P1GAEIAE— PICIDAB— GENTUEUS UEOPYG1AL1S. 



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found at least up to the pine limit. Except in evincing at all times a marked 

 preference for pine timber, rarely indeed alighting on any of the deciduous 

 trees, its habits and notes seem to correspond pretty closely with those of 

 Sjphyrqpicus nuchalis. 



The stomachs of all the specimens examined contained nothing but 

 insects and larvae. As, however, the structure of the tongue is identical 

 with varius, the species may possibly, in winter and spring, when other food 

 is scarce, feed upon the inner bark of the deciduous trees, as the common 

 sapsuckers (S. varius and varieties) are well known to do. I never noticed 

 anything, however, which would lead me to suppose this. The nest men- 

 tioned above was dug to the depth of seven inches, and was one and three- 

 fourths inches in diameter. The egg shells had not been removed ; and 

 one which is little damaged shows their similarity with those of varius, 

 but appears a trifle larger. 



No. 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



H.W.Henshaw 



do 



Wing. 



Tail. 



Bill. 



Tarsus. 



19S 



217 

 219 

 220 



2 34 

 2 35 

 3 2 9 

 334 

 335 

 977 

 9S0 

 981 

 217 

 7S9 

 S72 

 7S8 



i ad. 



9 ad. 



S ad. 

 9 ad. 



$ ad. 

 $ ad. 

 9 ad. 

 $ ad. 

 9 ad. 

 $ ad. 

 £ ad. 

 J ad. 

 $ ad. 

 9 ad. 

 9 ad. 

 9 ad. 



Mountains near P'ort 

 Garland, Colo. 



do 



do 



May 30, 1873 



June 2, 1873 

 June 3, 1S73 

 do 



5.40 



5.0S 

 5.20 



5-37 

 q.28 



3-75 



3.2S 



3-75 

 3.80 



0.95 



0. 91 



0. 90 

 0.95 



1. 07 

 0.95 

 0.95 



0.S5 



0.77 

 0. S5 

 0. 85 

 0.S4 

 0. 87 

 0. Si 

 0. So 

 0. So 

 0. 86 

 0. S5 

 0.82 



do 



do 



do 



do 



June 4, 1S73 

 do 



do 



do 



do.. . 





do 



June 12, 1S73 

 June 13, 1S73 

 do 



do 



5.50 

 5-45 

 5-3° 

 5.29 



5-43 



5-47 



3-^3 



do 



do 



do . . . 



do 



3. 60 0. 93 



Gila River, N. Mex . . . 



do 



do 



Nov. — , 1S73 

 Nov. 5, 1S73 

 do 



do 



do 



3-7° 

 3-93 



1. 00 

 0. 90 



do 



Rio Blanco, Colo 



Mount Graham, Ariz .. 

 do 



Sept. 9, 1S74 

 Sept. 21, 1874 

 do 



C. E. Aiken 



H. W. Henshaw 











do 











do 



Sept. 22, 1874 



do 























GENTUEUS UEOPYGIALIS, Bd. 



CJila Woodpecker. 



Genturus uropygialis, Bd., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., vii, June, 1854, 120 (Pill Williams' 

 River, New Mexico).— Id,, Birds N. A., 1858, iii, 108-111, pi. xxxvi.— Id., Ives' 



