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Dryobates pubescens turati Fisher (W. K.), Condor, iv, May, 1902, 68 (diagnosis; 

 crit.). — Grinnell (J.), Pacific Coast Avifauna, no. 3, 1902, 37 (California 

 range). — American Ornithologists' Union Committee, Auk, xx, 1903, 341 

 (check list no. 394e); Check List, 3rd ed., 1910, 187.— Stone, Proc. Ac. Nat. 

 Sci. Phila., 1904, 581 (Mt. Sanhedrin, n. California; crit.). — Widmann, Auk, 

 xxi, 1904, 68 (Yosemite Valley).— Sharp, Condor, ix, 1907, 87 (San Diego Co., 

 California, breeding). — Goldman, Condor, x, 1908, 203 (Summit Lake and 

 Tulare Co., California, June). 



(?)Picus pubescens (not of Linnaeus) Ridgway, Bull. Nutt. Om. Club, iii, 1878, 67 

 (Marysville, Yuba Co., California, Dec. 27; crit.). — Ridgway and Belding, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 1879, 428 (Marysville). « 



DRYOBATES PUBESCENS GAIRDNERH (Audubon). 



GAIRDNER'S WOODPECKER. 



Similar to D. p. turati, but color of under parts darker (often light 

 brownish gray or drab), the white of back often tinged with brownish 

 gray. 



Adult male.— Length (skins), 150-160 (156); wing, 92-97 (95.1); 

 tail, 53-64 (58.1); exposed culmen, 15-19 (16.4); tarsus, 16-18 

 (16.6); outer anterior toe, 10.5-12 (11.1).^ 



Adult female. — Length (skins), 151-167 (157); wing, 91.5-100 

 (92.8); tail, 53-60 (57.5); exposed culmen, 14.5-17 (15.5); tarsus, 

 15.5-17 (16.4); outer anterior toe, 10-11.5 (10.9).^ 



Humid Transition Zone of northwest coast district, from southern 

 British Columbia (Victoria; Saturna Island; Port Moody; Agassiz; 

 Vernon; New Westminster; Mount Lehman; Kalama) southward 

 through western Washington and Oregon to Mendocino and Siskiyou 

 Counties (occasionally to Marin County, at least in winter), California. 



Picus gairdnerii Audubon, Orn. Biog., v, 1839, 317 (no locality given, but type 

 from near Ft. Vancouver, Washington; type lost?); Birds Am., oct. ed., iv, 

 1842, 252.— Newberry, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., x, pt. iv, 1859, 89 (n. 

 California; Oregon).— Lord, Proc. Roy. Artil. Inst. Woolwich, iv, 1860, 111 

 (Brit. Columbia). 



Picus gairdneri AvuvBON , Synopsis, 1839, 180. — Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., 

 ix, 1858, 91, part (Shoalwater Bay and Ft. Steilacoom, Washington; St. 

 Helens and Ft. Dalles, Oregon); ed. 1860 (Birds N. Am.), atlas, pi. 85, figs. 

 2, 3; Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, no. 77, part. — Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 Lend., 1859, 236 (Vancouver I.). — Cooper and Suckley, Rep. Pacific R. R. 

 Siu-v., xii, pt. ii, 1860, 159 (w. Oregon and Washington). — Malherbe, Mon. 

 Picid., i, 1861, 123.— Cassin, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1863, 201 (crit.).— 

 SuNDEVALL, Consp. Av. Picin., 1866, 17. — Gray, List Birds Brit. Mus., 

 Picidae, 1868, 44, part (Vancouver I.). — Brown, Ibis, 1868, 419 (Van- 

 couver I.). — Cooper, Orn. Calif., 1870, 377, part. 



a The specimen noted agrees with typical D. p. turati in small size and decidedly 

 Bmoky whitish coloration of the under parts, but has the middle wing-coverts heavily 

 and numerously spotted with white, and the greater coverts with a eub-basal row of 

 white spots, as in the eastern forms. It is a very puzzling specimen, but I am now 

 inclined to regard it as merely an aberrant specimen of D. p. turati 



6 Ten specimens. 



3622°— Bull. 50, pt 6—14 16 



