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Adult maZe.— Length (skins), 181-203 (192); wing, 94.5-126 

 (118.7); tail, 69.5-81 (75.5); culmen, 20-23 (21.4); tarsus, 19-21 

 (20.2); outer anterior toe, 12.5-14.5 (13.6).« 



Adult female.— Length (skins), 174-203 (192); wing, 114-126 

 (118.9); tail, 70-81 (75.5); culmen, 19-22 (20.3); tarsus, 19-21 

 (19.9); outer anterior toe, 12.5-14 (13.3).'' 



Pine forests of Lower Austral Zone of eastern United States, from 

 Florida to eastern Texas (Bowie, Harris, Galveston, Fort Bend, Tyler, 

 Jasper, Marion, and Hardin counties) ; north to central Virginia (Albe- 

 marle County) , eastern Tennessee (Morgan, Roane, and Scott counties; 

 Cumberland Plateau), western Kentucky (Fulton County), and south- 

 eastern Missouri (Shannon and Carter counties, breeding) ; casually to 

 New Jersey (Hoboken) and eastern Pennsylvania (Delaware County) . 



Picus borealis Vieillot, Ois. Am. Sept., ii, 1807, 66, pi. 122 ("Dans le nord des 

 Etata-Unis"); Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., xxvi, 1818, 69.— Stephens, Shaw's 

 Gen. Zool., ix, 1817, 174.— Jardine, ed. Wilson's Am. Orn., i, 1832, 251, 

 pi. 15, fig. 1.— Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 96; Cat. N. Am. 

 Birds, 1859, no. 80.— Cassin, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1863, 203.— Gray, 

 List Birds Brit. Mus., Picidse, 1868, 50. — Allen, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 



a Twenty-one specimens. 



b Seventeen specimens. 



Locality. 



Outer 

 ante- 

 rior toe. 



MALES. 



Ten adult males from Florida 



One adult male from Georgia 



Two adult males from South Carolina. . 



One adult male from Mississippi 



One adult male from Louisiana 



Two adult males from Tennessee 



Four adult males from Texas 



FEMALES. 



Eight adult females from Florida 



One adult female from Georgia 



Two adult females from South Carolina. 

 One adult female from North Carolina.. 



One adult female from Mississippi 



One adult female from Tennessee 



Two adult females from Texas 



One adult female from Indian Territory 



13.3 



14 



14 



14.5 



13.5 



13.5 



13.7 



13.1 



14 



13 



12.5 



13.5 



13.5 



14 



13.5 



Florida specimens have decidedly shorter wings than those from other localities, 

 but other measurements do not differ, and I can detect no color differences. Com- 

 parative measurements are as follows: 



Adult males. 

 Ten from Florida: Wing, 94.5-119 (averaging 114.4). 

 Eleven from other States: Wing, 120.5-126 (averaging 122.6). 



Adult females. 

 Eight from Florida: Wing, 114.5-120 (averaging 116.4). 

 Nine from other States: Wing, 118.5-126 (averaging 121.1). 



