259 
No. 
Sex. 
Locality. 
Date. 
Collector. 
Wing 
Tail. 
Bill. 
Tarsus. 
137 
2 ad. 
Santa Barbara, Cal. 
Juno 29 
H. W. Hensliaw. 
4.08 
2. 97 
0 . 80 
0.71 
136 
cf ad. 
June 29 
. do 
4 07 
3 05 
0 86 
0 7^ 
744 
cf jun. 
•Trine 17 
do 
4 03 
2. 79 
0 hO 
n 
255 
cf ad. 
Fort Tejon, Cal. 
July 27 
....do . 
4 25 
0 88 
0 82 
318 
9 jun. 
.do. 
A ii o'. H 
rln 
4 13 
2 92 
0 78 
0 
349 
cf ad. 
.do. 
A iijr. 1 0 
_ do 
4 08 
3 27 
0 88 
0 7** 
350 
cf ad. 
.do. 
A n <r. 10 
do 
4. 22 
3. 20 
0 . 86 
0. 73 
394 
cf jun. 
Tejon Mountains, Cal. 
Aug 17 
_do. 
395 
cf jun. 
Aug 17 
....do. 
396 
cf jun. 
.do. 
Aug 17 
_do _ 
573 
cf ad. 
Near Kernville, Cal. 
Oct. 16 
-do. 
4. 18 
2.98 
0 . 82 
0. 74 
589 
cf ad. 
Oct. 23 
do 
4. 10 
3.05 
0 . 80 
0. 73 
114. Ficus albolarvatus , Cassin.—White-headed Woodpecker. 
Leuconerpes albolarvatus, Cassin, Pr. A. N. Sc., v, 1850, 106, California. 
Ficus albolarvatus, 13d., 13. N. A., 1858, 96.—Coop, and Suckl., P. R. R. Rep., vol. xii, pt. ii, 1860, 
160.—Coop., B. Cal., i, 1870, 382.—Coues, Key N. A. B., 1872, 192.—B., 13., and R., N. A. B., ii, 
1874, 521.—Kelson, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. xvii, 362 (California). 
This fine species was found by us tolerably numerous in the pine-woods of the mount¬ 
ains near Fort Tejon, and also in the Mount Whitney region, and I am inclined to 
think that it is a resident in the high mountains throughout Southern California. It 
appears to keep pretty much among the pines, and is thus a bird of the high altitudes. 
In habits it shows no peculiarities from those of the Pici generally, and its notes are 
in no wise peculiar. 
No. 
Sex. 
Locality. 
Date. 
Collector. 
373 
9 jun. 
^ ad. 
Tejon Mountains, Cal . 
Aug 17 
Oct. 10 
H. W. Henshaw. 
Do. 
545 
Mount Whitney, Cal. 
546 
2 jun. 
9 
.do. 
Oct. 10 
Do. 
622 
.do.. 
Oct. 25 
Do. 
623 
cf ad. 
cf 
.do .. 
Oct. 25 
Do. 
661 
Walker’s Basin Cal. 
Nov. 9 
Do. 
662 
cf 
.do... 
Nov. 9 
Do. 
115. Sphyropicus varius, (Linn.), var. ruber. —Red-breasted Woodpecker. 
Picus ruber, 6 m., Syst. Nat., i, 1788, 429.—Heerm., P. R. R. Rep., x, 1859, pt. vi, 57. 
Sphyropicus ruber, Bd., B. N. A., 1858, 104.—Coop, and Suckl., P. R. R. Rep., vol. xii, pt. ii, 1860, 
160.—C(u;s, K. N. A. B., 1872, 195.—Nelson Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. xvii, 362. 
Sphyropicus ruber, Coop., B. Cal., i, 1870, 392.—Xantus, Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 1859, 190. 
Sphyropicus varius var. ruber, Bd., B., and R., N. A. B., ii, 1874, 544. 
In its typical dress this is purely a Pacific-slope form. It has been shown by Mr. 
. Ridgway to grade gradually into the var .nuchalis of the interior, which in Eastern 
North America gives place to the varius, in which the red and black workings are at 
their minimum. 
The Red-breasted Woodpecker is decidedly northern in its distribution, being found 
in greatest abundance in Oregon aud Washington Territory. It breeds about as far 
south as Fort Tejon, as I took a young bird in the mountains in August, and saw sev¬ 
eral more. Later, in October, I took a pair near Kernville, though in this extreme 
southern limit of its range it is rare. 
Sex. 
Locality. 
Date. 
Collector. 
Wing. 
Tail. 
Bill. 
Tarsus. 
2 jun. 
cf ad. 
cf ad. 
Tejon Mountains, Cal... 
Near Kernville, Cal. 
_do ___ 
Aug. 17 
Oct. 30 
Oct. 28 
H. W. Henshaw .. 
_do. 
_do. 
4. 73 
4. 83 
4. 82 
3. 17 
3. 35 
3. 47 
0. 96 
0. 93 
0. 93 
0. 84 
0. 78 
0. 77 
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116. Sphyropicus thyroideus, (Cass.).—Black-breasted Woodpecker; Williamson's Wood¬ 
pecker. 
This Woodpecker was quite common in the heavy pine and red-wood forests in the 
Sierras, near Mount Whitney, in September, aud they doubtless breed here. The males 
were in about equal numbers with the females, as I have always found them to be in 
each of the many and widely-separated localities where I have met with the species. 
