104 U. S. P. R. R. EXP. AND SURVEYS——ZOOLOGY—GENERAL REPORT. 
This species is found throughout the eastern portion of North America, from the Atlantic 
coast to the eastern slope of the Rocky 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. 
Catal.| Sex. Locality. When collected.! Whence obtained. | Orig’! Collected by— Length,| Extent. | Wing. Remarks. 
No. No. 
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6935 | O | Selkirk settlement, H.B.T.|......eseeeeees 
Seve alan slaty Racine, Wis.....s cccscces|coee ccccccccenns 
1334 | © | Carlisle, Pennsylvania....| April 5, 1844 
276 | April —,1845 
1342] Q April 10,1844 | 
9598 | © May 8, 1846 
2107} O .| April. 15,1845 
1332 | ¢ May 5,1844 
722| fo .| October 7, 1842 
1333| o April 5, 1844 
2101| & April 12,1845 | 
4635 C@ | Mouth of Platte river,N.T.| April 26,1856 
4632 | GQ | 80 mls. ab. Council Bluffs.) April 29,1856 
4631 | Q | Big Sioux river, N.T.....) May 3, 1856 
4633 | Q 
4634} Oo 
4636| 3 
4G37aln Gin lheccesices AD sacesusinis ae May 17,—— 
5621 Q Medicine Bow river,K. T.| August 9,1856 | Lieut. Bryan....... 
8807 Q | Laramie Peak....+.+. 00+. August 24,1857 | Lieut. Warren...... | 
6042 |...00- Mimbres river, New MeX.}....eeseeee «eee.| Dr.T.C.Henry,U.S.A. leeanetie|\oooeivee lass 
6046 © |? Fort Yuma, California .. | Lieut. Williamson..|......| Dr. Heermann .....)....006 Seclontai|uatoseebt |eelcersitee ee se 
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SPHYRAPICUS RUBER, Baird. 
Red-breasted Woodpecker. 
Picus ruber, Ga. Syst. Nat. I, 1788, 429.—Wacter, Syst. Av. 1827, No. 151.—Aup. Orn. Biog. V, 1839, 179; pl. 
416.—Is. Birds Amer. IV, 1842, 261; pl. 266. 
Melanerpes ruber, Ricu. List, Pr. Br. Assoc. for 1835.—Bonar. List, 1838.—Is. Consp. 1850, 115. 
Pilumnus ruber, Bon. Consp. Zyg. Aten. Ital. 1854, 8. 
Picus flaviventris, VierLLot, Ois. Am. Sept. II, 1807, 67. 
Sp. Cu.—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 coverts, 
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. 
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