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Dryobates villosus sitkensis, siibsp. nov. 



Sitka Hairy Woodpecker. 



Type : Male adult ; no. 9739, Univ. Calif. Mus. Vert. Zool. ; 

 Etolin Island, Alaska, July 6, 1909 ; collected by H. S. Swarth ; 

 original number 7762. 



Distinguishing Char.vcters : Differs from D. v. harrisi 

 mainly in the very much paler, less smoky hue of the lower parts, 

 and the more buffy coloration of the nasal tufts. Somewhat like 

 D. V. picoideus, but paler colored below, and lacking the barred 

 rectrices of that race. 



Range : Southeastern Alaska : the islands of the Alexander 

 Archipelago, and the narrow strip of mainland coast lying west 

 of the coast range, and south of the Taku River. 



Description of Type : Upper parts generally, sides of head 

 and neck, a malar stripe, wings and middle tail feathers, black ; 

 occipital band scarlet; a broad rictal stripe, all of the two outer 

 rectrices (including the dwarfed outermost one), most of the 

 third, and a portion of the fourth, throat, breast and abdomen, 

 whitish, suffused with very light smoky brown, this least appar- 

 ent on the flanks, lower abdomen, and lower tail coverts. Super- 

 ciliary stripe, and a broad dorsal stripe white, the latter some- 

 what interrupted and broken by spots and imperfect bars of 

 black. White spots on the inner webs of primaries and second- 

 aries, and small white spots on outer webs of the same (except 

 innermost secondaries) . Some small white spots on the lesser wing 

 coverts, and a very few on the middle coverts also, the latter 

 almost entirely concealed. Nasal tufts yellowish buff, in decided 

 contrast to the white rictal and superciliary stripes adjoining. 



Remarks : There appear to be some slight sexual differences, 

 for the darker specimens (with one exception) are males, and the 

 palest are females. It is rather curious that, although sitkensis 

 is the paler form, it should have the nasal tufts buffy, in distinct 

 contrast to the white superciliary and rictal stripes, whereas in 

 the otherwise darker colored harrisi they are paler than in 

 sitkensis, and concolor with the adjoining head markings. 



