THE BIRD BOOK 
Red-cockaded Woodpecker 
Texas Woodpecker 
396. Texas Woodpecker. 
Dryobates scalaris bairdi. 
Range.— Southwestern United States from 
southern Colorado south to northern Mexico. 
This species is brownish white below, has the 
back barred with black and white, and the male 
has the whole crown red, shading into mixed 
black and whitish on the forehead. Its habits 
and nesting are just the same as those of the 
Downy, but the three or four white eggs, that 
they lay in April, are larger; size .80 x .65. 
396a. San Lucas Woodpecker. Dryo- 
bates scalaris lucasanus. 
Range. — Lower California, north to the Colo- 
rado Desert, California. 
Very similar to the last; less barring on the 
outer tail feathers. Eggs the same. 
397. Nuttall’s Woodpecker. Dryobates nuttalli. 
Range/ — Pacific coast from Oregon south to Lower Cal- 
ifornia. 
Similar to the Texan Woodpecker but whiter below, 
with whitish nasal tufts, and the fore part of the crown 
black and white striped, the red being confined to the 
nape region. They nest in holes in trees, either in dead 
stumps or in growing trees, and at any height above 
ground. During April or May they deposit their white 
glossy eggs upon the bottom of the cavity. The eggs 
measure .85 x .65. 
398. Arizona Woodpecker. Dryobates arizonce. 
Range.- — Mexican border of the United States, chiefly in 
Arizona and New Mexico. 
This species is entirely different from any others of 
our Woodpeckers, being uniform brownish above, and soiled 
whitish below, spotted with black. The male bird has a 
red crescent on the nape. They are said to be fairly abund- 
ant in some sections of southern Arizona. Their nesting 
habits do not vary from those of the other Woodpeckers 
found in the same regions, and they show no especial pre- 
ference for any particular kind of a tree in which to lay 
their eggs. The nesting season appears to be at its 
height in April. The pure white eggs average in size 
about .85 x .60. 
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