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U. S, p. E. E. EXP. AND SUEVEYS — ZOOLOGY — GENEEAL EEPOET. 



This species is found throughout the eastern portion of North America, from the Atlantic 

 coast to the eastern slope of the Kocky mountains. The Fort Yuma specimen, (6046,) if no 

 mistake has been made in the locality, is the only far western point on record. The variety 

 nuchalis has hitherto only been noticed from New Mexico. 



List of specimens. 



Locality. 



Selkirk settlement, H.B.T. 



R.icine, Wis 



Carlisle, Pennsylvania..., 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



Mouth of Platte river.N.T. 

 80 mis. ab. Council Bluffs. 



Big Sioui river, N. T 



do 



do 



Above Council Bluffs 



do 



Medicine Bow river,K. T. 



Laramie Peak 



Mimbres river, New Mex. 

 ? Fort Yuma, CaliHtrnia .. 



When collected. 



Whence obtained. 



April 5, 1844 

 April —,1845 

 April 10,1844 

 May 8,1846 

 April 15,1845 

 May 5, 1844 

 October 7, 1842 

 April 5,1844 

 April 12,1845 

 April 26,1856 

 April 39,1856 

 May 3,1856 



do 



do 



May 17, 



August 9,1856 

 August 24, 1857 



Donald Gunn 



Dr. Hoy 



S. F. Baird 



do 



do .. 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



Lt. G. K. Warren.. 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



Lieut. Bryan 



Lieut. Warren 



Dr.T.C.Hcnry,U.S.A, 

 Lieut. Williamson., 



Orig'l 

 No. 



Collected by- 



Dr. Hayden . 



do.... 



do.... 



W. S. Wood. 

 Dr. Hayden., 



Dr. Heermann . 



Length, 



8.33 

 8.35 

 8.33 

 8.33 

 8.50 

 8.25 

 8.67 



7.37 

 7.75 

 8.37 

 7.32 

 7.63 

 7.75 

 7.87 

 8.75 



Extent. 



15.33 

 15.25 

 15.50 

 15.25 



14.75 

 15.75 

 15.75 



14. 



13. 



15.25 



14.75 



14. 



14. 



13.87 



15.25 



Wing. 



4.92 



4.83 



5. 



5. 



5. 



5. 



5. 



4.87 



4.75 



5. 



5. 



5. 



4.75 



5. 



4.50 



Ins, light gray. 



SPHYRAPICUS EUBER, Baird. 



Red-breasted Woodpecker. 



Pictis ruber, Gm. Syst. Nat. I, 1788, 429.— Wagler, Syst. Av. 1827, No. 151.— AtjD. Cm. Biog. V, 1839, 179 ; pi. 



416.— Ib. Birds Amer. IV, 1842, 261 ; pi. 266. 

 Melnnerpes ruber, Rich. List, Pr. Br. Assoc, for 1835.— Bonap. List, 1838.— Ib. Consp. 1850, 115. 

 Pilumnus ruber, Bon. Consp. Zyg. Aten. Ita.1. 1854, 8. 

 Picus JIaviventris, Vieillot, Ois. Am. Sept. II, 1807, 67. 



gp. Ch. — Fourth quill longest; third intermediate between fourth and fifth. Bill brown wax color. Head and neck all 

 round and breast carmine red. Above black, central line of back from nape to rump spotted with whitish ; rump, wing coverls, 

 and inner web of the inner tail feathers white, the latter with a series of round black spots. Belly sulphur yellow, streaked with 

 brown on the sides. Narrow space around and a little in front of the eye black. A narrow yellowish stripe from the nostrils, a 

 short distance below and behind the eye. Length about 8.50 inches ; wing, 5 inches ; tail, 3.40 inches. 



Hab. — Pacific slope of the United States. 



The red of the breast and belly extends over half the distance from chin to end of lower tail 

 coverts. The tail feathers are immaculate black, except as described. All the wing quills 

 have both webs spotted with white. The white of the upper tail coverts is streaked with 

 black. The white spots on the back are elongated, mostly on the end of the inner webs of the 

 feathers, and are tinged with red. 



Specimens vary considerably in size ; one (5959) from Olympia is much larger than the rest, 

 measuring 9^ inches ; the wing over 5 inches. The colors are unusually bright and pure, but 

 no other difference is noticeable. 



