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Piciis scalaria {non WagL), Gamh. Joiirn. Philad. Acad. 1847, p. 55, 



pi. ix. figs. 2, 3, c??. 

 Picus wilsoni, Mnlh. Rev. de Zool. 1849, p. 529 ; Bp. Consp. Gen. 



Av. i. p. 138 (1850) ; Reichenb. Scans. Picinm, p. 375, no. 867 



(1854). 

 Trichopicus wilsoni, Bp. Consp. Valuer. Zygod. p. 8, no. 47 



(1854). 

 Dictyopipo nuttaUi, Cab. 4" Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 75 (1863). 

 Picus scalaris, var. nuttallii. Cones, Key N. Amer. B. 1872, p. 193. 

 Picus scalaris nuttalli, Coues, Check-list N. Amer. B. 1882, p. 77, 



no. 435 ; id. Key N. Amer. B. 2nd ed. 1884, p. 482, fig. 332. 

 Dryobates nuttalli, Everm. Auk, 1886, p. 94 ; A. O. U. Check-list 



N. Amer. B. p. 212, no. 397 (1886); Ridgiv. Man. N. Atner. B. 



p. 285 (1887). 



Adult male. Resembles D. scalaris, but may be distinguished from 

 the latter by its larger size, in having the black bars on the back 

 very much broader, and a broad belt of black on the upper part o 

 the back ; the lateral tail-feathers only barred on the apical portion ; 

 the nasal plumes broadly tipped with black : the forehead and crown 

 black, striped with white, and devoid of red, the latter colour being 

 confined to the occiput and nape ; the face, neck, and underparts 

 very much whiter, the face and neck being almost pure white ; the 

 auricular and the malar stripes very broad and of a jet-black, and, 

 after uniting, running on to the shoulders ; the spots on the sides 

 of the body larger, and the stripes on the sides of the chest broader. 

 Total length 6'7 inches, culmcn 095, wing 4-05, tail 2-65, tarsus 

 0"75 ; toes (without claws) — outer anterior 0'45, outer posterior 

 O'oo, inner anterior 0-45, inner posterior 0'25. 



Youmi male. Has no red on the occiput or nape, these being black ; 

 the forehead and crown black, with more or less stripe-like spots of 

 white, the coronal feathers being tipped with red. 



Adult female. Has the forehead and crown, occiput and nape 

 uniform deep black, or with, at most, one or two spots of white on 

 the sides of the occiput : " iris brown ; bill black ; feet grey" {Dr. 

 Cooper). Total length 6'5 inches, culmcn 0'87, wing 4-1, tail 2-63, 

 tarsus 0'75. 



Hah. California, and extending north into Oregon. 



a, 6. d ? ad. sk. 



c, ff. (5 5 f"i- ; ^• 



cJ imm. sk. 

 /. S ad. : y. 2 



imm. sk. 

 h, i. Juv. sk. 

 Ic. cJ ad. sk. 



I. S ad. sk. 



m. S imm. sk. 

 n, o. c? 2 ad. sk. 

 p. 2 juv. sk. 

 5^. j ad. sk. 



Ashland, Oregon, Feb. {Hen- Hensbaw Coll. 



shuio). [S.-G.J. 



California. Purchased. 



California. 



Sclater Coll. 



California. Tweeddale Coll. 



Gait, San .Joaquin Co., Cali- ] 



fornia, April (Bryant). 

 liedwood, California {Hen- 



shaw). (. Hensbaw Coll. 



Kernville, Oct. {Henshaw). f [S.-G.]. 

 Jolon, Oct. (Henshaw). 

 Fort Tejon, Aug. ( If heeler). 

 Tejon Mts., Aug. {Henshuio). 



