4.?o rill-: ALASKAN TIIREIvTi )r-:i) W^HDI'IX'KKK 



ininutes at .'i lime, so that tlic iiniiiiinldyist who is susjiicioiis may follow 

 till' lead from a half mile's ilisianee. 



Xesiiiij; is chielly at moilerate heijjhls — from two an<! a half to eight 

 feet from the jjrouiul. Ueiidire says; so that there ought not to he any dilVi- 

 ciilty in stiiilyiiig this species once it is found. 



N(i. 170. 

 ALASKAN lilRi;i--l"Oi;i) \V()( )I)I'|-.C KIR. 



.\. < >. r. \o. 401 a. Picoides americanus fasciatus I'.aird. 



Synonym.- l,.\i)i)i:K-ii.\(.Ki:i) 'riiKKK-ToKn \\ imm'IKckkk. 



Description. — Adult iiuilc: I'pperparts chiefly hiack, the hack strongly 

 harred with wiiite, these hars more or less conlluent centrally; flight- feather^ 

 marked with paired white spots, and wing-coverts sometimes more or less s|M)ited 

 with white; two central pairs of tail-feathers black, the next sncceciling pair 

 hIack mingled with white, and the remaining pairs pure white: a stpiarish vellow 

 |)atch on crown; a distinct white ])ost-ocnl;ir strii)e extending to nape; a l)roa<l 

 white stripe from lore to side of neck; underi)arts white, the sides and flanks 

 heavily hut narrowly harred with hlack. Hill and feet plumheous hIack ; iris 

 hrown. ./(//(// fcimilc: Similar hut withmu yellow crown ])atch : sometime^ 

 largely white on crown. Length of adult.' S.oo-<^50 (203.2-241..^); wing 4.^10 

 ( iK'.Si: tail .^(Ki (1M.4); hill 1. 20 I 30.3). 



Recognition .Marks. — Chewink to Robin size; htstrou^ black aUivc with 

 central white in i)roail hors : siilcs black-and-white barred. 



Nesting. — Sest: in hole at various heights, lim/s: usually 4. white. .\v. 

 size, .<>2 X.70 ( 2.V4 X i~.^). Sciisoii: June; one brood. 



General Range. — Tindtered mountains of northern Washington. I'ritish 

 Columhi.i and AKi^ka. 



Ranjije in W ashin^ton. — Sparingly resident in northern Cascades. 



Authorities. Brewster, .\uk, X. July. iS<)_^, pp. 2.^^), 237. 



Specimens. — 1 'rov. C. 



rillS is a permanent resident of the Iliidsonian zone on the Mt 

 liakcr range lM>th north and south of the international iMinndary: also at 

 lower elevations on X'ancouver Island and on Salt Springs Island, (lulf 

 of rieoigia. Further in the interior it is of irregular distrihution. being 

 in some districts replaced by riinidrs urtticiis. and in others occupying the 

 same localities as that species. I have no records for orcticus west of the 

 Cascade range. .\t one time I was convinceil that the .Maskan Three-toed 

 Woodpecker occupied a higher breeding zone than the Pdack-backed s]>ecies 

 (arcliciis). hut h.id to moilify this o|)inion on I'mdiiig a pair of fij.wiotini 



