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extend nearly or quite to the Pacific coast north through California, 

 Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia to Alaska (Sitka, Sitka- 

 lidak Island, Bethel, and Russian Mission). 



The range as above outlined is for the entire species, which has 

 been separated into six subspecies. The typical form, the southern 

 downy woodpecker (Z>. p. pubescens) , is found in the South Atlantic 

 and Gulf States north to North Carolina and Oklahoma ; the northern 

 downy woodpecker {D. p. medianus) ranges north from Virginia, 

 Tennessee, and Kansas (casually eastern Colorado) north to southern 

 Alberta, Manitoba, Quebec, and Newfoundland; Nelson's downy 

 woodpecker {D. p. nelsoni) ranges southeast from northwestern 

 Alaska to central Alberta and is found casually even farther east; 

 Batchelder's woodpecker [D. p. leucuriis) is the Rocky Mountain form 

 and is found from the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska south to New Mexico 

 and Arizona, casually east to Nebraska and on the coast of British 

 Columbia; Gairdner's woodpecker {D. p. gairdneri) is found on the 

 Pacific coast from British Columbia south to northern California; 

 and the willow woodpecker (Z>. p. turati) is confined to California, 

 being distributed rather generally over the State except in the desert 

 areas and the northwestern part. 



While the downy woodpecker is not migratory in the accepted sense 

 of the term, and during the months of November and December has 

 been recorded north to Mackenzie (Fort Simpson) and central Quebec 

 (Lake Mistassini) , it appears to have some local movements and seems 

 given to a certain amount of wandering after the close of the breeding 

 season. In some of the more northern areas it is commoner in winter 

 than in summer, while in the mountainous regions of the West there 

 is apparently a vertical movement in winter to the valley floors. 



"VVliile the files of the Biological Survey contain the data for more 

 than 4,600 of these birds that have been marked with numbered 

 bands, many of which have been subsequently recovered, only one of 

 these indicates a flight of any distance from the point of banding. 

 This bird (83460), banded on February 2, 1925, at Elkader, Iowa, was 

 found dead at Balsam Lake, Wis., on October 25, 1925. The distance 

 between the two points is about 185 miles. 



Egg dates. — Alberta : 12 records. May 25 to June 14. 



California : 82 records, April 7 to June 9 ; 41 records, April 24 to 

 May 13, indicating the height of the season. 



Colorado : 9 records. May 4 to June 30. 



Florida : 7 records, April 2 to May 14. 



Illinois : 16 records, April 3 to June 3 ; 8 records. May 12 to 20, 



New York : 12 records. May 10 to June 2. 



Washington : 8 records. May ]. to June 2. 



