BIRDS OF NOETH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 215 



Trichopicus hnrim Henry, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1859, 105 (New Mexico). 



Picus villosus, var. harridi Ridgway, Am. Joum. Sci., iv, 1872, 456, part. 



Picus villosus harrisi Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, 1880, 188, part; Nom. 

 N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 3606, part.— Coues, Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 

 439, part. — Batchbldek, Auk, ii, 1885, 127 (Las Vegas Hot Springs, New 

 Mexico). 

 . Plicus] v[iUosiis] harrisi Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, no. 483, part. 



Dryobates villosus hanisii Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., viii, 1885, 355, 

 part. — ^American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 393c, 

 part. — ^Mitchell, Auk, xv, 1898, 308 (San Miguel Co., New Mexico, breeding). 



Dlryohates] villosus hanisii Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 283, part. 



\Dendrocopus villosm.'] Subsp. p. Dendrocopus hanisi Hargitt, Cat. Birds 

 Brit. Mus., xviii, 1890, 234, part (Springerville, Arizona). 



[Pieus villosus . . . .b. harrisii] b'. medii Coues, Birds North West, 1874, 280, 

 part (in synonymy). 



Pieus hanasii Kennbrly, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., iv, pt. vi, 1856, 10 (Little 

 Colorado R., Arizona), t 



[Dryobates villostis] hyloscopus (not D. hyloscopus Cabanis and Heine) Brewster, 

 Auk, V, 1888, 252, in text (part). 



Dryobates villosus hyloscopus ■ American ORNrrnoLOGiSTs' Union, Suppl. to 

 Check List, 1889, 9, part; Check List, 2d ed., 1895, no. 393(f, part.— Mer- 

 HiAM, North Am. Fauna, no. 3, 1890, 92 (San Francisco Mt., Arizona, in 

 pine belt). — ^Mearns, Auk, vii, 1890, 251 (mts. of Arizona, breeding in 

 pine belt). — Bendirb, Life Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1895, 53, part. — ^Wet- 

 more, Kansas Univ. Sci. BuU., iv, no. 19, 1908, 378 (Bill Williams Mt., 

 Arizona). 



D[ryobates] villosus hyloscopus Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1896, 596; 

 part. 



Dryobates villosus leucothorectis Oberholser, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xl, no. 1840, 

 June 3, 1911, 597, 608 (Burley, New Mexico; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.).— Berg- 

 told, Auk, xxix, 1912, 332 (Gila R., New Mexico). — American Ornitholo- 

 gists' Union Committee, Auk, xxix, 1912, 383. 



DRYOBATES VILLOSUS ORIUS Oberholser. 



SIERRA WOODPECKER. 



Similar to D. v. leucotlwrectis, but decidedly larger and with under 

 ■parts less purely white (usually more or less tinged with pale drab- 

 grayish) ; similar also to D. v. monticola but smaller and less purely 

 white beneath. 



Adult male.— Length, (skins), 206-244 (224); wing, 125.5-132.5 

 (129.1); tail, 69.5-83.5 (77); exposed culmen, 30-34.5 (31.9); tarsus, 

 21-24 (22.9); outer anterior toe, 14-15.5 (15).« 



Adult female.— Length ^ (skins), 213; wing, 125-128.5 (126.3); 

 taa, 78.5-83 (80.1); exposed culmen, 27-27.5 (27.1); tarsus, 21-22 

 (21.5); outer anterior toe, 14-15 (14.4)." 



Sierra Nevada district of California, Oregon, South-centraj^^ssh- 

 ington, and Nevada; casually (in winter) to western WasWngton 

 (Puyallup). ,v v--o*i<AA] 



"■ Thirteen specimens. * One specimen. « Foui'specimeilsi 



