49© Field Museum of Natural History — Zoology, Vol. XIII. 



Dryobates pubescens microleucus" Oberholser. Newfoundland 

 Downy Woodpecker. 



Dryobates pubescens microleucus Oberholser, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XXVII, 

 1914, p. 43 (Fox Island River, Newfoundland). 



Range: Island of Newfoundland. 



*Dryobates pubescens nelsoni Oberholser. Northern Downy Wood- 

 pecker. 



Dryobates pubescens nelsoni Oberholser, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XVIII, 1896, 

 p. 549 (Nulato, Alaska); Ridgway, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, VI, 1914, 

 P- 235- 



Range: Northern North America in British America, east of the 

 Rocky Mountains and north to Mackenzie and Yukon and thence 

 west to west coast of Alaska. In winter south in Athabasca, Alberta, 

 Manitoba, etc., to the northern United States in eastern Montana, 

 eastern Wyoming, Minnesota, Wisconsin (Kenosha); accidental? in 

 northern New York. 



2: Prince Albert, Saskatchewan i, Okonogon, B. C. i. 



*Dryobates pubescens homorus (Cabanis and Heine). Batchelder's 

 Downy Woodpecker. 



Dryobates homorus Cabanis and Heine, Mus. Hein., IV, heft 2, 1863, p. 65 



(California). 

 Dryobates pubescens orececus Batchelder, Auk, 1889, p. 253 (Las Vegas, Hot 



Springs, New Mexico). 

 Dryobates pubescens homorus Ridgway, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, VI, 



1914, p. 236. 



Range: Rocky Mountain district from British Colombia to New 

 Mexico and Arizona, and in mountains west to middle Washington and 

 eastern California; casual during migrations west to eastern California, 

 east to eastern Montana, western Nebraska, etc. 



3: Washington (Prescott) i; Colorado (Ft. Lyon) 2. 



Dryobates pubescens glacialis Grinnell. Valdez Downy Wood- 

 pecker. 



Dryobates pubescens glacialis Grinnell (J), Univ. Cal. Pub., Zool., V, No. 12, 

 1910, p. 390 (Valdez Narrows, Prince William Sound, Alaska); Swarth, 

 Univ. Cal. Pub., Zool., VII, 1911, p. 68, crit. (Taku R., Alaska); Ridgway, 

 Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, VI, 1914, p. 239. 



Range: Kenai Peninsula and shores and islands of Prince William 



^ Dryobates pubescens microleucus Oberholser: Similar to D. p. mediantis, but 

 tail shorter, superior wing coverts with fewer and smaller white spots; wing quills 

 with smaller white spots; lower surface usually more smoky brownish; and white 

 dorsal stripe often with black spots or short streaks. Male: average wing, 93.8; 

 tail, 60.7; exposed culmen, 15.1 mm. 



