Downy Woodpecker. During the summer they
retire to the larger woods to nest, laying their eggs in holes in the
trunks or limbs of trees at any height from the ground, and generally
using the same hole year after year, and often twice or three times
during one season, if the first sets are taken. They lay from three to
six glossy white eggs; size .95 x .70. This species can be distinguished
from the Downy Woodpeckers by their larger size (9 inches long), and the
white outer tail feathers, which are unspotted.

393a. NORTHERN HAIRY WOODPECKER. _Dryobates villosus leucomelas._

Range.--North America, north of the United States.

Slightly larger than the preceding.

393b. SOUTHERN HAIRY WOODPECKER. _Dryobates villosus auduboni._

Range.--Southern United States; north to South Carolina.

Similar to the Hairy Woodpecker, but smaller.

393c. HARRIS'S WOODPECKER. _Dryobates villosus harrisi._

Range.--Pacific coast from California to British Columbia.

Similar to the Hairy but with fewer or no white spots on the wing
coverts, and grayish on the underparts.

393d. CABANIS WOODPECKER. _Dryobates villosus hyloscopus._

Range.--Southern California, east to Arizona and south into Mexico. Like
the preceding but whiter below.

393e. ROCKY MOUNTAIN HAIRY WOODPECKER. _Dryobates villosus monticola._

Range.--Rocky Mountains from British Columbia south to New Mexico.

Similar to _harrisi_ but slightly larger and pure white below.

393f. QUEEN CHARLOTTE WOODPECKER. _Dryobates villosus picoideus._

Range.--Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia.

Like Harris Woodpecker, but with the flanks streaked and the middle of
the back spotted with blackish.

[Illustration 252: Hairy Woodpecker.]
[Illustration: White.]
[Illustration: 393c--394a.]
[Illustration: right hand margin.]

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394. SOUTHERN DOWNY WOODPECKER. _Dryobates pubescens pubescens._

Range.--Gulf and South Atlantic States; north to South Carolina.

This species, which is the smallest of the North American Woodpecker
(length 6 inches), is similar in plumage to the Hairy Woodpecker, but
has the ends of the white, outer tail feathers spotted with black. Like
the last species, it is represented by sub-species in all parts of North
America, the nesting habits of all the varieties being the same and the
eggs not distinguishable from one another. They nest in holes in trees,
very often in orchards or trees in the neighborhood of houses. They are