BIRDS—PICIDAE—PICUS HARRISI, 
List of specimens. 
87 
Length. | Extent. 
Wing. 
Catal.|3ex and Locality. When collect- | Whence obtained. | Orig’!| Collected by— 
No. age. ed. No. | 
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6075 Q Ft.Leavenworth,K.T.| Nov. 27,1854 | Lieut. Couch ......| 13 |...... Poreeer res Poorer) | 
5880 Q Fort Riley, K. T...... 5. 1856] Dr. Hammond and }......|.... materaters Sersissstslaaieavatere 
J. X. DeVesey. 
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4638 Q Sioux river, N. T..... May 3,1856| Lieut. Warren......|.....- Dr. Hayden .... 
5227 ++++! Fort Lookout, N. T...| July, 1856 |..e000dO ween oe soerlee sence dO eiaceeelseeeeece 
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8293 roa Independence, Mo...| May 26,1857 | W. M. Magraw ....|......| Dr. J.G. Cooper 9.00 
8805 3 Black Hills, Nebraska | Oct. 1, 1857 | Licut. Warren...... cove viel Drs Haydentsccsi/tcccesce 
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Remarks. 
Original of P. martinae, 
Aud. 
ecnecedOcces Oesee 
Original of P. phillipsii, 
Aud. 
.| Original of P. canadensis, 
Aud. 
spotted yellow, 
occiput with red ...... 
Crown, yellow spotted... 
.| Original, P. audubonii?.. 
Sp. Cu.—Size and appearance of P. villosus. 
PICUS HARRISIT, Aud. 
Harris’ Woodpecker. 
Picus harrisii, Aup. Orn. Biog. V, 1839, 191; pl. 417.—Is. Syn. 1839, 178.—In. Birds America, IV, 1842, 242 ; 
? Picus inornatus, Licut. 
(Bon. 
Consp.) 
Picus (Trichopicus) harrisii, Br. Consp. Zyg. Aten. Ital. 1854, 8. 
pl. 261, (dark-bellied variety.)—Nurratz, Man. I, 2d ed. 1840, 627. 
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. 
confluent with the black of the neck, the upper white stripe nearly confluent. 
portions white. Length, 9! inches; wing, 5inches. 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. 
Hab .—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 tor of the head is black ; the bristly feathers at the base of the bill 
yellowish or brownish white. 
Two white and two black stripes on each side of the head ; the latter 
Three outer tail feathers with the exposed 
A white band commencing above the eye and passing round 
