714 SYNOPSIS OF 
wards, and lower parts, white; band on occiput, scarlet; band from bill 
to eye; narrow band from base of bill to shoulders; shoulders and four 
midgle tail-feathers, black; outer one, partially white. Male, 104, 173. 
Habitat, Fur Countries. | 
Picus Canadensis, 4ud. v. 188; plate 417; Syn. p. 177.—Picus villosus, Rich. & 
Swain. ii. 305. 
261. Picus Phillipsii, Aud. — Phillips’s Woodpecker. 
Head, orange yellow; hind neck, glossy black; white band over eye ; 
black band joing another white one from mouth to eye; upper parts, 
black, tinged with brown; tail, as in preceding species; lower parts, 
white. Male,104. Habitat, Massachusetts, one specimen only found. 
Picus Phillipsii, #ud. v. 186 ; plate 417; Syn. p. 177. 
262. Picus Martine, Mud. —Martin’s Woodpecker. 
Head, scarlet; forehead and occiput, black; several black and white 
bands over eye, and from base of bill toward eye and neck ; upper parts, 
black, in some places tipped and spotted with white; lower parts, white, 
tinged with gray and red. , Male, 9}. Habitat, Canada. 
Picus Martine, Aud. vy. 181; plate 417; Syn. p. 178. 
263. Picus Harrissii, Aud. — Harris’s Woodpecker. 
Head and hind neck, glossy black; bands of scarlet, black and white on 
occiput, and from bill toward eye and hind neck; upper parts, black; 
feathers along middle, tipped with white; lower parts, brownish white; 
has no white spots on wing-coverts. Male, 9. Habitat, Columbia River. 
Picus Harrissii, Aud. v. 191; plate 417; Syn. p. 178. 
264. Picus villosus, Linn. — Hairy Woodpecker, Wilson, p. 102. 
Picus villosus, Bonap. Syn. p. 46. Nutt i. 575. Aud. v. 164; plate 416; Syn. 
-p. 179. 
265. Picus pubescens, Linn.— Downy Woodpecker, Wilson, p. 104. 
Picus pubescens, Bonap. Syn. p.46. Rich. & Swain. ii. 307. Nutt. i. 576. Aud. 
ii, 81; v, 5393 plute 112; Syn. p.180. ~ 
266. Picus Gairdneri, 4ud.— Gairdner’s Woodpecker. 
Black above, with scarlet occipital band, brownish white beneath ; 
spotted with white ; spots smaller than in preceding. Length, 63. Hab- 
itat, Columbia River. 
Picus Gairdneri, Aud. v. 317; .yn. p. 180. Not figured. 
267. Picus querulus, Wilson. — Red-cockaded Woodpecker, Wilson, 
p. 164. 
Nests in holes in trees. Eggs, four, white. 
Picus enaliay Bonap. Syn. p. 46. Nutt. i. 577. Aud. v. 12; plate 389; Syn. 
p. 180. 
268. Picus Auduboni, Trudeau. — Audubon’s Woodpecker. 
Upper parts, black ; lower, white, with a tinge of brown ; the sides very 
faintly barred with dusky; tufts covering the nostrils, white; head, yel- 
lowish ; white band over eye, black one behind it ; back tipped with white. 
Adult, 7,134. Habitat, Louisiana. 
Picus Auduboni, Aud. v. 194; plate 417; Syn. p. 181. 
269. Picus ruber, Gmel. — Red-breasted Woodpecker. 
Head, neck, and breast, deep carmine ; upper parts, black, variegated 
