376 BIKDS OF ILLINOIS. 



pait, paH, uttered in "a clear, loud, and rather plaintive tone," 

 heard "sometimes to the distance of half a mile, and resembling 

 the false high note of a clarionet." 



Gents DRYOBATES Boie. 



Picks (part), Linn. S. N. ed. 10, i. 1758, 112; ed. 12. i, 1766. 173. and of most authors. 

 Dendrocopos Koch. Syst. Baier ZooL i, 1816, 72. Type, by elimination, Pious major 



Linn. iSec Vieill. Analyse, 1816, p. 45.) 

 Dryohates Boie, Isis, 1826, 977. Type, Picus pubesce7is Linn. 



"Gen. Chae. Bill equal to the head, or a little longer; the lateral ridges conspicuous, 

 starting about the middle of the base of the bill; the basal elongated oval nostrils nearest 

 the commissure; the ridges o£ the culmen and gonys acute, and very nearly straight, or 

 slightly convex towards the tip; the bill but little broader than high at the base, becom- 

 ing compressed considerably before the middle. Feet much as in Campephilus; the 

 outer posterior toe longest; the outer anterior about intermediate between it and the 

 inner anterior; the inner posterior reaching to the base of the claw of the inner anterior. 

 Tarsus about equal to the inner anterior toe; shorter than the two other long toes. Wings 

 rather long, reaching to the middle of the tail, rather rounded; the fourth and fifth Quills 

 longest; the quills rather broad and rounded." (Sist. N. Am. B.) 



The species found in eastern North America may be distinguished 

 as follows: 



A. Back longitudinally striped with white. 



1. D. villosus. Outer tail-feathers without black bars. Wing, 4.25 or more. 



2. D. pubescens. Outer tail-feathers barred with black. Wing less than 4.25. 



B. Back transversely barred with white. 



3. D. borealis. AurieuUrs entirely white; sides spotted with black. Wing, 4.60-4.75. 



Dryobates villosus (Linn.) 



HAIKY WOODPECKER. 



Popular synonyms. Big Sapsucker; Big Guinea- Woodpecker. 



Picks villosus Linn. S. N. ed. 12, i, 1866, 175.— WiLS. Am. Orn. i, 1808. 150. pi. 9.— Nutt. 

 Man. i,lS32.575.— AUD. Orn. Biog. v, 1539, 164, pi. 416; Synop. 1839,179; B. Am. iv, 1842, 

 244,pl. 262.— Baikd, B.N. Am. 1858, 84 (var. medius); Cat. N. Am. B. lS59,No. 74.— 

 CouEs, Key, 1872, 193; Cheek List, 1874, No. 298; 2d ed. 1882. No. 438 ; B. N. W. 1874, 

 279 (a. villosus, b. nipc/ius).— Kidc.w. Nom. N. Am.B. 1881, No. 360. 

 Picus villosus var. medius Baikd, B. N. Am. 1858. 84. 



Picus villosus var. villosus B. B. & B. Hist. N. Am. B. ii, 1874. 503,pl. 49,ngs. 3, 4, 5. 

 Picus martinai AuD. Orn. Biog. v, 1839, 81. pi. 417; Synop. 1809, 178; B. Am. iv, 1812, 24U.pl, 



260 (= young!). 

 Picus rubricapillus NuTT. Man. 2d ed. i, 1840, 685 (= martince). 

 Hab. Eastern United States (except Gulf States) and more southern British Pro- 

 vinces. (Bepli»ed in Gulf States by 1). villosus aiiduhoni, in northern British America 

 by U. villosus Icucomelas, and in western North America by D. villosus harriai.) 



Sp. Chab. Above black, with a white band down the middle of the back. All the mid- 

 dle and larger wing-cgverts and all the quills with conspicuous spots of white. Two white 



