AVES. 117 



PICI. 



PICIDAE. 



222. DRYOBATES VILLOSUS (Linne") Cabanis. 



Hairy woodpecker; Big guinea woodpecker; Big sapsucker. 



Picus villosus Linne", Syst. nat., ed. 12, 1766, vol. 1, p. 175. 

 "IN AMERICA SEPTENTRIONALI." Audubon, Birds of Amer., 

 1842, vol. 4, p. 244, pi. 262. Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 4, fig. 9. 



Forests; nests in holes dug in dead or live trees. 



ME. Common resident. Eggs, May 28. 



N. H. Common resident up to 4500 ft. 



VT. Uncommon resident. Eggs, June 8. 



MASS. Uncommon winter visitor and less common summer 

 resident, especially in western part. Eggs, April 22-May 30. 



R. I. Uncommon fall and winter visitor and rare summer 

 resident (Chepachet, Cranston). Sept. l.-Mar.; summer. Eggs, 

 May 12-28. 



CONN. Uncommon fall and winter visitor, rare summer resident. 

 Eggs, May 2-9. 



223. DRYOBATES PUBESCENS MEDIANUS (Swainson) Brewster. 



Downy woodpecker; Little guinea woodpecker; Little sap- 

 sucker. 



Picus (Dendrocopus) medianus Swains., in Swains, and Richard- 

 son, Fauna Boreali-Amer., 1831, vol. 2, p. 308. "MIDDLE PARTS 

 OF NORTH AMERICA .... NEW JERSEY." 



Dry abates pubescens (Linne). Chapman, Handb. birds east. 

 No. Amer., 1895, p. 230; Bird-life, 1898, pi. 24. Egg, Capen, 

 1886, pi. 14, fig. 10. 



Open woods, shade and orchard trees; nests in holes excavated 

 in dead trees. 



ME. Common resident. Eggs, May 27. 



N. H. Common resident, mainly below 3000 ft. 



VT. Common resident. 



