The Red-breasted Sap::>< -hers 
Hay region .inti -Su■;t:• i'ruz dis!:irt. at least M •. .-imell). Intergradaiion 
with ruber charm r. -i/cs man;. California-iad -n s;.-. .<• 
Authorities. Audubon ! PiY.c.t r -T ■ > i.i v., 18.59, P- 179 (upper 
Calif. 1: (ri !>•/'■ t. .i..: v ‘I iii . >.;< 1 1 w.: type locality, Pasadena); 
ibid. l"i iv. i Pub. v..|. v., , , 14. 15 (San Bernardino Mis.; 
habits, nest. ciistO: McAfee, I . S. ix-p.. \Sere. Bull., no. 37, 1912, p. 51 
(food); Pierce, Condor, vol. xviii., 19.1b, i ■] < Saa Bernardino Mts. ; desc. nest). 
IT IS ail very well for I he t • ■■ •; nu hologist to tell us that Sap- 
suekcrs are somewhat injurious •. 1 (,-oes, but the sight of one of 
ihest; .-plen-Jid trcarures, di u cry to the base of a tree and 
hitchin.c coquettishly m..- • >, ;• to disarm all resentment. 
From what spilleti chniicc - ■! i ihttjiundy has the bird been sipping? 
Oi from wh;u baptism m hi »..»l ha - he iateiy escaped' that he should be 
dyed red fur hail h.i-. knjjih.' Recru-iescent mythology, ill at ease in these 
commercial tun i.ix .. ... , p-r>. fu.t'tite glances at him, and longs to 
account it its immita’rT q. lor die telltale color. 
1 - • r rn m-T. H \ 0 .-it trees will iure such beauty from the woods, 
i • ■■■:; ! - nr.- ■ . 1 n i.r, \ u >vai I b, - rutige the car!y sap from my choicest 
pippin T. f cid'-r mvsdf, hut there are worthier. Drink, pretty 
V«. il. ■ c th.-ic . .. !>•.< .graphical details; but what of it? Have 
you not \m*.r u ‘ . -mutter. w ith beauty that you forgot to inquire 
Red-breasted Sapsucker 
Nearly life size 
‘.hue wk< n i >• i u ■ 1 >n on Cascade trail, this crimson 
>f a clearing, arid proceeded to inspect our 
ulan' approvingly; end w h T in- C. i • ■ irty hear!. '.1 Ins mouth, it lit 
on the tent-post and gave it Co or Uuv. inquiritig a > •. What need of 
details! 
No. 107 Sierra Red-breasted Sapsucker 
A. 0 . U. No. 405 :1. Sphyrapicus ruber ruber (Gindin). 
Synonyms.— Red-breasti:p Woodpecker. Sierra Sapsucker. Daggett’s 
SwesuciCER. 
Description. —Alur Kale: Somewhat ;os in S. varius nuchal is, bur distinctive 
markings of head and neck nd ehesr nearly obliterated l;y a! i-prevailing carmine, 
which n u lies neii down on breast; marks alluded to persistent only in anterior portion 
■>f transverse (a bind cheek-stripe and in black of lores; breast (posterior to carmine) 
and r< inaic!’. .. i:iuierp,i.-ta. except lining of wings, strongly suffused with yellow (piuard 
yellow); v :ise quitting o; upper parts greatly reduced, the residual marks on scapulars 
tinged with yellow; white wing-bat fully persistent, but -.ome rimes yellow-tinged— 
thus an e voiced form c 4 S. *\ nuc'.e'is. with which males arc said to exhibit every 
degit-e .-I grad.ion. . I dull ; Like but plumage just perceptibly duller. 
