15. DENDEOCOPUS. 



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Dryobates villosus harrisi, Everm. Auk, 1886, p. 93 ; Anthony, t. c. 

 p. 1G5 ; Scott, t. c. p. 425 ; A. O. U. Check-list N. Amei: B. p. 211, 

 no. 309 c (1886) ; Rid(j%o. Man. N. Amer. B. p. 283 (1887). 



Adult male. Differs from D. villosus in having the ■wing-coverts, 

 the outer webs of the inner secondaries, and both webs of the inner- 

 most of these almost devoid of white spots ; the spots on the primaries 

 verj- small on the outer webs ; the under surface of the liody buffy 

 white or srooky white, the under wing-coverts having large and con- 

 s])icuou,s spots of black ; the four central tail-feathers are totally 

 black, and there is a greater amount of black upon the next outer 

 feather, the inner web being almost wholly so. Total length 

 8-8 inches, culmen 1-38, wing 5-05, tail 3-35, tarsus 0-92; toes 

 (without claws) — outer anterior 0"62, outer posterior 0'7, inner 

 anterior 0*5, inner posterior 0-35. 



Adult female. Resembles the adult male, but wants the scarlet 

 occipital band, the middle feathers of the occiput being black, the 

 white on either side not forming a complete band. Total length 

 8'5 inches, culmen 1-15, wing 5-03, tail 3-3, tarsus 083. 



Young. Differ from the adult of both sexes in having red upon 

 the crown, and resemble the adult female in having the occiput 

 black. The amount of red upon the crown varies, in some individuals 

 forming a band across the middle of the crown, the feathers having 

 between the red tips and black bases a small white spot ; other 

 exami)les have only a few of the coronal feathers tipped with dull 

 red and a short white shaft-stripe. In other specimens the whole of 

 the crown-feathers are tipped with orange-scarlet, and have a distinct 

 white spot between this colour and the black base ; the frontal 

 feathers have also stripe-like spots of white ; the flanks and thighs 

 have faint dusky stripes and bar-like spots, but sometimes these are 

 almost entirely wanting ; the primaries tipped with white. 



In this species the underparts vary from buffy white to smoky 

 white and brown, the latter colour tinting the white of the face and 

 also of the median stripe down the back. 



HaJi. "Western United States, from the Rocky Mountains to the 

 Pacific coast, north to Chilcoot, Alaska, south along the tablelands 

 of Mexico to the Sierra de San Luis Potosi, and on the west to the 

 Sierra Madre de Colima, Jalisco. 



a. 5 imm. sk. 

 i, c.d. S 2 ad. sk. 

 e. Juv. sk. 

 /. d ad. sk. 

 g. 2 ad. sk. 



/(. 5 imm. sk. 

 i. c? juv. sk. 

 k. 2 ad. sk. 



N.W. America. 



British Columbia. 



Vancouver Island. 



Orcas Island. 



Fort Steilacooui, Puget 



Sound, ^'\^ashington State 



(Di\ Sucklfii/). 

 Teton Canon, Montana, July 



(Hart Merriam). 

 Sarpy Fort, Montana, Aug. 



(ifctishaw). 

 Dead Wood, Dakota, Oct. 



( Vcryion Bailey). 



Sir E. Belcher [P.]. 

 J. K. Lord, Esq. [P.]. 

 Dr. Lvall [P.]. 

 Dr. Lvall [P.]. 



Henshaw Coll. 



• rs.-G.]. 



