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U. S. p. R. E. EXP. AHm SURVEYS — ZOOLOGY — GENERAL REPORT. 



PIOUS BOEEALIS, Vieill. 



Red-cockaded Woodpecker. 



Pirns borealis, VieillOt, Oss. Am. Sept. II, 1807, 66 ; pi. 122.— Stephens in Shaw's Gen. Zool. IX, 1817, 174. 

 Picus querulus, Wilson, Am. Cm. II, 1810, 103 ; pi. xv, f. 1.— Wagler, Syst. Av. 1827, No. 21.— Ib. Isis, 1829, 



51-0.— AoD. Orn. Biog. V, 1839, 12 ; pi. 389.— Ib. Birds America, IV, 1842, 254 ; pi. 264.— Bp. Consp. 1850, 



137. 

 Picus {Phrenopicus) querulus, Bp. Consp. Zyg. Aten. Ital. 1854, 8. 

 Picus leucotis, Illiger, (fide Lichtenstein in letter to Wagler ; perhaps only a catalogue name.) — Licht. Verzeich. 



1823, 12, No. 81. 

 Picus meillotii, Wagler, Syst. Av. 1827, No. 20. 



Sp. Ch. — Fourth quill longest. Upper parts, with top and sides of the head, black. Back, rump, and scapulars 

 banded transversely with white ; webs of quills spotted with white. Bristles of bill, under parts generally, and a silky patch on 

 the side of the head, white. Sides of breast streaked with black. First and second outer tail feathers white, barred with 

 black. Outer web of the third mostly white. A short, very inconspicuous narrow streak of silky scarlet on the side of the 

 head a short distance behind the eye, along the junction of the white and black ; this is wanting in the female. Length about 

 Ti inches : wing, i^. 



Hob, — Southern States. 



This species is chiefly confined to the southern Atlantic States, being rarely seen as far north 

 as Pennsylvania. 



List of specimens. 



PICUS ALBOLAEVATUS. 



White-headed Woodpecker. 



Leuconerpes albolarvatus, Cassik, Pr. A. N. Sc. V, Oct. 1850, 106. California. 



Melanerpes albolarvatus, Cassin, Jour. A. N. Sc, 2d series, II, Jan. 1853, 257 ; pi. 22. — Newberrt, ZooI. Cal. 



and Greg. Route, 9, Rep. P. R. R. VI, 1857. 

 Leuconerpes albolarvatus, Bonap. Consp. Zyg. At. Ital. 1854, 10. 

 Picxis (Xenopicw) albolarvatus, Baird. 



Sp. Ch. — Fourth and fifth quills equal and longest. Entirely bluish black, excepting the head and outer edges, with 

 the entire basal portion, of the primaries, which are white. Length about 9 inches ; wing, 5J. Male with a narrow line of red 

 on the nape. 



Hab. — Cascade mountains of Oregon and southward into California. 



This woodpecker is more simple in its colors than any other North American species. The 

 sixth quill is a little shorter than the fifth ; the third again a little less. The second is inter- 

 mediate between the seventh and eight. There is no white on the first primary, except on the 

 extreme and concealed basal portion. The white on the outer webs does not extend to within 

 an inch of the end. There is no white whatever on the tail. On the side of the head the 



