DENDROCOPFS. 15 1 



Dendrocopus pubescens (Linn.). 



Picus pubescens, Baird, Brewer $ Ridyiv. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 509 



(1874) ; Seebohm, Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 171 (1896). 

 Dendrocopus pubescens, Hargitt, Cat. Birds B. M. xviii. p. 238 (1890) -; 



Nehrk. Eat. Eiersamml. p. 166 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 214 



(1900). 

 Dryobates pubescens, Bendire, Life-Hist. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 55, pi. i. 



fig. 24 (1895). 



The eggs of the Downy Woodpecker are highly glossy, and 

 measure from -67 to -84 in length, and from -57 to -62 in breadth. 



6. North America (Henshaw Coll.}. Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



1. North America (Smiths. Inst.}. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 3. N. America. Crowley Bequest. 



6. Saybrook, Connecticut, 6th June. Crowley Bequest. 



3. Ithaca, New York. Princeton University, N.J. [E.I. 



4. Highland Falls, New York, 17th Seebohm Coll. 



May (E. A. Mearns : Hargitt 

 Coll.}. 



5. Nebraska, 31st May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Dendrocopus gairdneri ( Aud.\ 



Picus pubescens, vat: gairdneri, Baird, Brewer fy Ridgiu. N. Amer. Birds, 



ii. p. 512 (1874). 

 Dendrocopus gairdneri, Hargitt, Cat. Birds B. M. xviii. p. 241 (1890) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 214 (1900). 

 Dryobates pubescens gairdneri, Bendire, Life-Hist. N. Amer. Birds, 



ii. p. 58 (1895). 



The eggs of Gairdner's Woodpecker measure from *79 to '82 in 

 length, and from *57 to '61 in breadth. 



5. N. America (Field Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



2. California ( T. M. Brewer : Tris- Crowley Bequest. 



tram Coll.). 



Dendrocopus scalaris (Wagl.). 



Picus scalaris, Baird, Brewer fy Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 515 



(1874). 

 Dendrocopus scalaris, Hargitt, Cat. Birds B. M. xviii. p. 246 (1890) ; 



Salv. 8f Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, ii. p. 435 (1895) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 166 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 215 (1900). 

 Dryobates scalaris bairdi, Bendire, Life-Hist. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 63 



(1895). 



The eggs of Baird's Woodpecker in the Collection measure 

 respectively : -81 by -6 ; -81 by '62 ; -82 by -6 ; -8 by -6. 



1. Mexico, Dec. (Nehrkorn Coll.}. Crowley Bequest. 



3. Mexico, 7th April (Field Coll.}. Crowley Bequest. 



