72 BIRDS OF MAINE. 



Order PICI. Woodpeckers, Wrynecks, etc. 

 Family PICID.E. Woodpeckers. 

 Genus DRYOBATES Boie. 



176. (393). Dryobates villosus (Linn.}. Hairy Woodpecker. 



One of the commonest of its family throughout the state, being 

 exceeded in numbers only by the Flicker and Downy Woodpecker. 

 It is resident wherever found within our limits, in summer retir- 

 ing to the solitudes of the country to nest, while in winter it is com- 

 mon in the trees and orchards of our city gardens. 



County Records. Androscoggin, "fairly common resident" (John- 

 sou) ; Aroostook, "common at Fort Fairfield" (Batchelder, Bull. Nutt. 

 Orn. Club, Vol. 7, p. 150) ; Cumberland, "common resident" (Mead) ; 

 Franklin, "common resident" (Lee and McLain) ; Hancock, "resident" 

 (Murch) ; Kennebec, "common resident" (Gardiner Branch) ; Knox, 

 "resident" (Rackliff) ; Oxford, "common, breeds" (Nash) ; Penobscot, 

 "breeds quite commonly, especially common in winter when it may be 

 observed almost daily in the heart of the city of Bangor" (Knight) ; 

 Piscataquis, "common resident" (Homer) ; Sagadahoc, "common, nests" 

 (Spinney) ; Somerset, "common resident" (Morrell) ; Waldo, (Spratt) ; 

 Washington, "abundant" (Boardrnan) ; York, "quite common" (Axlams). 



177. (394c). Dryobates pubescens medianus (Swains.). 

 Downy Woodpecker. 



According to Mr. Brewster (Cf. Brewster, Auk, Vol. 14, p. 82) 

 our northern Downy Woodpecker is subspecifically separable from 

 the southern bird, and ad the type of D. pubescens came from the 

 south, our northern bird will become a subspecies for which Dryo- 

 bates pubescens medianus (Swains.), will become the first available 

 name, according to the rule of priority in nomenclature. As the 

 assigned habitat of this race is "Middle and northern parts of 

 eastern United States and northward" all records of our Maine 

 Downy Woodpecker will refer to this subspecies. It is a common 

 resident throughout the state. 



County Records. Androscoggin, "common resident" (Johnson); 

 Aroostook, "common at Fort Fairfield" (Batchelder, Bull. Nutt. Orn. 

 Club, Vol. 7, p. 150) ; Cumberland, "common resident" (Mead) ; Frank- 

 lin, "common resident" (Swain) ; Hancock, "common resident, nests 

 very commonly on the wooded islands along the coast" (Kuight) ; Keune- 

 bec, "abundant resident" (Gardiner Branch) ; Knox,"resident" (Rackliff) ; 

 Oxford, "common, breeds" (Nash) ; Penobscot, "next to the Flicker it 

 is our commonest Woodpecker here, and it is the commonest resident 



