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Trichopicus harrisii Henry, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1859, 105 (New Mexico). 



Pims villosus, var. harrisii Ridgway, Am. Journ. Sci., iv, 1872, 456, part. 



Picus villosus harrisi Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, 1880, 188, part; Nom. 

 N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 3606, part.— Coues, Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 

 439, part.— Batchelder, Auk, ii, 1885, 127 (Las Vegas Hot Springs, New 

 Mexico). 



P[iais] v[illosus] harrisi Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, no. 483, part. 



Dryobates villosus harrisii Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., viii, 1885, 355, 

 part. — American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 393c, 

 part.— Mitchell, Auk, xv, 1898, 308 (San Miguel Co., New Mexico, breeding). 



D[ryobates] villosus harrisii Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 283, part. 



[Dendrocopus villosus.] Subsp. /9. Dendrocopus harrisi Hargitt, Cat. Birds 

 Brit. Mus., xviii, 1890, 234, part (Springerville, Arizona). 



[Picus villosus . . . .b. harrisii] b'. medii Coues, Birds North West, 1874, 280, 

 part (in synonymy). 

 • Picus harrasii Kennerly, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., iv, pt. vi, 1856, 10 (Little 

 Colorado R., Arizona). 



[Dryobates villosus] hyloscopus (not D. hyloscopus Cabanis and Heine) Brewster, 

 Auk, V, 1888, 252, in text (part). 



Dryobates villosus hyloscopus American Ornithologists' Union, Suppl. to 

 Check List, 1889, 9, part; Check List, 2d ed., 1895, no. 393d, part.— Mer- 

 riam. North Am. Fauna, no. 3, 1890, 92 (San Francisco Mt., Arizona, in 

 pine belt).— Mearns, Auk, vii, 1890, 251 (mts. of Arizona, breeding in 

 pine belt).— Bendire, Life Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1895, 53, part.— Wet- 

 more, Kansas Univ. Sci. Bull., iv, no. 19, 1908, 378 (Bill Williams Mt., 

 Arizona). 



D[ryobates] villosus hyloscopus Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1896, 596, 

 part. 



Dryobates villosus leucothorectis Oberholser, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xl, no. 1840, 

 June 3, 1911, 597, 608 (Burley, New Mexico; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.).— Berg- 

 told, Auk, xxix, 1912, 332 (Gila R., New Mexico).— American Ornitholo- 

 gists' Union Committee, Auk, xxix, 1912, 383. 



DRYOBATES VILLOSUS ORIUS Oberholser. 



SIERRA WOODPECKER. 



Similar to D. v. leucothorectis, but decidedly larger and with under 

 parts less purely white (usually more or less tinged with pale drab- 

 grayish) ; similar also to D. v. monticola but smaller and less purely 

 white beneath. 



Adult male.— Length (skms), 206-244 (224); wmg, 125.5-132.5 

 (129.1); tail, 69.5-83.5 (77); exposed culmen, 30-34.5 (31.9); tarsus, 

 21-24 (22.9); outer anterior toe, 14-15.5 (15).« 



Adult female.— hength ^ (skins), 213; wmg, 125-128.5 (126.3); 

 tail, 78.5-83 (80.1); exposed culmen, 27-27.5 (27.1); tarsus, 21-22 

 (21.5); outer anterior toe, 14-15 (14.4)." 



Sierra Nevada district of California, Oregon, South-central Wash- 

 ington, and Nevada; casually (in winter) to western Washington 

 (Puyallup). 



o Thirteen specimens. & One specimen. « Four specimens. 



