BIRDS PICIDAE — PICUS PUBESCEN8. 



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List of specimens. 



Locality. 



Whitby's island, W.T. 



Sleiiacoom, W.T 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



Spokane river, W. T . . 

 do 



Vancouver, W.T 



do 



Sboalwater bay,W.T.. 



Columbia river 



Fort Dalles, O. T 



do 



St. Helens, O.T 



Petaluma, Cal 



Santa Clara, Cal 



Tulare valley, Cal 



Tejon valley, Cal 



Santa Isabel, Cal 



, do 



Little Colorado River, 



Nebraska 



Fort Fillmore, Tex 



Rio Grande, N. M 



do 



do 



Ft. Massachusetts, N. M. 



When col- 

 lected. 



April — , 1855 



Feb. — , 



do. 



Mar. — , 

 May 1, 

 Mar. — , 

 Oct. 27, 

 Nov. 1, 

 Dec. 10, 

 July — , 

 Sept. 9, 



1850 

 1856 



itse 



1853 

 1853 

 1853 

 1853 

 1854 



Sept. 27, 1834 

 Sept. — , 1854 

 Mar. 10, 1855 

 Jan. 27, 1856 

 Aug. — , 1856 

 Nov. — , 1855 



Nov. 26, 1854 

 do 



Dec. 8, 1853 

 Oct. 15, 1855 



Whence obtained. 



Dr. J. G. Cooper. 



Dr.Suckley 



, do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



Gov. Stevens 



do 



do 



do 



Dr. J. 6. Cooper . . 



S. F. Baird 



Dr. Suckley 



do 



do 



E. Samuels 



Dr. J. G. Cooper.. 

 Lieut. Williamson. 



do 



Major Emory 



, do 



|Lieut. Whipple . 

 Captain Pope.., 



Orig. 

 No. 



85 



96 



233 



236 



245 



352 



280 



15 



18 



92 



144 

 149 



202 



35 

 145 





Dr. Henry, U. S. A . 



do 



do 



Dr. D. C. Peters 



Collected by- 



Length. 



Dr. Cooper. 

 do ... 



Dr. Cooper . 



J. K. Townsend 



Dr. Heermann . 



, do 



A. Schott 



do 



Dr. Kennerly . 



10.00 



9.50 

 9.75 



9.87 

 10.00 



Stretch 

 of wings. 



16.60 

 16.00 



16.00 

 16.00 



Wing. 



5.00 

 5.00 



Iris hazel; bill black; 

 feet bluish. 



Eyes black 



Eyes black; feet dark 

 gray; gums yellow. 



PICUS PUBESCENS, L. 



Downy Woodpecker; Sapsucker. 



Picus pvhescens, L. Syst. Nat. I, 1766, 15. — Vieillot, Ois. Am. Sept. II, IfcOT, 65 ; pi. cxxi. — "Wilson, Am. Orn. 1, 



1808, 153 ; pi. ix Wagler, Syst. Avium, 1827, No. 23.— Ahd. Orn. Biog. II, 1834, 81 : V, 539 ; 



pi. 112.— Ib. Birds Am. IV, 1842, 249 ; pi. 263. 



Picus (Dendrocopus) pubescens, Sw. F. B. A. II, 1831, 307. 



Picus {Trichopicus) pubescens, Bonap. Consp. Zyg. Aten. and Cal. 1854, 8. 



> Picus medianus, Sw. F. B. A. II, 1831, 308. 



Picus meridionalis, Sw. F. B. A. II, 1831, 308. (Small southern race.) 



Picus lecontii, Jones, Ann. N. Y. Lye. IV, 1848, 489 ; pi. xviii. (Georgia. Three toed variety. Type of Tridactylia, Bp.) 



Sp. Ch. — A minature of P. villosus. Above black, with a white band down the back. Two white stripes on the side of the 

 head ; the lower of opposite sides always separated ; the upper sometimes confluent on the nape. Two stripes of black on the 

 side of the head, the lower not running into the forehead. Beneath white ; wing much spotted with white ; the larger coverts 

 with two series each ; tertiaries or inner secondaries all banded with white. Two outer tailjfeathers white, with two bands of 

 black at end ; third white at tip and externally. Length about 6J inches ; wing 3J. Male with red, terminating the white 

 feathers on the nape. 



Hob. — Eastern United States, towards the eastern slope of the Rocky mountains. 



Third and fourth quills equal and longest, second a little shorter, and then the third. Upper 

 parts black, the middle of the back as far as the rump with a broad stripe of white, the feathers 

 12 b 



