'I'lll'; I'.ATCHELDER \\( )( )1)PECKKR. 423 



small size distinctive : red nape of male ; heavily white-spotted on winj^s as coin- 

 l)ared with D. />. Iwiiionis: white below as compared with fK /'. i/niniiirrii. 



Nesting. — Does not breed in Washington. S'cst: A hole in slnb or decayed 

 limb of tree, usually at moderate height, nnlined. li(/fjs: 4-f>. white. Av. size, 

 .75X.S9 (19.1 X 15). 



General Range. — Middle and northern j)ortions of United States and north- 

 ward: of casual occurrence in the Pacific Northwest. 



Range in Washington. — ( )ne example, Seattle. Feb. 20, iSij2, by S. P. 

 Rathbnn. 



Authorities. — Drvuhatis puhcscciis (Kinn.i, Bendire, Life Hist. N. A. 

 Birds, \'ol. II. 1895, pp. 53, 56. Ra. 



Specimens. — P'( ?). C. E. 



OX the 20th of February, 1892, Mr. v*-^. V. Kathbun took what is con- 

 sidered to Ije a tvpical specimen, a female, of this species, near Seattle: 

 and on the 23r(l of March, 1896. I took one at Chelan which belongs either to 

 this or to the more recently elabor.-ited /'. f". nclsinii. .\part from P. 

 gairdiicrii, whose center of distribution, at least, is prett\- well known, great 

 Coiiftisioii exists in our knowledge of Drxolnilcs f'libcscois and its varieties 

 in the Northwest. Downy Woodpeckers are not migratory, but they rove 

 considerably in winter, and the most we can say of these Washington speci- 

 mens is that they point to the presence of /'. f'lihi'sci'us or /). /?. iiclsoiii. or 

 both, as resident birds in llritish Columbia. 



No. 166. 



BATCHELDER'S WOODPECKER. 



A. O. U. No. 3^411. Drxobates piibescens homorus (Cab.). 



Synonjm. — Rocky Moint.mx Dow.w Wooupkckkk. 



Description. — Similar to D. />. iiicdiamis, but larger, clearer white l)elow, and 

 witli less white spotting on wing, that of middle and greater coverts reduced or 

 wanting. Length: 6.75-7.50 (171. 5-190.5) wing 4.00 (101.6); tail 2.65 (67.3); 

 bill .7^ { 18.51. 



Recognition Marks. As in preceding: while spotting of wing reduced as 

 coin])ared with /', />. iiicilidiiKS : underparts clear Tc/nVr as compared with /'. />. 

 yairdiiciii. 



Nesting. — Xcst and £i(j(/s as in ])rcceding. Season: May: one brood. 



(jeneral Range. — Rocky Alountain region of western L'nited States and 

 British Cohimliia. west to eastern slopes of Cascade-Sierra Range. 



Range in Washington. — East-side, not uncommon resident, especially in 



