BIRDS—PICIDAE—PICUS PUBESGENS. 89 
List of specimens. 
Catal. | Sex. Locality. When col- | Whence obtained. | Orig. | Collected by— Length.) Stretch | Wing. Remarks. 
No. | lected. | No. | | of wings. | 
‘cm | | | 
5960 | ......| Whitby’s island, W. T..| April —, 1855 | Dr. J. G@. Cooper... .... | 
6089 | gy | Steilacoom, W.T ....e.| se eee sense Dr. Suckley........ 
6080 | QD |eeevees UO.ceeeeeeeeee 
6091 | Q mesa = COs caicle 
GUD 2p | [roc 0. gone )Bopeeesconeads : : 
6093 | J jeceeees Ose ee cece cree ee | Mar. —, 1856 |. 000000 s cess ceeees | 
6091 O .| May 1, 1856 |.+4.-d0 .s0.0 sn aes | 
6095 | O Mar. —, 1856 |...... DO velesteeieiesrstats 
6084 | O .| Oct. 27, 1853} Gov. Stevens ...... 15: PD. COOpPEr is. coils seeieecs|sceece da4|cuon cobs |eeeeseee oo evip's camaete 
6085 | Gall hesecsrs sles | NOY. @ 1,.1853)).5000 500i... 18 | 
6087 | G | Vancouver, W. T....-.} Dec. 10, 1853}......do.... 6 
BOSEH Gyn. cleis's «| July —,1853:)...... Loven aretererstetellkeererets anon 
6088 | @ | Shoalwater bay, W.T...| Sept. 9, 1854) Dr. J. G. Cooper... 927i eetstele'e ists (atta alaeiniatee eeeeeese Iris hazel; bill black; 
| feet bluish. 
1869 Q | Columbia river..... . ..| Sept. 27, 1834] S. F. Baird .... sees) eoveee J. K. Townsend . ss++ +++: see cone ot] eccecvce|senccccccescieves eras 
6083 Q | Fort Dalles, O. T ......| Sept. —, 1854) Dr. Suckley ...+.+.) M44 |...s eee. se pees cece | 9.87 16.00 5.00) | se ccccccncneccsccee 
4575 Q SOOCDOE Otenciesis pooequG Mar. 10, 1855 oo dO! ccc sevees 149 
4597 Q St.Helens) O.-T. icc. 62: Jan. 27, 1856 | ieee dO. wens ences 202 
5498 | Q Petaluma, Cal......... Aug. —, 1856 | E. Samuels .... 2202] ee ose 
5961 | Q | Santa Clara, Cal .......| Nov. —, 1855 | Dr. J. G@. Cooper... 
6082 | q | Tulare valley, Cal...... cecessccsecees| Luleuts Williamson. . 
6081 fof Tejon valley, Cal...... males oie che sisimie'ss| nie .sjeiaie, LOlwinra stat secee 
4589 | @ | Santa Isabel, Cal ..,...| Nov. 26, 1854 | Major Emory...... 
BOBO | QD faeces. dO. ce seeeseneslenees domes Docodel 0) Gread co asc0 
6079 | 4 | Little Colorado River, 
Nebrask2........0... Dec. 8, 1853 JLieut. Whipple ....) sivese|| ecvccecss|eecccese| Byes black .... 2.6. 
5071 3 Fort Fillmore, Tex.....| Oct. 15, 1855 Captain Pope..... . 10.50 15.00 5.00 | Eyes black; feet dark 
: gray; gums yellow. 
6076 3 Rio Grande, N. M......|-eeeeeeecseees| Dre Henry, U-S. A. weceee 
6077 Q stets\ate) of Olsteisie/<'= aii iiatetels . A ed cccceccese| seleveeils 
6078 Q a's (a(siahe)_ A Olsialaiaxsielailisielaje{aisi|e(sieie)sivte(s elejecelele||iajs(sisiaye Clie) siovsiaisia sae] eeeeee 
8489 3 Ft. Massachusetts, N. M.|..ceeeceeeeeee| Dr. D.C. Peters. ...| eveeee 
PICUS PUBESCENS, L. 
Downy Woodpecker; Sapsucker. 
» Picus pubescens, L. Syst. Nat. 1, 1766, 15.—Viertior, Ois. Am. Sept. II, 1¢07, 65; pl. exxi—Wiurson, Am. Orn. 1, 
1808, 153; pl. ix—Wac ter, Syst. Avium, 1827, No. 23.—Auvp. Orn. Biog. II, 1834, 81: V, 539; 
pl. 112.—In. Birds Am. IV, 1842, 249 ; pl. 263. 
Picus (Dendrocopus) pubescens, Sw. F. B. A. I, 1831, 307. 
Picus (Trichopicus) pubescens, Bonar. Consp. Zyg. Aten. and Cal. 1854, 8. 
? Picus medianus, Sw. F. B. A. II, 1831, 308. 
Picus meridionalis, Sw. F. B. A. I, 1831, 308. (Small southern race.) 
Picus lecontii, Jones, Ann. N.Y. Lyc. IV, 1848, 489 ; pl. xviii. (Georgia. Three toed variety. Type of Tridaclylia, Bp.) 
Sp. Co.—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 tail feathers white, with two bands of 
black at end; third white at tip and externally. Length about 6} inches ; wing 33. Male with red, terminating the white 
feathers on the nape. 
+ Hab.—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 
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