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Show 259 No. Sex. 137 9 ad. 136 ! cT ad. 744 ! cTjun. 255 I cf ad. 318 ' O i n .. 349 3* W 3< M TO5 396 cT ad. rfad. d Jan. d* Jan. « - f Inn. 573 ; d" ad. 580 I ^ ad- Locality. do do Fort Tejon, Cal do do do do do do Bate. June 29 June 29 June 17 July 27 Aug. 8 Aug. 10 Aug. 10 A- ug. 17 Aug. 17 Aug. 17 Oot 16 Oot 23 Collector. H. W. Hen* haw. ... do .... do .... do do - do .... do .... do .... do . . . . do .... do Wing. 4.08 4.07 4.03 4.25 4.13 4.08 4.22 4.18 4.10 Tail. 2.97 3.05 2.79 2.92 3.27 3.20 2.98 3.05 Bill. 0.80 0.86 0.80 0.88 0.78 0.88 0.86 0.82 0.80 Tarsus. 0.71 0.75 0.75 0.82 0.73 0.73 0.73 0.74 0.73 114. Picu8 albolarvatua, Cassin.- White- headed Woodpecker. Leuoonerpes albolarvatus, Cassin, Pr. A. N. So., v, 1850,106, California. Picue aWolaroatut, Bd., B. N. A.. 1858, 96.- Coop, and Suckl., P. R. R. Rep., vol. xii, p t 11,1860, 160 - Coop., B. Cal., i, 1870,382.- Coues, Key N. A. B., 1872,192.- B., B., and R., N. A. B., li, 1874, 521.- Nelson, Proo. Bost Soc. Nat Hist, vol. xvii, 362 ( California). This fine species was found by us tolerably numerous in the pine- woods of the mountains 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. 373 545 546 622 623 661 662 Tejon Mountains, Cal. Mount Whitney, Cal.. do do do Walker's Basin, Cal .. do Aug. 17 Oct 10 Oot 10 Oot 25 Oct 25 Nov. 9 Nov. 9 H. W. Henshaw. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. 115. Spkyropicus variua, ( Linn.), var. ruber.- Red- breasted Woodpecker. Ficua ruber, Gm, Syst Nat, i, 1788, 429.- Heerm., P. R. R. Rep., x, 1859, p t vi, 57. Spkyropicus ruber, Bd., B. N. A., 1858,104.- Coop, and Suckl., P. R. R Rep., vol. xii, pt 11,1860, 160.- C< u * s, K. N. A. B., 1872, 195.- Nelson Proc. Bout Soc. Nat Hist., vol. xvii, 362. Sphyropicu* ruber, Coop., B. Cal.. i, 1870, 392.- Xantus, Proo. Phil. Acad. Nat Soi., 1859,190. Sphyropiout varius var. ruber, Bd., B., and R., N. A, B., 11.1874, 544. In its typical dress this is purely a Pacific- slope form. It has been shown by Mr. Ridgway to grade gradually into the v& r. nuchalis of the interior, which iu Eastern North America gives place to the varius, in whioh 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 and Washington Territory. It breeds about as far south as Fort Tejonf as I took a young bird in the mountains in August, and saw several more. Later, in October, I took a pair near Kernville, though in this extreme southern limit of its range it is rare. No. 372 637 638 Sex. $ Jun. < f ad. < f ad. Locality. Date. Tejon Mountains, Cal...' Aug. 17 Near Kernville, Cal i Oct 30 Collector. Wing. H. W. Henshaw . J 4.73 .... do 4.83 Tail. 3.17 3.35 3.- 47 Bill. 0.96 0.93 0.93 Tarsus. 0.84 0.78 0. T7 116. Sphyropicus thyroidal*, ( Cass.).- Black- breasted Woodpecker; Williamson's Wcod-pecker. This Woodpecker was quite common in the heavy pine and red- wood forests in the Sierras, near Mount Whitney, in September, and they doubtless breed here. Thu mules 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. |
