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Dendrocopus pubescens (Linn.). 



Picus pubescens, Baird, Breicer 4' Ridgiv. X. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 509 



(1874) ; Seebohm, Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 171 (1896). 

 Dendrocopus pubescens, Hargitt, Cat. Birds B. M. xviii. p. 238 (1890) ; 



Nehrl<. Eat. Eiersanunl. p. 166 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 214 



(1900). 

 Diyobates pubescens, Bendire, Life-Hist. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 55, pi. i. 



fig. 24 (1895). 



The eggs of the Downy Woodpecker are highly glossy, and 

 measure from -67 to '84 in length, and from -57 to -62 in breadth. 



6. North America {Henshaw Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. North America {Smiths. Inst.), Salviu-Godman Coll. 



3. N. America. Crowley Bequest. 



6. Saybrook, Connecticut, 6th June. Crowley Bequest. 



3. Ithaca, New York. Princeton University, N.J. [E.]. 



4. Highland Falls, New York, 17th Seebohm Coll. 



May (E. A. M earns : Hargitt 

 Coll.). 



5. Nebraska, 31st May. W. RadclifFe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Dendrocopus gairdneri (Aucl.). 



Picus pubescens, var. gairdneri, Baird, Brewer 8f Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, 



ii. p. 512 (1874). 

 Dendrocopus gairdneri, Hargitt, Cat. Birds B. M. xviii. p. 241 (1890) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 214 (1900). 

 Dryobates pubescens gairdneri, Bendire, Life-Hist. N. Amer. Birds, 



ii. p. 58 (1895). 



The eggs of Gairdner's Woodpecker measure from •70 to "82 in 

 length, and from '57 to -Gl in breadth. 



5. N. America (Field Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



2. California ( T. M. Brewer : Tris- Crowley Bequest. 

 t)'a)n Coll.). 



Dendrocopus scalaris (Wagl). 



Picus scalaris, Baird, Breiver ^- Ridgiv. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 515 



(1874). 

 Dendrocopus scalaris, Hargitt, Cat. Birds B. M. xviii. p. 246 (1890) ; 



Salv. Sf Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, ii. p. 435 (1895) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersaynml. p. 166 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 215 (1900). 

 Dryobates scalaris bairdi, Bendire, Life-Hist. N. Amer. Birds, ii, p. 63 



(1895). 



The eggs of Baird's Woodpecker in the Collection measure 

 respectively : -81 by -6 ; -81 by -62 ; -82 by -6 ; -8 by -6. 



1. Mexico, Dec. {Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



8. ]\rpxion, 7th April (Field Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



