878 BIRDS OF rLLINOIS. 



Dryobates pubescens (Linn.) 



DOWNY WOODPECKER. 

 Popular synonymi. I.lttk' HuiiHiii-kur: Llttlu Oulnmi-Wfiodpccker. 



/>;. ii.s iiiilirKriuf Linn. 8. N. ciI. 12. 1. i;(i<;. 17.1. -WiLS. Am. Orn. 1. lw«. l.'^l. I'l. !•. Ilk'. *■- 

 NuTT. Man. 1. 1832. f)7ti.- AuD. Orn. BI.ik. ii. IKM. Kl: v. \Kt>. KW. |>l. 112: Sym.i.. \K». 

 W>: H. Am. Iv. 2W. pi. 2«l.-BAtnD, B. N. Am. 1«N. «i; Ciil. N. Am. B. IMt'. N^.. 76.- 

 CoUES. K.'y. 1872. IW: t'lu-ck List. 1K74. No. awt; 2<l oil. 1NS2. No. UU; «. N. W. 11(74. 

 2X2(11. ;)«»ic«coiiji).— B. B. & R. HiHt. N. Am. Ii. il. 1S74, Soil. |.l. I'.i. flKS. C, 7.-RlDO\v. 

 Nom. N. Am. B. IHSI. No. Itci. 

 I'ltim il)fii(lroropiiii) piilipftftDi Sw. F. B.-.\. 11. IKil. 'f»i. 



Pirns (DfiHlroropiis) iiiri/jniit/n Sw. F. B.-A. 11. 1«11. :i'i8 iNow Jersey). 

 J'irus iiifilininm NuTT. Mnn. 11. ISM. Ii<ll. 



7'icini (Deiidroropus) merUlioualia Sw. F. B.-A. 11. 1831,308 (Goorela). 



H.Mi. E«.<itorn nml northorii North .\miTlc'ii. ri-sliliMit throi)i,'l>oiit; norlliwost to Alas- 

 ka, liii'ludini; iiciirly the whole of that roimtry, or from the Ytikon Valley to Koillak. 

 (Replaced In the western United Stutesand British Colnmliia hy D.pulii'iici'iiagairJueri.) 



"Sp, C'HAB, A miniature of /". i'i7/o.HH.'i. Above blaek. with u white hand down the 

 liai'k. Two while strliies on the side of the head; the lower of opposite sides always 

 separated liehiiid. thi' npper sometimes eonllnent on the nape. Two stripes of Maek on 

 the side of thi^ head, the lower not riinnlnn Into the forehead. Beneath white: all the 

 middle and itreater coverts and all the niillls with white spots, the larger coverts with 

 two .series each: tertlarlcs or inner seeomlarle.s all banded with white. Two outer tnll- 

 feathers white, with two bands of black at end: third white at tip and externally: crissuni 

 sometimes spotted with blaek. Length about 6.2.5; wing. 3.75. Mah with red ternilnat- 

 inc the white feathers on the nape. J'oiiao with whole top of head red." {IJiat. X. 

 Am. B.) 



This, the smallest of our woodpeckers, is almost a perfect minia- 

 ture of D. vUlosns, and is of verj' similar habits. It is i-ather more 

 numerous, however, especially in summer. 



Genus PICOIDES Lacepede. 



Pieoides Lacep. Mem. Inst. 18(11, 509. Type Pk-uit tridaclt/luit Linn. 



"Oen. Cbab. Bill about as long as the head, very much depressed at the base; the 

 outlines nearly straight, the lali'ral riilge at Its base much nearer the commissure than 

 the culmeu, so as to bring the huge, rather linear nostrils close to the edge of the eoni- 

 iiiissure. The gonys very long. u<iual to the distance from the nostrils to thetliioflho 

 bill. Feet with only three toes, the llrst or inner hinder one being wanting: the outer 

 lateral a little longer than the inner, but slightly e.\eeeded by the hind toe, which Is 

 about oaual to the tarsus. Wings very long, reaching beyond the middle of thi' tall, the 

 tip of the first iiuill between those of sixth^ind seventh. Color black above, with a broad 

 patch of yellow on the crown*; white beneath, transversely banded on the sides. Quills, 

 but not wing-coverts, with round spots, Litteral tail-feathers white, without bands on 

 exposed portion, except in European species. 



"The peculiarities of this genus consist in the absence of thp 

 inner hind toe and the great depression of the bill." 



The two species represented in eastern North America, differ as 

 follows : 



• Except in female. 



