The Cactus Woodpecker 
lophilus is lm-wner ah'." i• •«*r*. strikiusv : • ami numerously barred, with less of 
black on sides of bead, and r«l (of ath a ... ’'rv.n.iing crown .is well as nape. 
Nesting.— A A hole ai mo . height in giant cactus, Joshua-iree, 
willow, or other tree. hys: IX > bite, glossy. Av. size 20.7 x 15.9 
(.82 x .<>,d Season: M air it 25- \ 1 .:. A iune; one brood. 
Range of Dryohai, > i hr.esvern I'nited States south over the 
highlands of Mexico to Vue;,inn ‘ Hr aX Honduras. 
Rang.* of J. . •. •• is< ti •. Sonoran zone of the southwestern 
states, fr»>ni ! •. . j southeastern California. 
Distribution in A-.XX : r;t„. southeastern deserts, broadly; hence, 
•:.c .. ...jn.cc, ; . in- • -rough Walker and San Gorgonio Passes. 
Ac X . • AA;-.- fAX?:i in Rep. Stansbury’s Surv. Great Salt 
I.t'ki*. i’.' . •.; ; ■ c X. Am, Birds, vol. ii., 1895, p. 65, pt. . 
Obri-h.'l 1 • Ac- ..91), p. 140 (monogr.); Grinnell and Swarlh, 
Univ. Caiii X / ■' - (San Jacinto region: desc. nests and habits; 
oix ••••;: , ... i . f'i: vol. xii., 1914, p. 132 (Colo. Valley; 
Accustomed to associating Woodpeckers with 
> ;. uncanny to flush a Cactus Woodpecker 
... . 1 rite desert, and to have it go plicking 
. ... Ai: idu.-rt vegetation to another. It is an inexor- 
v liable space shall be occupied; so here 
content, making the best of a very 
ighty Logcock not a whit. - Of course it 
Cactus (upper pair) and Nuttall Woodpeckers 
Male and female, of each, about f/ 2 life size. 
. ; : i i<, , -'i.-n, it requires something of more 
, ; : . : i ;■•. ■ iis breeding range is confined to 
A f. .AA;: • - .A h; i . r Sonoran zone, and to the 
:■ i-o ■ a ip ii-., i<->; - . ; , . ; t'v dried stalks of the agave 
; :<i ;A yuc ;; exx//..pAv;, • ; X !):■■ lo-hi-.t tree [Yucca arborcscens), 
r, 1 .AA.v.v S uoca otTei a-yumi. in the valley of the Colorado, 
: no rivalry from D. pubt a:ns turati. the Cactus Woodpecker is 
.. . , ,. •, ;he willows which grow so rankly along the lagoons. 
limiv ■ ! areas where the giant cactus crosses the river 
.: (. dp Cactus, too. gladly establishes its home within 
A. . -A,.; , , a i, <uvs habitually in Arizona. The ripened fruit 
hud counts a special delicacy. Outside of these 
. - 0 A ; mesquite tree must be conquered, and it is 
is iv-i . x nesting cavity which ha . 1 been drilled with in- 
; o '; -a-iike wood. Last of all comes the telegraph pole 
-. • n-. ; a •. a.. : a j-1, > t h is eh i !d of." 1 a - deser t. Caclophilus, 
in a- »— h -cuviui i. -■ j 1 A. va y fo !>• reebrisivned uiegraphpoleophilus, 
