424 THE GAIRDNER WOODPE^EK. 



valleys of more heavily timbered section ; intergrades with next form on eastern 

 slopes of C'asca<l<.-<. 



Authorities. Davson, Aiik. \<>1. \I\. iS<(7, ]>. 174. J. E( H ). 



Specimens, l". nf W. Ppkv. 



IX tlic nature of t|jc case llie line of deniarcatioii cannot be clearly 

 drawn between this species and the more abimdant Gairdner's. Si)eciniens 

 taken by Dr. J. C. Merrill, U. S. .\., at Fort Sherman, Idaho, near our 

 eastern boimdary, were doubtfully referred to this subs|>ecies, and really 

 represent intergrades between hoiiiorns and goirducrii. I have seen specimens 

 in Spokane County which favored this form, in the whiteness of the under- 

 parts, nuich more strongly than (/airdiicrii. 



Moreover, Hatchelder's Woodpecker, if it be he, is not nearly so com- 

 mon in the pine and larch districts of the e.vtreme Northeast, as is the Rocky 

 -Mountain Hairy. In the course of a two-weeks' trij) alt)ng the Pend d'Oreille 

 in May and June we encountered it only once. Rendire met with IV.wny 

 Woodpeckers of some sort near Walla NWilla, but fnund them of rare occur- 

 rence anil c<^nfmed to the willows of stream banks. 



No. 167. 



CAT RON I- RS Wt^OPPy-C KKR. 



\. < ). ['. Xn. .VM'i- Dr>obates pubescens K^irdnerii { .\ud. 1. 



Description.— Similar to /'. /•. Iioiiiiinis. but white s|>otting of wing still 

 further reduced, usually waiuiiig on coverts; iimli-rparts smoky gray: under tail- 

 coverts s|)otted or barred with black. Length of adult alniut as in P. p. inciiiaiius. 



Recognition Marks. — S|)arrow size; black-and-white pattern of head; white 

 back contrasting with black "^cajjulars, etc.: nuicb the ciiminonest wix^idpecker : 

 wing scarcely spotted as c<im|)ared with /'. /•. iiii'diaiius : underparts siunky as 

 compared with />. />. hoiiiorus. 



Nesting. — Xcst: A bole, usually in deciduous tree, some 20 feet up. Eggs: 

 4-6, glossy crj-stalline white: rounded ovate in -ibape. .\v. size. .74 x .56 

 (18.8x14.2). Scasoti: c. May ist: one brood. 



General Range. — Pacific coast district from soiuhern California north to 

 I'ritish Colnnibi.i; extends somewhat beyond eastern slopes of mountain ranges 

 southerly, shades into P. p. homorns along ridge of Cascades northerly. 



Range in NV'ashington. — West-sirle. common resident, especially in lowland 

 groves and almut clearings; occujjies eastern slopes of Casca<les southerly. 



Authorities. — Picits gairdncri. Audubon, ( )rn. Riog. \'. i8^g. ^17. T. C&S. 

 Kb. Kb. Ra. IV. Ss^ Kk.R. E. 



Specimens. — I', of W. Prov. P.. E. 



