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Dimensions 



















Of the male. 













igth, total . 

 „ of tail . 

 „ of wing 

 „ of bill above 



Inch. 



. 11 



. 4 



5 



. 1 



Lin. 

 

 3 



4i 

 6* 



Length of bill to rictus 

 ,, of tarsus 

 ,, of middle toe 

 „ of its nail . 



Inch. 



. 1 







. 







Lin. 



8 



11 



n 



4f 



Length of versatile toe . 

 „ of its nail 

 „ of hind toe . 

 „ of its nail 



Inch. 





 . 





 . 



Lin. 

 8 

 5 



3* 

 3 



The female is upwards of an inch shorter, and its bill measures a quarter of an inch less. 



1. Picus (Dendrocopus) villosus. Bill of the male. 



2. „ ,, „ Bill of the female. 



3. ,, „ ,, Section of the bill. 



4. ,, „ ,, Greater wing cover. 



5. Var. ? (Audubonii.) Bill. 



6. „ „ Section. 



7- ,, „ Greater wing cover. 



[102.] 3. Picus (Dendrocopus) pubescens. (Sw.) Downy Woodpecker. 



Genus, Picus, Linn. Sub-genus, Dendrocopus, Koch. 



Downy Woodpecker {Picus pubescens) . Penn. Arct. Zoo!., ii., p. 274, No. 165. 



Wi-Ls., i , p. 153, pi. 9, f. 4. 

 Picus pubescens. Vieil. Ois. de V Am., ii., p. 65, pi. 121 ? Bonap. Syn., No. 43. 

 Paupastuow. Cree Indians. 



Ch. Sp. Picus {Dendrocopus) pubescens, albo nigroque varius ; subtus albus, pileo nigro, fascia occipitali rubra ; 



remige septimo secundum longe superanti. 

 Sp. Ch. Downy Woodpecker, varied with black and white ; beneath white ; crown and hind head black, the latter 



margined by a red band : second quill feather much shorter than the seventh. 

 Obs. Lateral tail feathers broad and obtuse ; the shafts broad, terminating in an abrupt point, and not reaching to 



the apex of the extreme barbs-}-. 



This diminutive but exceedingly industrious Woodpecker is a constant inha- 



* The bill of the male bird here described is remarkably longer than any of my specimens from the United States, 

 and would almost lead us to suspect it to be a different species. — Sw. 



•j- We have no doubt that two, if not three species of these little Woodpeckers, from different parts of North 

 America, have been confounded under the common name of pubescens. As their elucidation will be interesting, we 

 shall shortly define the two which do not occur in the Arctic collections. We have several specimens of the two 

 first in our museum, and they all exhibit the peculiar distinctions by which we now characterise them. When we 



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