BIRDS — PICIDAE — PICUS HARRISII. 
List of specimens. 
Sex and 
age. 
3 
Qt 
Locality. 
When collect- 
ed. 
Whence obtained. 
Orig'l 
No. 
Collected by— 
Length. 
Extent. 
Whig. 
Remarks. 
Toronto, C. W 
S. F. Baird 
Original of P. murtinae, 
Aud. 
Original of P. phillipsii, 
Aud. 
Original of P. canadensis, 
Aud. 
9 
3 
3 
o 
9 
o 3 
3 
o 
oQ 
Carlisle, Pa 
June 24,1844 
, January, 1845 
9.17 
9. 
9.33 
16.50 
14.75 
15.17 
4.83 
4.67 
4.58 
4.42 
do 
July 22,1843 
Dec. 3,1842 
June 5,1839 
June 10,1844 
Sept. 3, 1845 
do 
8.92 
14.83 
4.07 
Crown spotted yellow, 
9 
o 3 
o 3 
9 
9 
9 
3 
9 
Oct. 17,1842 
May 22,1844 
8.50 
15. 
14.83 
4.58 
4.50 
Crown, yellow spotted... 
Original, P. auduhonii! .. 
Ft.Leavenworth,K.T. 
Fort Riley, K. T 
Nov. 27,1854 
, 1856 
13 
Dr. Hammond and 
J. X. DeVesey. 
Dr.W. A. Hammond 
, 1857 
May 3,1856 
Fort Lookout, N. T. .. 
July, 1850 
9.25 
14.50 
5.25 
Powder river, N. T. . . 
Independence, Mo. . . 
Black Hills, Nebraska 
Aug. 3,1856 
May 26,1857 
Oct. 1,1857 
Sept. 7,1857 
3 
3 
Dr. J.G. Cooper 
9.00 
14.00 
16.25 
17.00 
4.75 
5.25 
do 
10.00 
PICUS HARRISII, Aud. 
Harris' Woodpecker. 
Picus harrisii, Aud. Orn. Biog. V, 1839, 191 ; pi. 417.— Ib. Syn. 1839, 178.— In. Birds America, IV, 1842, 242 ; 
pi. 261, (dark-bellied variety.)— Nuttall, Man. I, 2d ed. 1840, G27. 
?Picus inomatus, Lie ht. (Bon. Consp.) 
Picus (Trichopicus) harrisii, Bp. Consp. Zyg. Aten. Ital. 1854, 8. 
Sp. Ch. — Size and appearance of P. villosus. Above black, a white stripe down the back. The only white spots on the 
surface of the folded wings, are seen on the outer webs of the primaries and outer secondaries, (none on tertials.) Beneath 
whitish, with faint streaks on the side of the body. Two white and two black stripes on each side of the head ; the latter 
confluent with the black of the neck, the upper white stripe nearly confluent. Three outer tail feathers with the exposed 
portions white. Length, 9| inches ; wing, 5 inches. Male, with a nuchal scarlet crest covering the white of the back of the head. 
Size and general appearance that of the hairy woodpecker, Picus villosus. 
Hab. — From the Pacific coast to the eastern slope of the Rocky mountains. 
Fourth quill longest ; fifth but little shorter. Upper parts black ; the feathers down the 
middle of the back brownish white ; the outer web mostly black. Rump, upper tail coverts, 
tail above, scapulars, wing coverts, and tertiary quills black, the larger coverts with only an 
occasional white spot. The top of the head is black ; the bristly feathers at the base of the bill 
yellowish or brownish white. A white band commencing above the eye and passing round 
