BIRDS — PICIDAE — PICUS HAERISII. 



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Catal . 

 No. 



dcxand 

 age. 



2800 



2794 



2793 

 1583 

 1612 

 1764 



ii:s 



884 



183 



1606 



2423 



806 

 1562 

 2803 

 6075 

 5880 



6551 

 6553 



4638 

 5227 

 5228 

 5ia6 

 8293 

 8805 

 8806 



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9 



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9 



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9 



9 



9 

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 9 



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Locality. 



Toronto, C. VV. 



do 



Massachusetts . 



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do 



Carlisle, Pa. 



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List of Specimens. 



When collect- 

 ed. 



do 



do 



Louisiana.^ 



Ft.LeavenworthjK.T. 

 Fort Riley, K. T... 



do 



do 



Sioux river, N. T. , 

 Fort Lookout, N. T... 



do 



Powder river, N. T. . , 

 Independence, Mo. .. 

 Black Hills, Nebraska 



do 



Whence obtained. 



June 24,1844 

 January, 1845 

 July 22,1843 

 Dec. 3,1842 

 Jane 5,1839 

 June 10,1844 

 Sept. 3,1845 



Oct. 17,1842 

 May 22,1844 



Nov. 27,1854 

 , 1S56 



, 1837 



do 



May 3,1856 

 July, 1856 

 do 



Aug. 3,1856 

 May 26,1857 

 Oct. 1,1857 

 Sept. 7,1857 



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Lieut. Couch 



Dr. Hammond and 



J. X. DeVesey. 

 Dr. W. A. Hammond 



do 



Lieut. Warren... 



do 



do 



do 



W. M. Magraw . 

 Lieut. Warren . . . 

 do 



Orig'l 



No. 



Collected by— 



J. J. Audubon. 



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T. M. Brewer. 



Dr. Hayden . 



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Dr.J.G. Cooper 

 Dr. Hayden . 

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Length. Extent. 



9.17 

 9. 

 9. 

 9.33 



9. 



8.50 



9.25 



9.00 

 10.00 



16.50 

 14.75 

 15. 

 15.17 



15. 

 14.83 



14.50 



14.00 

 16.25 

 17.00 



4.83 

 4.67 

 4.58 

 4.42 



4.58 

 4.50 



5.25 



Original of P. martinae, 



Aud. 



do do.... 



Original of P. pkillipsii, 



Aud. 

 Original of P.canadensisy 



Aud. 

 do do.... 



Crown spotted yellow, 

 occiput with red 



Crown, yellow spotted... 

 Original, P. audubonii"?,. 



4.75 

 5.25 

 5.25 



riCUS HAERISII, Aud. 



Harris' Woodpecker. 



Picus harrisii, Add. Orn. Biog. V, 1839, 191 ; pi. 417.— Ib. Syn. 1839, 178.— Ib. Birds America, IV, 1842, ^42 ; 



pi. 261, {dark-bellied variety.)— Nuttall, Man. I, 2d ed. 1840, 627. 

 ?Picus inornatus, Licht. (Bon. Consp.) 

 Picus ( TricAopicus) harrisii, Bp. Consp. Zyg. Aten. Ital. 1854, 8. 



Sp. Ch. — Size and appearance of P. villosus. Above black, a white stripe down the back. The only white spots on the 

 surface of the folded wings, are seen on the outer webs of the primaries and outer secondaries, (none on tertials.) Beneath 

 whitish, with faint streaks on the side of the body. Two white and two black stripes on each side of the head ; the latter 

 confluent with the black of the neck, the upper white stripe nearly confluent. Three outer tail feathers with the exposed 

 portions white. Length, 9J inches ; wing, 5 inches. Male, with a nuchal scarlet crest covering the white of the back of the head. 



Size and general appearance that of the hairy woodpecker, Picus villosus. 



Hah. — From the Pacific coast to the eastern slope of the Rocky mountains. 



Fourth quill longest ; fifth but little shorter. Upper parts black ; the feathers down the 

 middle of the back brownish white ; the outer web mostly black. Rump, upper tail coverts, 

 tail above, scapulars, wing coverts, and tertiary quills black, the larger coverts with only an 

 occasional white spot. The top of the head is black ; the bristly feathers at the base of the bill 

 yellowish or brownish white. A white band commencing above the eye and passing round 



