4is THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN HAIRY \%)ODPECKEK 



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ROCKY MOIMAIN 11A1R^ W ( h )lM^hCKLR. 



A. < ). I'. No. VM I' Drjobates villosus monticola Aiulioiiy. 



Description. -. /(/»// iihiIc: AIkivc, in j^encral, black. — glcissy. at least on 

 cruwn ami i-i-rvix, (lull uii tail, fuscous r>n wings: a narrow scarlet hand across 

 the nape; hmail white >u])erciliary and rictal stripes separateil hy a hiack hand 

 thru eye (including lore), continuous with nape; a hIack malar stri])e hroadeninj; 

 behind; white nasal tufts; a lengthened white j)atch down niidille of back; wing- 

 coverts black, or sometimes lightly sjMitted with white; [>rimaries and outer 

 secondaries spotted with white on both webs (often very lightly on inner webs), 

 the spots on the outer webs confluent in bars on the closed wing; tail black ceii- 

 trallv. the two outer pairs of feathers white on ex])osed portions, the third pair 

 white-tipiied ; entire nnderparts clear white; bill and feet light jilumbeons. ./(/»// 

 female: Similar but without scarlet band on hindneck. Youiui birds have the 

 crown chiefly red or bronzy or. rarely, yellowish. lA-ngth of adult: lo.oo-ii.oo 

 (254-J704) ; wing 5.20 ( 132) : tail 4.20 ( ir/>.7) ; bill 1.30 (.<S). 



Recognition Marks. — F^obin size; black-and-white pattern of liead (if 

 altern.'iting area^ y<\ black and white, viewed anteriorly), with size, distinctive; 

 lores black ami iniilerparts clear white, a-- comi)ared with /'. 7. liyloscof<i(s. 



Nestinj;;. — Xest: A hole excavated in tree, usually in dead |)ortion. nnlined. 

 /;V/(/.f; 4-6. white. .\v. size. 1.08X.77 ( 27.4 x (1).^) 1. Seasmi: May if-Ituie 1: 

 one brood. 



General Range. — Rocky Mountain district of the I'nited States from New 

 Mexico iii.rtb i>> Montana, west to Itah and eastern Washington. 



Range in Washington. — Mountain districts of eastern Washington, inter- 

 grading with /'. ;■. luirrisii along eastern slopes of Cascades, especially northerly. 



Authorities. — .Vc/ f'rerinusly f'ul'lished. I'ased here on sjiecimen taken May 

 23rd. KX"). at Isk. Wash. ( Ident. by Hiol. Surv.. Washington. D. C. ) J. (Open 

 to i|uestiiin thru confessed lack of specimens'). 



Specimens. V>. 



'I'llLS foiin finally displaces Harris (P. :■. horrisii. with which it intcr- 

 grailes on the eastern sli)|)es of the Cascades) only in the northeastern corner 

 of the Slate and in the Hlue Mountains. It dilTers in no essential respect from 

 the western variety in habit : Imt because of the more open character of the 

 timber, is rather more in evidence thrnout its range. 



On the 22nd of May. 1006. a male of this species was sighted at I'sk. on 

 the hanks of the Pciid d'Oreille River, as he clung to the lo|) of a forty-fo<il 

 pine stub ami delivereil. rather gently, his rolling tatt<Mi. or call-ni>te. .\fter 

 rc])ealing this several times he dropped down and entered a hole a few feel 

 lower. We returned the following morning and found the male bird dlis- 

 tingtiishahle bv his re<l nuchal patch ) again on the nest. When 1 rapped gently 



