80 BANGS— NORTHWESTERN PILEATED WOODPECKER fi ‘eo 
Remarks.— 'Yhe three races of the pileated woodpecker may be 
characterized in a few words, as follows. 
A small form, sooty black in general color, with the white mark- 
ings of sides and flanks much less pronounced, inhabiting the South 
Atlantic States — Phl@otomus pileatus pileatus (Linn.). 
A large form, of similar coloration, but with the throat much more 
clouded with black, inhabiting the Northwest Coast region — P. 
pileatus picinus Bangs. 
A large form, slaty black in general color, and with all the white 
markings much more pronounced, inhabiting the Northeastern 
States and eastern British America — P. pileatus abieticola (Bangs). 
