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glossy-white, and nearly elliptical in shape. There is considerable difference in the 

 size of tjie eggs; a set of four measure, respectively, .75x.62, .77x.62, .73x.61, .73x.62; 

 another set, containing four, .84x.58, .78x.59, .83x.58, .82x.56; a set of five, .80x.57, 

 .85X..60, .84X.60, .83x.62, .84x.63. 



394(1. GAIRDNER'S WOODPECKEB. Dryobates pubeseens gairdnerii (Aud.) 

 Geog. Dist. — Western United States, from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific, north 

 to British Columbia, south to New Mexico. 



The western representative or counterpart of the Downy Woodpecker of the 

 East, resembling it in size, general habits, etc. In many places of the West it is an 

 abundant bird, but is not generally so common as the Downy is in the Eastern 

 States. Mr. Norris has a set of five eggs of this Woodpecker, collected June 1, 1876, 

 near Santa Cruz, California. They are glossy-white, and measure .81x.69, .80x.58, 

 .80X.59, .77X.58, .74x.56. 



3946. BATCHELDER'S WOODPECKEB. Dryobates pubeseens orewcus Batch. 

 Geog. Dist. — Rocky Mountain region of the United States. 



This subspecies inhabits the Rocky Mountain region of the United States, but it 

 appears to be more common on the eastern slopes than on the western and throughr 

 out the Great Basin regions. Its habits, food, nesting and eggs are identical with 

 those of the Downy Woodpecker of the Eastern States. A set of six eggs of this 

 subspecies is in Mr. C. W. Crandall's oological collection. They were taken by Mr. 

 D. P. Ingraham "near Beulah, Pueblo county, Colorado, June 1, 1896. The bird was 

 shot and identification made certain. The nest was in the hollow of a dead limb 

 of an aspen tree about 14 feet from the ground, at an altitude of 8,000 feet. The eggs 

 are pure white, very glossy and of a true ovate shape. Their sizes are as follows: 

 .73X.58, .74X.58, .74x.60, .76x.59, .76x.57, .74x.59 inches respectively. 



394c. DOWNY WOODPECKEB. Dryobates pubeseens medianus (Swains.) 

 Geog. Dist. — Middle and northern parts of eastern United States and northward. 



Now a geographical race of the typical Dryobates pubeseens of Linnffius. It is the 

 the familiar "Downy" of the middle and northern parts of eastern United States. Its 

 habits, nesting and eggs are described under the type No. 394. 



394(Z. NELSON'S DOWNY WOODPECKEB. Dryobates pubeseens nelsoni 

 Oberholser. Geog. Dist. — Alaska and Northern British America. 



Mr. Nelson states that this Downy Woodpecker is a winter and summer resident 

 in Alaska. Where woodland or a growth of bushes and small trees occur it is cer- 

 tain to be found. It has been taken along the entire course of the Yukon, as weH 

 as at various points on the coast of Bering Sea. The nesting holes were frequently 

 found in the decaying stubs, although he did not find a nest containing eggs. 



395. BED-COCKADED WOODPECKEB. Dryobates borealis (Vieill.) Geog. 

 Dist. — Southern States, north regularly to North Carolina, irregularly to New Jersey; 

 west to Indian Territory and Eastern Texas. 



The Red-cockaded Woodpecker has a restricted distribution in the Southeastern 

 Atlantic and Gulf States, and is found regularly as far north as the Carolinas, west- 

 ward to Indian Territory and Eastern Texas, and only irregularly to New Jersey. 

 Audubon speaks of it in his day as being found abundantly from Texas to New 

 Jersey, and as far inland as Tennessee, and nowhere more numerous than in the pine 



