BIRDS—PICIDAE—PICUS HARRISII. 
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List of specimens. 
Catal. 
No. 
Sex and 
age. 
Locality. 
When collect¬ 
ed. 
Whence obtained. 
Orig’l 
No. 
Collected by— 
Length. 
Extent. 
Wing. 
Remarks. 
2798 
8 
S. F. Baird ... 
2799 
9 ? 
Aud. 
2800 
Original of P. phillipsii, 
Aud. 
Original of P. canadensis, 
Aud. 
2794 
9 
8 
2793 
1583 
8 
1612 
O 
June 24,1844 
9.17 
16.50 
4.83 
1764 
Q 
. January, 1845 
July 22,1843 
Dec. 3,1842 
June 5,1839 
9. 
14.75 
15. 
4.67 
1132 
o 8 
9. 
4.58 
884 
$ 
o 
9.33 
15.17 
4.42 
183 
1606 
09 
8.92 
14.83 
4.67 
2423 
Sept. 3,1845 
Oct. 17,1842 
Crown spotted yellow, 
occiput with red. 
806 
9 
9. 
15. 
4.58 
1562 
o 8 
May 23,1844 
8.50 
14.83 
4.50 
Crown, yellow spotted... 
Original, P. auduboniil.. 
2803 
o 8 
6075 
Q 
Ft.Leavenworth,K.T. 
Nov. 27,1854 
13 
5880 
9 
, 1856 
Dr. Hammond and 
J. X. DeVesey. 
Dr.W. A. Hammond 
6551 
9 
, 1857 
6552 
8 
4638 
9 
May 3,1856 
July, 1856 
5227 
5228 
9.25 
14.50 
5.25 
5226 
Aug. 3,1856 
May 26,1857 
Oct. 1,1857 
8293 
8 
Independence, Mo. .. 
Black Hills,Nebraska 
Dr. J. G. Cooper 
9.00 
14.00 
4.75 
8805 
8 
16.25 
5.25 
8806 
Sept. 7,1857 
10.00 
17.00 
5.25 
PICUS HARRISII, Aud. 
Harris’ Woodpecker. 
Picus harrisii, Aud. Orn. Biog. V, 1839, 191 ; pi. 417.—In. Syn. 1839, 178 .—Ib. Birds America, IV, 1842, 242 ; 
pi. 261, (dark-bellied variety.)— Nuttall, Man. I, 2d ed. 1840, 627. 
? Picus inornatus, Licht. (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. 
Hob. —From the Pacific coast to the eastern slope of the Rocky mountains. 
Fourth quill longest; fifth hut little shorter. Upper parts hlack ; the feathers down the 
middle of the hack brownish white ; the outer web mostly hlack. Rump, upper tail coverts, 
tail above, scapulars, wing coverts, and tertiary quills hlack, 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 
