REPORT UPON ORNITHOLOGICAL SPECIMENS. 



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PICID^E (the Woodpeckers). 



75. Picus villosus, L., var. harrisii, Aud. Harris's Woodpecker j West- 

 ern Hairy Woodpecker. 

 Au inhabitant of the pine-woods, where it is found abundant up to 



timber-line. 



76. Picus pubescens L., var. gairdeneri Aud. Gairdner's Woodpecker; 



Western Downy Woodpecker. 



While the preceding is perhaps the most characteristic woodpecker 

 of the West, the present species is quite common. During my stay in 

 this vicinity three were secured ; a pair in a grove of cottonwoods, the 

 third in the pines at an elevation of perhaps 10,000 feet. These were 

 all breeding. 



77. Picoides arcticus (Sw.), var. dorsalis, Bd. Striped-backed Wood- 

 pecker. 



A single individual was taken in June at an altitude of 10,000 feet. 

 It was a female, and from the swollen condition of the abdomen was 

 evidently incubating. 



78. Sphyrapicus varius (L.), var. nuchalis, Bd. Ked-naped Woodpecker. 

 A very common inhabitant of the cottonwoods; rarely seen among 

 the pines. Found by Dr. Kothrock in South Park, among the aspens, 

 up to 12.000 feet. The young, in nesting- plumage, were taken July 12. 



