282 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



bars; sides of head striped with black and white; lower parts whitish (some- 

 times stained a light brownish or smoky tint), usually more or less varied with 

 dusky. Adult male with more or less of red on head, usually on occiput. Adult 

 female without any red on head. Young with crown more or less extensively 

 red or yellow. 



a 1 . Back varied with white. 



b\ Back striped or marked longitudinally with white; lower parts without 

 black markings, except sometimes on sides of breast or, more rarely, 

 on flank. 

 c 1 . Lateral tail-feathers without black bars ; culmen 1.00, or more ; wing 

 usually more than 4.00. 

 d l . Middle and greater wing-coverts and tertials conspicuously spotted 

 with white. 

 e 1 . Lores partly or entirely black, the white superciliary stripe 

 being thus cut off from the white or pale brownish of the 

 nasal tufts. 

 f 1 . Wing more than 5.00, culmen 1.40, or more. 



Length about 10.00-11.00, wing 5.02-5.40 (5.25), tail 

 3.60-3.80 (3.70), culmen 1.40-1.62 (1.49). Sab. 

 Northern North America, west to Alaska and 

 British Columbia, south, in winter, to northern 

 border of United States. 



393a. D. villosus leucomelas (Bodd.). 

 Northern Hairy Woodpecker. 

 /'. Wing not more than 5.00 ; culmen not more than 1.35. 



g l . Larger: Length about 8.50-9.00, wing 4.50-5.00 

 (4.70), tail 3.10-3.60 (3.37), culmen 1.18-1.35 

 (1.24). Eggs .93 X -69. Sab. Eastern "United 

 States, except south Atlantic and Gulf States. 

 393. D. villosus (Linn.). Hairy Woodpecker. 

 g 1 . Smaller: Length about 8.00-8.75, wing 4.40-4.80 

 (4.51), tail 3.00-3.20 (3.04), culmen 1.12-1.24 

 (1.14). Sab. South Atlantic and Gulf States, 

 north to Georgia and Tennessee. 



3936. D. villosus audubonii (Swains.). 



Southern Hairy Woodpecker. 



c 2 . Lores chiefly or entirely white, thus connecting the white 



superciliary stripe with the white or light brownish of the 



nasal tufts. 



Length about 7.00-8.00, wing 3.95-4.35 (4.12), tail 2.85- 

 3.10 (2.95), culmen 1.00-1.22 (1.10). Sab. Bahamas. 



D. villosus maynardi Kidow. Bahaman Hairy 



Woodpecker. 1 



1 Picw insularis Maynard, The Nat. in Florida, i. No. 4, 1885; not of Gould, 1862. 



