The Lewis Woodpecker 
s&. Til 
i a wi - Woodpecker 
with a greenish bronzy luster; 
L‘ <'jnr >.>e, cheeks, and chin, rich crimson 
iiid with breast hoary ash; this 
i» r'Mm red. on remaining underparts, 
ch '■ feathers of nape and underparts 
;>n colored portion of tips, each barb 
!i;>l feet black; iris brown. Young birds 
ierparts are gray mingled with dusky 
i indance according to age. Length of 
: . ■ tii 95 (3.74); bill 30.5 (1.20); tarsus 
••Liebig black above, hoary collar and breast; 
■ di. • iactive. 
.. ii\e or dead tree, usually at considerable 
■*> •:. \v. size 26.2 *' 20.3 (l. 0 $ x .80). Season: 
.0, : western United States from southern 
■ - ■ to California and western Texas, arid 
Lewis’s Woodpecker 
(The bronzy sheen of the black has been exaggerated in printing) 
About ]/ 2 life size 
From a water-color painting by Major .■Ulan Brooks 
, - ■ -:: .... '! ■ ini I dopes of the Sierras, and 
, : -. .o. . . -.umn or (probably, breeding) 
mnriS ■ . \ ., 1 • •;.! -■■■-.■ .,■■■ : canta Barbara. Of usual 
.. : - ■ •■, : in . . . ■ o, , - .■ :• .re west of the Sierras 
•‘.wittes. Audi.:bom « 'r . Biog . vol. v.. 1839, p. 176 
' ..r,e. Condor. •:•:. 1907, p. 27 •.feeding habits )\ Bolander, Condor, 
; .s4 p. 1*3 i \l .in d ; Co., nesting). 
i .1 •; .0 oi tiv. t.:;my new create res discovered by a 
•c : ,140 was ibis curious black wood- 
■ o'-U m 1 i, bur which soon became 
• *•.- . • > ■ ; - !■ , : >■, • , :*-00 > 1. ri wether Lewis. 
• • ■ ; v. woodpecker, 
e know him best, 
..r Hid or towering 
•:i> invisible. If the 
A. 0 . U. No 
Synonym 
Peso ipti’-n 
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