230 WOODPEUKERS. 
     
    
   
   
    
     than the Downys and when one is familiar with both there is no diffi- 
     
     culty in distinguishing the two 11v their voices. 
     
    

    
     111 spe 11(in1.r of the difference which exists between the rolling tattoo 
     
     of some \V()<)(11)0(1\t12s Mr. Brewster sa_\s: “ '111115, 1’. pubescens 1111551 
     
     long, unbroken roll, lief/[115113 a shorter and louder one with a greater 
     
     interval between each stroke; while S. curfus, commencing with a short 
     
     roll. ends very emphati 'ally with five 01' six distinct disconnected taps. 
     
     I11 this latter species I am convinced it is literally a 'all of recognition, 
     
     as I have repeatedly seen the bird. after producing it, listen a moment; 
     
     when it would he answered from a distance and its mate would shortly 
     
     appear and join it‘y (Ann. ch.\at.IIist.1,1875, p. 144). 
     
    
   
   
    
     3931). D. V. audubonii (Strained. Sor'rnrznx Ilann- Wooni'EeKER. 
     
     ~81 nilar to the preceding, hut smaller. and with so111ewhat less white in the 
     
     plumage. I... 8'10; \\'., 1-511; '1‘ _>-\(;) 1),. 1-171. 
     
    

    
     Rang/«uASouth Atlantic and t1 ult States north to South (‘arolina 
     
    
   
   
    
     This is Simply a small southern race of the preceding species. It 
     
     resembles the northern form in hahits. but is much more connnon, he- 
     
     i111; ne: 1rlv as numerous as the Downy \\ oodpecker. 
     
    

    
     111 the nortl1\\'estetn l, nitel States and adjoining British provinces 
     
     the llairy \Vt'mdpeeker reaches its maxinnnn size, and is known as the 
     
     Northern llairy \Voodpeeker (D. 1'. lewumelrts), a form which may 
     
     occur within our limits. 
     
    
   
   
    
     394. Dr'yobates pubescent/.01).». Dowxy Woobx'Eent-ziz. Arl. 
     
     6.771‘11111'1' parts lliilt'k. a scarlet band on the nape; middle (11' the back 
     
     white; wing— feathers and their eowrts spotted with white: middle tail— 
     
     fez itl1t'rs 111' 11' k, the outer 11111s white bit/1'1 «I 11' 1171 bluel' . .1 “hitt- stripe ahme 
     
     and anothe1 11t1t1\\' the ‘1‘“: undei parts white. 111. ?.—7Si111il:11,l1ut with— 
     
     out scarlet on the nape. I... 11's“: \\ . ‘3' 70 :'ll.. ‘3' 713; I1. ~68. 
     
    

    
     [1‘1 marl‘v fi'l‘he 1111w11v and Ilairv Woozlpeekeis differ in coloration only 
     
     in the 111.111tin1,_rs ot the outer tail— to: 1t11e1s “111th are white barred with black 
     
     in the tonner, and white HUI/10”! bars 111 the latter: the difierenec in size be— 
     
     tween the two. however, is always diagnOstie. 
     
    

    
     [Kenya—Easter11 North Ameri 'a. from 1,.1111'1111111' to Florida; resident 
     
     throughout, its range. 
     
    

    
     \\'as11ington, eonnnon I". R. Sing Sing, common 1’. 11. Cambridge, com— 
     
     mon 1’. R. 
     
    

    
     N111, generally in a d 'ad tree. [Ly/ya, four to six, '75 x ‘60. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Voodland. orchards. and the shade trees of lawns are alike fre- 
     
     quented by this. the smallest and most familiar of our \Voodpeckers. 
     
     Sometimes he. tells of his presence by an industrious lap, lap—tapping 
     
     as he patiently digs out the. "rubs and 1111' 'a' which form his bill of 
     
     fare. \11 tin he hails us with a businesslike peel. peek—a note close 1V 
     
     resembling the sound produced by a marble quarrier s chisel. and which