BIRDS — PICIDAK — PICUS UARKISII. 



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List of specimens. 



Caul 

 No. 



97W 



am 



3800 



3794 



9793 

 1583 

 1613 

 I'M 



lias 



884 



183 



1606 



9423 



806 

 1563 

 9603 

 6075 

 5880 



6551 

 6553 

 4638 

 5927 

 5<£28 

 &S6 

 8393 

 8a05 

 8806 



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Locilily. 



Toronto, C. \V. 



do 



MajvacliusfttB . 



When collect- 

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Whence obtained. 



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Carliale, Pa. 



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Lnuiiiidn.i? 



Ft.LpavenworthjK.T, 

 FanRilcy,K. T 



do 



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Sioux river, \. T.. 



Vnn Lookout, N. T... 

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Ponder river, !*. T. .. 



IndepcndPnce, Mo... 



Black HillH, Nebraska 

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June 34, 1844 

 January, 1845 

 July 23,184.1 

 Dec. 3,1649 

 June 5,1839 

 June 10,1844 

 Sept. 3,1845 



Oct. 17,1842 

 May 23,1844 



Nov. 27,1854 

 , 1856 



1857 



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May 3, 

 July, 



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Aug. 3, 

 May 36, 

 Oct. 1, 

 Sept. 7. 



1856 

 1856 



1856 

 18.'>7 



1857 

 1857 



8. F. Baird 



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Orig'l 

 No. 



l^ieut. Couch 



Dr. Hammond and 



J. X. DcVcsey. 

 Dr.W. A. Hammond 



do 



Lieut. Warren 



do 



do 



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\\\ M. Magraw 



Lieut. Warreo 



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Oollected by — 





J. J. Audubon. 



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T. M. Brewer. 



Dr. Haydcn . 



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Dr. J. G.Cooper 

 Dr. Hayden . 

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Length. Extent. 



9.17 I 16.50 

 14.75 

 15. 

 15.17 



9. 

 9.33 



8.93 



9. 

 8.50 



15. 

 14.83 



9.25 

 9.00 

 10.00 



14.50 



14.00 

 16.25 

 17.00 



VVInj. 



4.83 

 4.67 

 4.. 18 

 4.43 



4.58 

 4.50 



Roniarkl. 



Original of P. mariinae, 



Aud. 



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Original of P. phUtiiMij 



Aud. 

 Original of P.canuientUy 



Aud. 

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Crown spotted yellow, 

 occiput with red 



Crown, yellow fipotted... 

 Original, P. auduboniit.. 



5.25 



4.75 

 5.25 

 5.25 



riCUS HARRISII, Aud. 



Harris' Woodpecker. 



Picua harrisii, Acd. Orn. Biog. V, 1839, 191 ; pi. 417.— Ib. Syn. 1839, 178.— In. Birds America, IV, 1842, &49 ; 



pi. 2C1, (dark-bellied variety .)—Nuttall, Man. 1, 2d ed. 1840, 627. 

 ?Picuf inomalus, Light. (Bon. Consp.) 

 Pieus (Trickopicxis) harrisii, Br. Consp. Zyg. Aten. Ital. 1854, 8. 



Sp. Cii. — Size and appearance of P. villosus. Above black, a white stripe down the back. The only white spots on the 

 surface of the folded wings, are seen on the outer webs of the primaries and outer secondaries, (none on tcrtials.) Beneath 

 whitish, with faint streaks on the side of the body. Two white and two black stripes on each side of the head ; the latter 

 confluent with the black of the neck, the upper white .stripe nearly confluent. Three outer tail feathers with the exposed 

 portions white. Length, 9| inches ; wing, 5 inches. Male, with a nuchal scarlet crest covering the white of the back of the head. 



Size and general appearance that of the hairy woodpecker, Picus villosus. 



Hab. — From the Pacific coast to the eastern slope of the Rocky mountains. 



Fourth quill longest ; fifth but little shorter. Upper parts black ; the feathers down the 

 middle of the back brownish white ; the outer web mostly black. Rump, upper tail coverts, 

 tail above, scapulars, wing coverts, and tertiary quills black, the larger coverts with only an 

 occasional white spot. The top of the head is black ; the bristly feathers at the base of the bill 

 yellowish or brownish white. A white band commencing above the eye and passing round 



