AVES. 117 



PICI. 



PICID.IE. 



222. Dryobates villosus (Lixine) Cabanis. 



Hairy woodpecker; Big giiinea woodpecker; Big sapsucker. 



PiciLs villosus Linue, Syst. nat., ed. 12, 1766, vol. 1, p. 175. 

 "ts A.MERICA SEPTENTRiONALi." Audubon, Birds of Amer., 

 1842, vol. 4, p. 244, pi. 262. Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 4, fig. 9. 



Forests; nests in holes dug in dead or live trees. 



Me. — Common resident. Eggs, INIay 28. 



N. H. — Common resident up to 4500 ft. 



Vt. — Uncommon resident. Eggs, June 8. 



Mass. — Uncommon -winter visitor and less common summer 

 resident, especially in western part. Eggs, April 22-May 30. 



R. I. — Uncommon fall and \\inter ^■isitor and rare summer 

 resident (Chepachet, Cranston). Sept. l.-Mar.; summer. Eggs, 

 INIay 12-28. 



CoxN. — Uncommon fall and winter visitor, rare summer resident. 

 Eggs, May 2-9. 



223. Dryobates pubescexs mediaxus (Swainson) Brewster. 



Downy woodpecker; Little guinea woodpecker; Little sap- 

 sucker. 



Picus (Dendrocopus) medianus Swains., in Swains, and Richard- 

 son, Fauna Boreali-Amer., 1831, vol. 2, p. 308. "middle parts 

 OF North A:\ierica. . . .New Jersey." 



Dryobates pubescejis (Linne). Chapman, Handb. birds east. 

 No. Amer., 1895, p. 230; Bird-life, 1898, pi. 24. Egg, Capen, 

 1886, pi. 14, fig. 10. 



Open woods, shade and orchard trees; nests in holes excavated 

 in dead trees. 



Me. — Common resident. Eggs, May 27. 



N. H. — - Common resident, mainly below 3000 ft. 



Vt. — Common resident. 



