BIRDS OP NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 



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XENOPICUS ALBOLARVATUS ALBOLARVATUS (Cassin). 



WHITE-HEADED WOODPECKER. 



Adult male. — Head, all round (except posterior occiput and upper 

 nape, and a postocular streak), together with foreneck, plain w^hite, 

 the nasal tufts more or less tinged with brownish; an occipito-nuchal 

 band of bright poppy red; rest of plumage uniform, slightly glossy, 

 black, duller black on wings, the primaries extensively white on 

 proximal half (more or less) of both webs, this white extending much 

 farther on outer than on inner web; bill slate-blackish; iris bro^^mish 

 red or dull carmine; legs and feet grayish olive or olive-grayish (in 

 life); length (skins), 205-236 (216); wing, 124-131 (127.9); tail, 

 74-85 (80.9) ; cuhnen, 27-30.5 (28.1) ; depth of bill at base, 7-8 (7.6) ; 

 tarsus, 21-23 (21.9); outer anterior toe, 13.5-15 (14.2).« 



Adult female. — Similar to the adult male, but without any red on 

 occiput or nape; length (skins), 190-215 (208); wmg, 124-130.5 

 (126.9); tail, 75.5-90 (82.3); cuhnen, 24-27 (25.3); depth of bill at 

 base, 6.5-8 (7.1); tarsus, 20-23 (21.2); outer anterior toe, 13.5-14.5 

 (13.9).« 



Young male. — Similar to the adult male, but the black much duller, 

 especially on underparts, where, as well as on hindneck, the feathers 

 are sometimes indistinctly and narrowly margined at tip with 

 grayish, the hindneck sometimes indistinctly spotted with whitish, 



a Fourteen specimens. 



Locality. 



Outer 

 ante- 

 rior toe. 



MAXES. 



Five adult males from Oregon 



Six adult males fiom northern Califomia 



Three adult males £iom western Nevada 



One adult male {2C a. gravirostris) from Wilsons Peak, 

 San Gabriel Mountains 



Five adult males (X. a. gravirostris) from San Ber- 

 nardino Mountains 



Four adult males {X. a. gravirostris) from San Jacinto 

 Mountains 



FEMALES. 



One adult female from Washington 



Two adult females from Oregon 



Ten adult females from northern California 



One adult female from western Nevada 



One adult female (X. a. gravirostris) from Cuymaca 

 Mountain, San Diego County 



Seven adult females (X. a. gravirostris) from San Ber- 

 nardino Momitains 



Two adult females (X. a. gravirostris) from San Jacinto 

 Mountains 



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