — 

 "Western United States from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific, excepting the 

 special range of D. v. harrisii, and southward into Mexico" (Coues). 



Range in Washington. — Undetermined; perhaps resident in eastern Wash- 

 ington between ranges of iiiouticola and harrisii. perhaps only casual west of 

 Cascades. 



Authorities. — Bendire, Life Hist. X. A. Birds, Vol. H. 1895, p. 53. 

 Puyallu]). Wash.. Dec. 25. 1895, by Geo. G. Cantwell (Ident. by Biol. Surv. Wash- 

 ington, D. C). 



Specimens. — C. 



\\'OOr)PECKERS of the Dryobalcs group are not migrants, but they 

 are inclined to experiment, and so not infrequently turn up in their neighbors' 

 preserves. A specimen taken at Puyallup, December 25. 1895. must be re- 

 garded as a wanderer from the North, althn Brooks characterizes this form 

 as regular at Sumas, B. C. 



No. 164. 

 HARRIS'S WOODPECKER. 



A. O. I^. No. 393c. Dryobates villosus harrisii (And.). 



Description. — Similar to D. i\ hyloscopus, but underparts light smoky brown 

 or smoke-grav ; sometimes narrowly streaked with black on sides ; spotting on 

 wing-quills still further reduced, that of wing-coverts usually wanting. Length 

 of adult: 9.00-10.50 (228.6-266.7); wing 5.00 (127); tail 3.35 (85.1); bill 1.25 



f3i-8)- 



Recognition Marks. — Robin size; black-and-white pattern of head (with 

 touch of scarlet on hind-neck of male) ; smoky below as compared with D. v. 

 monticola or D. v. hyloscopus. 



Nesting. — Nest: a hole about 25 feet up in a dead fir tree, lined with chips. 

 Eggs: usuallv 4, crystalline white. Av. size, 1.03 x. 74 (26.7x18.8). 



General Range. — Pacific coast dist"ict fnim northern California north to 

 southern .Alaska. 



Range in Washington. — \\'est-side, resident, chiefly at lower levels; east 

 slopes of Cascades, where intergrading either with D . v. honionis southerly ( ?) 

 or D. V. luotiticola northerly. 



Authorities. — Picus harrisii. Andubon. Orn. Biog. 1839, 191 '• pl- 4'7- 

 Townsend, Narrative, (1839), p. 347. T. C&S. L'. Rh. D'. Kb. Ra. Kk. B. E. 



Specimens.— U. of W. P. Prov. B. BN. 



