616 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.40. 



This subspecies is remarkably uniform over its entire range, there 

 being practically no difference in either size or color between birds 

 from Alaska and those from northern California. Neither is individual 

 variation as great as in most of the dark forms of the species. 



I have examined 120 examples of tliis race from the subjoined 

 localities : 



Alaska. — Loring ; near Killisnoo, Admiralty Island ; Sitka ; Howkan. 



British Columbia. — Agassiz; Goldstream; Port Moody; Comox; 

 Lund; Huntington; Victoria; Departure Bay, Vancouver Island; 

 Union Bay, Vancouver Island; Mount Lehman; New Westminster; 

 Saturna Island ; Roab's ranch, Hope. 



California. — Carson's camp, Mad River, Humboldt Bay; Crescent 

 City; Nicasio; 1 St. Helena. 1 



Oregon. — Portland; Tillamook; Crater Lake; Sumner; Beaverton; 

 Columbia River; St. Helen; Logan; Seaside; Newport. 



Washington. — Suez; Tenino; Tacoma ; Lapush ; Neah Bay ; Keeche- 

 lus Lake; Mount Vernon; Kalama; Whidbys Island; Seattle; Hump- 

 tulips; Fort Steilacoom; Nisqually Flats; South Park (King County) ; 

 Shoalwater Bay ; Ilwaco; Fort Vancouver; Ocosta. 



DRYOBATES VILLOSUS PICOIDEUS Osgood. 

 Dryobates picoideus Osgood, North Anier. Fauna, No. 21, 1901, p. 44. 



Chars, subsp. — Much like Dryobates villosus harrisi, but wing and 

 bill shorter; white dorsal stripe more or less barred or spotted with 

 black; white outer pairs of tail-feathers nearly always with black 

 subterminal spots, occasionally even bars. 



Measurements. — Male: 2 Wing, 122.5-125 (average, 123.8) mm.; 

 tail, 77.5-82.5 (80); exposed culmen, 26-27 (26.5); tarsus, 23-23.5 

 (23.3); middle toe, 15.5-16 (15.8). 



Female: 3 Wing, 121-127 (124); tail, 76-81 (79.2); exposed culmen, 

 25.5-27.5 (26.4); tarsus, 22-24 (22.6); middle toe, 14.5-15.5 (14.8). 



Type-locality. — Cumshewa Inlet, Moresby Island, Queen Charlotte 

 Islands, British Columbia. 



Geographical distribution. — Canadian Zone in the Queen Charlotte 

 Islands, British Columbia; and Prince of Wales Island, extreme 

 southeastern Alaska. 



The birds from Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, are not typical of 

 Dryobates villosus picoideus, but in color characters, chiefly those of 

 the back, are somewhat intermediate between this form and Dryo- 

 bates villosus harrisi. The black spots on the inner webs of the 

 white rectrices are a character that appears in only two other 

 races — Dryobates villosus piger, and occasionally Dryobates villosus 

 ierraenovae. 



1 Not breeding at this locality. 



2 Two specimens, from British Columbia. 



8 Five specimens, from British Columbia and southern Alaska. 



