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summer). — ^Anderson, Proc. Davenp. Ac. Sci., xvi, 1907, 274 (Iowa). — 

 TowNSBND and Allen, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xxxiii, 1907, 376 (s. Labra- 

 dor, s. of 56°). — ^Embody, Auk, xxvii, 1910, 172 (Hanover Co., Virginia, resi- 

 dent). — Fekbt, Auk, xxvii, 1910, 199 (Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, breed- 

 ing). — Howell, Auk, xxvii, 1910, 296 (Barboursville, etc., Kentucky), 301 

 (Cross Mt., 3,400ft., and Walden Ridge, e. Tennessee), 383 (St. Francis River, 

 B. e. Missouri, breeding). — (?) Jewett, Condor, xiv, 1912, 192 (Sawtooth Mts., 

 Idaho, late fall). 



KODLA.K references. 



Picus pubescens (not of Linnaeus) Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. 

 Birds, ii, 1874, 509, part (Kodiak). — Nelson, Rep. Nat. Hist. Coll. Alaska, 

 1887, 156, part (Kodiak). 



DRYOBATES PDBESCENS NELSONI Oberholser. 



NORTHERN DOWWY WOODPECKER. 



Similar to D. p. medianus, but decidedly larger, white of under parts, 

 tc, purer, and black bars on lateral rectrices usually narrower or 

 !ss numerous, sometimes nearly obsolete. 



Adult male.— Length (skins), 147-162 (159); wing, 95-101.5 (99.1); 

 lil, 58.5-67 (63.1); exposed culmen, 16-18 (17); tarsus, 15.5-17 

 16.2); outer anterior toe, 10-11 (10.5) .« 



Adult female. — Length (skins), 155-168 (161); wing, 97-101.5 

 38.8); tail, 57-72 (63.3); exposed culmen, 15-16.5 (15.9); tarsus, 

 5-16.5 (15.7); outer anterior toe, 9.5-10.5 (10. l)." 



<» Twenty-one specimens. 



6 Eleven specimens. 



Locality. 



Outer 

 ante- 

 rior toe. 



MALES. 



ine adult males from interior Alaska 



our adult males from Mackenzie 



vro adult males from Athabasca 



ive adult males from eastern Montana (January, April, May, 



December) 



ne adult male from eastern Wyoming (October) 



FEMALES. 



wo adult females from western and interior Alaska 



Iiree adult females from Mackenzie 



oe adult female from Alberta (February) 



Iiree adult females from Minnesota (Fort Snelling, Apr. 13).. 



ae adult female from Wisconsin (Kenosha, October) 



ae adult female from New York (Locust Grove, Apr. 10) 



10.6 

 10.2 

 10 



10.8 

 10.5 



10 



10.2 



10 



10.2 



10 



10.5 



Many winter specimens from eastern Massachusetts closely approach this form in 



ze and agree exactly in coloration, measurements being as follows: 



Three adult males from eastern Massachusetts (November): Wing, 97.5; tail, 57.2; 



^posed culmen, 16.5; tarsus, 15.8; outer anterior toe, 10.7. 



Three adult females from eastern Massachusetts (November, December, January); 



ing, 96.5; tail, 59.8; exposed culmen, 15.7; tarsus, 15.8; outer anterior toe, 10.5. 



