DRVO BATES. 283 



d^. Wingcoverts and tcrtiiils pliiin black, or else with very little of 

 white sjjotling. 

 e'. Larger, with color of lower parts varying from pure white to 

 smoky grayish; length about 9.00-10.00, wing 4.70-5.30 

 (5.00), tail 3.20-3.75 (3.43), culmen 1.12-1.40 (1.26). Eggs 

 .96 X -75. Hab. Western United States, east to Eocky 

 Mountains, south to table-lands of Jlexico. 



393c. D. villosus harrisii (Aud.). 

 (41.) Harris's Woodpecker, 



e'. Smaller, with lower parts usually deep smokj^ brown (rarely 

 smoky gray); length about 7.00-8.00, wing 3.80-4.90 

 (4.24), tail 2.45-3.20" (2.75), culmen .95-1.18 (1.00). Hab. 

 Central America, south to Veragua, north to eastern 

 Mexico (Puebla and Vera Cruz). 



D. villosus jardinii (Malh.). Jardine's Woodpecker.' 

 c*. Lateral tail-feathers with a greater or less nudnber of black bars ; cul- 

 men not more than .80 ; wing usually less than 4.00. 

 cZ'. Middle and greater wing-coverts conspicuously spotted with white ; 

 length about 6.25-7.00, wing 3.40-i.05 (3.72), tail 2.25-2.90 

 (2.51), culmen .68-.82 (.73). Eggs .76 X -S^- ^ab. Northern 

 and eastern Xorth America, and, sporadically, western North 

 America (Colorado, California, etc.) also. 



394. D. pubescens (Linn.). Downy Woodpecker. 

 d'. Middle and greater wing-coverts plain black, or else but slightlj- 

 spotted with white; length about C. 25-7. 00, wing 3.55-4.15 

 (3.76), tail 2.30-2.70 (2.51), culmen .70-.80 (.75). Eggs .74 X 

 .56. Hab. Western United States, east to Eocky Mountains, 

 north to British Columbia, south to New Mexico. 



394a. D. pubescens gairdnerii (Arn.). 



(42.) Gairdner's Woodpecker. 



6'. Back barred with white ; sides and flanks sj^otted or streaked (or boih) 



with black. 



c'. Ear-covei-ts entirely white ; lores black ; male with a narrow (usually 



concealed) streak of red along each side of occiput. 



Length about 7.50-8.50, wing 4.50-5.00, tail 3.20-3.50, exposed 

 culmen .75-85. Eggs .95 X -69. Hab. Southeastern United 

 States, north regularly to North Carolina, Tennessee (iiTcgu- 

 larly to New Jersey), and northern Arkansas, west to Indian 

 Territory and eastern Texas. 



395. D. borealis (Vieill.). Eed-cockaded Woodpecker. 

 c'. Ear-coverts black or brown, bordered above and below by a white 

 stripe ; lores whitish, dull grayish, or dusky ; adult males with a 

 patch of red extending entirely across the occiput. 



iPicuojaidinn Malh., Rev. Ziol. 1848, 37-J. 



