DENDKOCpPTJS. 151 



Dendrooopus pubesoens {Linn.). 



Picus pubesoens, Baird, Brewer ^ Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 509 



(1874) ; Seebohm, Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 171 (1896). 

 Dendrocopus pubescens, Sargitt, Cat. Birds B. M. xviii. p. 238 (1890) ; 



Nehrk. Kat. Mei-samml. p. 166 (1899) ; Skarpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 214 



(1900). 

 Dryobates pubescens, Bendire, LifeSist. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 55, pi. i. 



fig. 24 (1896). 



The eggs of the Downy Woodpecker are highly glossy, and 

 measure from -67 to -84 in length, and from -57 to -62 in breadth. 



6. North America {Senshaw Coll,). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. North America (Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman CoU. 

 3. N. America. Crowley Bequest. 



6. Saybrook, Connecticut, 6th June. Crowley Bequest. 



3. Ithaca, New York. Princeton University, N.J. [E.]. 



4. Highland Falls, New York, 17th Seebohm Coll. 



May (E. A. Mearns : Hargitt 

 Coll.). 



5. Nebraska, .31st May. W. EadcliiFe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Dendrocopus gairdneri {And.). 



Picus pubescens, var. gairdneri, Baird, Brewer Sr Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, 



ii. p. 512 (1874). 

 Dendrocopus gairdneri, Hargitt, Cat. Birds B. M. xviii. p. 241 (1890) ; 



Sharpe, Sand-l. ii. p. 214 ^1900). 

 Dryobates pubescens gairdneri, Bendire, LifeSist. N. Amer. Birds, 



ii. p. 58 (1895). 



The eggs of Gairdner's Woodpecker measure from -79 to "82 in 

 length, and from '57 to '61 in breadth. 



5. N. America (Field Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



2. CeliioTnia, (T. M. Brewer : Tris- Crowley Bequest. 



tra7n Coll.). 



Dendrocopus scalaris (Wagl.). 



Picus scalaris, Baird, Brewer Sf Bidgw. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 515 



(1874). 

 Dendrocopus scalaris, SargiU, Cat. Birds B. M. xvm, p. 246 (1890) ; 



Salv. ^ Qodm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, ii. p. 485 (1895) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 166 (1899) ; Sharpe, Sand-l. ii. p. 215 (1900). 

 Dryobates scalaris bairdi, Bendire, Life-Bist. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 63 



(1895). 



The eggs of Baird's Woodpecker in the Collection measure 

 respectively : -81 by -6 ; -81 by -62 ; -82 by -6 ; -8 by -6. 



1, Mexico, Dec. (Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



3. Mexico, 7th April (Field Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



