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spots few; below pure white; wing over 5 and tail up to 4 



inches Rocky Mountain Hairy Woodpecker. 



14. Middle and greater wing-coverts conspicuously white spotted; 



lores black or mostly black (15) 



15. Larger, wing over 5, tail 3| to 4, culmen 1 J to If inches ; paler 



Northern Hairy Woodpecker. 



15. Smaller, wing not over 5, tail 3^ to 3|, culmen under 1§ 



inches Hairy Woodpecker. 



393. *Dryobates villosus (Linnaeus) — Hairy Woodpecker. 



A common resident over at least the eastern half of state, breeding 

 in early May. Omaha, Lincoln, Peru, West Point, Neligh, Rock 

 county, Cherry county. 



[393a. D. v. leucomelas (Boddaert), the Northern Hairy Woodpecker, is 

 the form breeding north of the United States and reaching the north- 

 ern states in winter. Large specimens of the Hairy Woodpecker taken 

 at Omaha in winter have been referred to this form by Skow and Trost- 

 ler, but probably represent only the maximum of villosus.] 



393e. *Dryobates villosus monticola Anthony — Rooky Mountain Hairy 

 Woodpecker. 

 A common resident in Sioux county, entirely replacing the eastern 

 form. To this form must be referred all the records given as Cabanis 

 Woodpecker in former Nebraska reports. A dozen or more speci- 

 mens from Sioux county all agree with this form rather than with 



394b. *Dryobates pubescens homorus (Cabanis) — Batchelder Wood- 

 pecker. 

 An uncommon resident in Sioux county, breeding in willow stubs; 

 not so common as the corresponding variety of the Hairy. (For- 

 merly referred to as Gairdner's Woodpecker.) 



394c. *Dryobates pubescens medianus (Swainson) — Northern Downy 



Woodpecker. 



A very common resident in the eastern third of the state, breeding 



commonly; rare and local west of this to about the middle of the 



state. Omaha, Lincoln, Beatrice, Peru, Dakota City, West Point, 



Neligh, Niobrara, Long Pine. 



400. Picoides arcticus (Swainson) — Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker. 



A northern species making its way south in winter to the northern 

 states. Has been taken three times in the state, twice at Omaha, 

 once by I. S. Trostler, Dec. 15, 1895 and again by F. J. Brezee, and 

 at Dakota City by Wallace Bruner. 



402. Sphyrapicus varius (Linnaeus) — Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. 



A migratory woodpecker, found only in the eastern part of the 

 state and common only in the Missouri bottoms. It has frequently 

 been seen in various localities in summer but its nest has never been 



