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231 (393d, part) Dryobates villosus orius Oberholser 
Mopoc WoopPECKER 
Synonyms—Picus harrisi, part; Dryobates villosus hyloscopus, part; Sierra 
Woodpecker. 
Status—Common resident of suitable localities in the Modoc region of north- 
eastern California. Recorded west to Mount Shasta, and even to Canyon Creek, 
Trinity County, and south along the Sierra Nevada as far as Placerville (Ober- 
_holser, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 40, 1911, p. 610). 
232 (394a) Dryobates pubescens gairdneri (Audubon) 
GAIRDNER WOODPECKER 
Status—Fairly common resident in the extreme northern end of the humid 
coast belt. Recorded east to Hornbrook, Siskiyou County (W. K. Fisher, Condor, 
Iv, 1902, p. 69), and Tower House, Shasta County (L. Kellogg, Condor, x1, 1911, 
p. 119) ; south through Del Norte and Humboldt counties to Sherwood, Mendo- 
eino County (Mus. Vert. Zool.). The latter locality furnishes specimens inter- 
mediate towards turati. Occurs occasionally in winter south as far as Marin 
County (Ridgway, Bds. N. and Mid. Amer., vi, 1914, p. 241). 
233 (394e) Dryobates pubescens turati (Malherbe) 
WiLtLtow WoopPECKER 
Synonyms—Dryobates pubescens gairdneri, part; Picus pubescens; Picus 
meridionalis; Picus turati; Dendrocopus pubescens; Picus pubescens gairdnert; 
Picus gairdneri; Dryobates pubescens; Gairdner Woodpecker, part; Downy 
Woodpecker. 
Status—Common resident locally, chiefly in the Upper Sonoran zone west 
of the Sierran divide, except in the extreme northwest humid coast belt. Most 
characteristically associated in the breeding season with the willow growths of 
the valleys. Recorded from the vicinity of Mount Shasta (Townsend, Proc. U.S. 
Nat. Mus., x, 1887, p. 205) south to Escondido, San Diego County (Sharp, Con- 
dor, 1x, 1907, p. 87). The birds from the humid coast belt immediately north of 
San Francisco Bay, Marin to Mendocino counties, and from the mountains around 
the head of the Sacramento Valley, are variously intermediate towards gaird- 
nert (W. K. Fisher, Condor, 1v, 1902, p. 70). In winter, more widely distributed 
locally, even a little ways onto the desert slope of southern California: Palm 
Springs, Riverside County (J. Grinnell, Condor, vu, 1905, p. 13) ; ete. Certain 
aberrant examples of this form so nearly resemble the Downy Woodpecker of the 
Atlantic states, that they have been recorded as such. 
234 (394b) | Dryobates pubescens homorus Cabanis and Heine 
BaTCHELDER WOODPECKER 
Synonyms—Dryobates pubescens oreoecus; Dryobates pubescens gairdnert, 
part; Dryobates pubescens leucurus. 
Status—Occurs in summer in the Transition zone on the Warner Mountains, 
