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spots few; below pure white; wing over 5 and tail up to 4 
TMCHES Sor chatty aeeeieys ..Rocky Mountain Hairy Woodpecker. 
14. Middle ifta neater wing- Mowerts conspicuously white gaia 
lores black or mostly black. ae fae ie, FG) 
15. Larger, wing over 5, tail 33 to 4, paieen Lz to 12 onenese malees eos 
. Northern Hairy Woodpecker. 
15. Smaller: wing ae over ig; ial) 35 ie pe eaten under 12 
ERD RO PL a wat ea ek Sloat od. ss 3 ERLE WiOOODECHER. 
393. *Dryobates villosus (Linnaeus) Hairy WoopPEcKER. 
A common resident over at least the eastern half of state, breeding 
in early May. Omaha, Lincoln, Peru, West Point, Neligh, Rock 
county, Cherry county. 
[393a. D. v. leucomelas (Boddaert), the Northern Hairy Woodpecker, is 
the form breeding north of the United States and reaching the north- 
ern states in winter. Largespecimens of the Hairy Woodpecker taken 
at Omaha in winter have been referred to this form by Skow and Trost- 
ler, but probably represent only the maximum of villosus.] 
393e. *Dryobates villosus monticola Anthony—Rocxy Movunrain Hairy 
W OODPECKER. 
A common resident in Sioux county, entirely replacing the eastern 
form. To this form must be referred all the records given as Cabanis 
Woodpecker in former Nebraska reports. A dozen or more speci- 
mens from Sioux county all agree with this form rather than with 
hyloscopus. 
394b. *Dryobates pubescens homorus (Cabanis)—-BATCHELDER Woop- 
PECKER. 
An uncommon resident in Sioux county, breeding in willow stubs; 
not so common as the corresponding variety of the Hairy. (For- 
merly referred to as Gairdner’s Woodpecker.) 
394c. *Dryobates pubescens medianus (Swainson)—NorTHERN Downy 
W OODPECKER. 
A very common resident in the eastern third of the state, breeding 
commonly; rare and local west of this to about the middle of the 
state. Omaha, Lincoln, Beatrice, Peru, Dakota City, West Point, 
Neligh, Niobrara, Long Pine. 
400. Picoides arcticus (Swainson)—Arctic THREE-TOED WOODPECKER. 
A northern species making its way south in winter to the northern 
states. Has been taken three times in the state, twice at Omaha, 
once by I. S. Trostler, Dec. 15, 1895 and again by F. J. Brezee, and 
at Dakota City by Wallace Bruner. 
402. Sphyrapicus varius (Linnaeus) YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER. 
A migratory woodpecker, found only in the eastern part of the 
state and common only in the Missouri bottoms. It has frequently 
been seen in various localities in summer but its nest has never been 
