WOODPECKERS: Family Picidae [383] 



Rocky Mountain Hairy Woodpecker: 



Dryobates villosus monticola Anthony 



DESCRIPTION. Like D. v. orius, but larger with heavier and longer bill and much 

 clearer white below. Si^e: Male, wing 5-Z3, tail 4.00, bill from nostril i.iz; female, 

 wing 5.04, tail 3.80, bill from nostril .95. Nest and eggs: Indistinguishable from 

 D. v. harrisi. 



DISTRIBUTION. General: From British Columbia, Washington, and Montana south- 

 ward through the Rocky Mountains to eastern Utah and northern New Mexico. 

 In Oregon: Breeds in Blue Mountain area, which includes all of Wallowa, Union, 

 Baker, and Grant Counties, all of Umatilla except lower sage lands along Columbia, 

 southern Morrow, timbered parts of Wheeler and Crook, a small area in extreme 

 southeastern Jefferson, and northern Harney and Malheur Counties. In winter, 

 may straggle outside this area, but is common permanent resident of its breeding 

 range in Canadian and Transition Zones of these counties. (See Figure 9.) 



BENDIRE'S (1877) records from Camp Harney are the first ones published 

 for the Rocky Mountain Hairy Woodpecker in Oregon. His set of eggs 

 taken May 2.9, 1876, "in the Blue Mountains" from a dead pine 2.0 feet 

 from the ground is the first definite breeding record and the only published 

 one available, but we can add the following notes: Jewett took large 

 young from a nest on East Eagle Creek, Baker County, on June 2.1, 192.5; 

 and while traveling together we found a nest containing five fresh eggs 

 on Lookout Mountain, Baker County, May 2.7, 1933. This nest was 

 drilled in a living aspen tree 12. feet from the ground. Walker (1917^ 

 recorded the bird from eastern Jefferson County, and there are specimens 

 in the Biological Survey collection from that same locality. Our own 

 published records and notes list it for every month in the area outlined 

 above. In addition we have a single bird (Jewett Coll. No. 4411) taken 

 at Adel, Lake County, October 2.3, 192.6, that is undoubtedly a migrant 

 from farther north. 



This large and white-looking race, living in open timber, is a con- 

 spicuous member of the avifauna of the Blue Mountains, probably seen 

 more frequently than any other woodpecker except the Red-shafted 

 Flicker. The habits and behavior are no different than those of the other 

 Hairy Woodpeckers found in the State. 



Batchelder's Woodpecker: 



Dryobates pubescent leucurus (Hartlaub) 



DESCRIPTION. Like D. p. gairdneri but large with under parts pure white; under tail 

 coverts pure white instead of spotted and barred with black; outer tail feathers 

 with much less black and tertials more spotted with white. Si%e: Length 6-7, 

 wing 4.00, tail z.6i, bill .63. Nest and eggs: As in D. p. gairdneri. 



DISTRIBUTION. General: From southern Alaska and British Columbia east of Cascade 

 Range south to northeastern California, New Mexico, and Arizona and east to 



