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Bummer). — Anderson, Proc. Davenp. Ac. Sci., xvi, 1907, 274 (Iowa). — 

 TowNSEND and Allen, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xxxiii, 1907, 376 (s. Labra- 

 dor, e. of 56°). — Embody, Auk, xxvii, 1910, 172 (Hanover Co., Virginia, resi- 

 dent). — Ferry, Auk, xxvii, 1910, 199 (Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, breed- 

 ing). — Howell, Auk, xxvii, 1910, 296 (Barboursville, etc., Kentucky), 301 

 (Cross Mt., 3,400ft., and Walden Ridge, e. Tennessee), 383 (St. Francis River, 

 B. 6. Missouri, breeding). — (?) Jewett, Condor, xiv, 1912, 192 (Sawtooth Mts., 

 Idaho, late fall). 



KODLA.K references. 



Picus pubescens (not of Linnaeus) Baird, Brewer, and Ridgwat, Hist. N. Am. 

 Birds, ii, 1874, 509, part (Kodiak).— Nelson, Rep. Nat. Hist. Coll. Alaska, 

 1887, 156, part (Kodiak). 



DRYOBATES PUBESCENS NELSONI Oberholser. 



NORTHERN DOWNY WOODPECKER. 



Similar to D. j)- medianus, but decidedly larger, white of under parts, 

 etc., purer, and black bars on lateral rectrices usually narrower or 

 less numerous, sometimes nearly obsolete. 



Adult male.— Length (skins), 147-162 (159); wing, 95-101.5 (99.1); 

 tail, 58.5-67 (63.1); exposed culmen, 16-18 (17); tarsus, 15.5-17 

 (16.2); outer anterior toe, 10-11 (10.5).« 



Adult female.— Length (skins), 155-168 (161); wing, 97-101.5 

 (98.8); tail, 57-72 (63.3); exposed culmen, 15-16.5 (15.9); tarsus, 

 15-16.5 (15.7); outer anterior toe, 9.5-10.5 (10.1).^ 



o Twenty-one specimens. 



b Eleven specimens. 



Locality. 



MALES. 



Nine adult males from interior Alaska 



Four adult males from Mackenzie 



Two adult males from Athabasca 



Five adult males from eastern Montana (January, April, May, 



December) 



One adult male from eastern Wyoming (October) 



FEMALES. 



Two adult females from western and interior Alaska 



Three adult females from Mackenzie 



One adult female from Alberta (February) 



Three adult females from Minnesota (Fort Snelling, Apr. 13).. 



One adult female from Wisconsin ( Kenosha, October) 



One adult female from New York (Locust Grove, Apr. 10) 



Outer 

 ante- 

 rior toe. 



10.6 

 10.2 

 10 



10.8 

 10.5 



10 



10.2 



10 



10.2 



10 



10.5 



Many wanter specimens from eastern Massachusetts closely approach this form in 

 size and agree exactly in coloration, measurements being as follows: 



Three adult males from eastern Massachusetts (November): Wing, 97.5; tail, 57.2; 

 exposed culmen, 16.5; tarsus, 15.8; outer anterior toe, 10.7. 



Three adult females from eastern Massachusetts (November, December, January); 

 Wing, 90.5; tail, 59.8; exposed culmen, 15.7; tarsus, 15.8; outer anterior toe, 10.5. 



