THE BIRD BOOK 



396, 



Red-cockaded Woodpecker 



Texas Woodpecker 



3Q6. TEXAS WOODPECKER. 



Dryobates scalaris bairdi. 



Range. Southwestern United States from 

 southern Colorado south to northern Mexico. 

 This species is brownish white below, has the 

 back barred with black and white, and the male 

 has the whole crown red, shading into mixed 

 black and whitish on the forehead. Its habits 

 and nesting are just the same as those of the 

 Downy, but the three or four white eggs, that 

 they lay in April, are larger; size .80 x .65. 



396a. SAN LUCAS WOODPECKER. Dryo- 

 bates scalaris lucasanus. 



Range. Lower California, north to the Colo- 

 rado Desert, California. 



Very similar to the last; less barring on the 

 outer tail feathers. Eggs the same. 



397. NUTTALI/S WOODPECKER. Dryobates nuttalli. 

 Range. Pacific coast from Oregon south to Lower Cal- 

 ifornia. 



Similar to the Texan Woodpecker but whiter below, 

 with whitish nasal tufts, and the fore part of the crown 

 black and white striped, the red being confined to the 

 nape region. They nest in holes in trees, either in dead 

 stumps or in growing trees, and at any height above 

 ground. During April or May they deposit their white 

 glossy eggs upon the bottom of the cavity. The eggs 

 measure .85 x .65. 



398. ARIZONA WOODPECKER. Dryobates arizonce. 

 Range. Mexican border of the United States, chiefly in 



Arizona and New Mexico. 



This species is entirely different from any others of 

 our Woodpeckers, being uniform brownish above, and soiled 

 whitish below, spotted with black. The male bird has a 

 red crescent on the nape. They are said to be fairly abund- 

 ant in some sections of southern Arizona. Their nesting 

 habits do not vary from those of the other Woodpeckers 

 found in the same regions, and they show no especial pre- 

 ference for any particular kind of a tree in which to lay 

 their eggs. The nesting season appears to be at its 

 height in April. The pure white eggs average in size 

 about .85x.60. 



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