70 THE BIRDS OF MONTREAL. 



Order PICI. Woodpeckers. Wrynecks, etc. 



Family Picidce. Woodpeckers. 



Genus Dryobates. Boie. 



129. Northern Hairy Woodpecker. (Hairy Wood- 

 pecker.) D. villosus leucomelas. (Bodd.) 

 " Transient Visitant/* scarce. I shot two speci- 

 mens of this species October 24 and 31, 1885, on 

 the spur of Mount Royal, and saw one November 

 11, 1&85, in the city; also saw one October IT. 

 1886, in the garden of the Seminary of St. Sulpice, 

 Xotre Dame street, and on the spur of Mount Royal 

 the same date; observed again October 21 and -23 

 and Xovember 4, 1888. I don't think this wood- 

 pecker breeds in the vicinity of Montreal, as I have 

 only seen it here in the months of October and 

 Xovember, and I am inclined to think that it re- 

 turns to its northern breeding grounds early in the 

 vear, as I have never come across it in the spring 

 of the year. This subspecies was formerly known 

 as the hairy woodpecker (D. villosus), but has been 

 since separated as a more northern and larger bird 

 than the latter species, which is limited to the 

 Eastern United States as its habitat, while the 

 former only extends to the northern border of the 

 United States, which is drawing the line rather 

 close, for I believe they winter south of the Cana- 

 dian line. 



