44 Procecdlngi< of the Biological Soclci]/ of Mdoddngtoii. 
proluii'^od, almost encircles tlie liiiid neck, a broad dorsal stripe (inter¬ 
rupted, however, bj spots and streaks of black), a subterminal roundish 
spot on each of the greater and median (not on lesser) wing-coverts, 
several pairs of roundish spots on each wing-qnill, all white; nasal plumes 
brownish white; two middle pairs of tail-feathers black; the next pair 
black l)nt terminal third white; remaining pairs mostly white barred with 
brownish black ; lower surface light smoke gray, a little })aler on throat 
and crissnm, the latter somewhat spotted with didl black ; lining of wing 
dull white, a little varied with l^lack; edge of wing black. 
Meamremenls. —Male:* M4ng, 91.d-!)? (average, Od.d) mm.; tail, 59- 
65 (60.7); exposed culmen, 16.5-16.7 (15.1); tarsus, I4.<S-16.5 (15.<S); 
middle {i. e., outer anterior) toe, 10. 
Female:t AVing, 96-96 (94.6); tail, 61-66 (62); exj)o.sed culmen, 14.<S- 
15.5(15.1); tarsus, 15.7-16.5 (16.1); middle (f. c., outer anterior) toe, 
10-10.5 (10.2). 
Geographical distribution. —Newfoundland. 
Remarks. —Itis rather surprising to lind a form of this species ge(jgra])hi- 
cally so near Dryobates pubescens nelsoni, and yet so difl'erent from it, even 
more so than is Dryobates pubescens medianus. Fortius new downy wood- 
])ecker differs markedly from Dryobates pubescens nelsoni in its smaller size, 
smoky under surface, less heavily black-barred outer rectrices, often black- 
spotted or black-streaked white dorsal stripe ; smaller white markings on 
the wing-quills, and smaller, fewer white spots on the superior wing- 
coverts. In this last character Dryobates pubescens microleucus approaches 
Dryobates pubescens homorus and the other western races of the species, 
and bears interesting correspondence to the Newfoundland race of Dryo¬ 
bates villosus, Dryobates villosus terraenovae, which differs from the other 
eastern forms of that species in the same way, and likewise thus resembles 
the western subspecies Dryobates villosus leucothorectis and others. All 
the specimens examined are included in the appended table of measure¬ 
ments. We have seen none except from Newfoundland. 
*Six specimens, from Newfoundland, 
t Three specimens, from Newfoundland. 
