THE BIRD BOOK 



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306. TkXAS WonDTECKER. 



I)ri/(il>(itcs ■■icdlariti bairdi. 



RaiiKe. — Soutljwestern Unit.efi States from 

 southern Ooloraido south to northern Mexico. 

 This species is brownisli wliite below, has the 

 Ijaclc ))arred with blaclc and wliite, and the male 

 lias the whole crown red, shading into mixed 

 black and whitish on the forehead. Its habits 

 and nesting arc- just the same as those of the 

 Downy, but the three or four white eggs, that 

 they lay in April, are larger; size .80 x .65. 



.'>J)().i. San Lucas Woodpecker. Dri/o- 

 baics scalarix lucnsanus. 



Range. — Lower California, north to the Colo- 

 rado Desert, California. 



Very similar to the last; less barring on the 

 outer tail feathers. Eggs the same. 



397. Nl'TTALl/s WoODl'ECKEH. 1 ) I l/olHlt i:\ liutfallt. 



Range. — Pacific coast from Oregon south to' Lower Cal- 

 ifornia. 



Similar to the Texan Woodpecker but whiter below, 

 with whitish nasal tufts, and the fore part of the crown 

 black and white striped, the red being confined to the 

 nape region. They nest in holes in trees, either in dead 

 stumps or in growing trees, and at any height above 

 ground. During April or May they deposit their white 

 glossy eggs upon the bottom of the cavity. The eggs 

 measure .8.5 x .65. 



SQSt. Arizona Woodpeckek. Drijohates arizuntr. 



Range. — Mexican border of the LTnited States, chiefly in 

 Arizona and New Mexico. 



This species is entirely different from any others of 

 our Woodpeckers, being uniform brownish above, and soiled 

 whitish below, spotted with black. The male bird has a 

 red crescent on the nape. They are said to lie fairly abund- 

 ant in some sections of southern Arizona. Their nesting 

 habits do not vary from those of the other Woodpeckers 

 found in the same regions, and they show no especial pre- 

 ference for any particular kind of a tree in wliich to lay 

 their eggs. The nesting season appears to lie at its 

 height in April. The pure white eggs average in size 

 about .85 X .60. 



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