. Key to North American birds. Containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland and Lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology: an outline of the structure and classification of birds; and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds. Birds; Birds. 482 SYSTEM A TIG SYNOPSIS. — PIC AMIJE — PICIFOBMES. 435. 436. Fi». 332. — Nuttall's Woodpecker, nat, (From Elliot.) P. s. nut'talli. (ToThos. Nuttall. Pig. 332.
. Key to North American birds. Containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland and Lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology: an outline of the structure and classification of birds; and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds. Birds; Birds. 482 SYSTEM A TIG SYNOPSIS. — PIC AMIJE — PICIFOBMES. 435. 436. Fi». 332. — Nuttall's Woodpecker, nat, (From Elliot.) P. s. nut'talli. (ToThos. Nuttall. Pig. 332.) Nuttall's Woodpecker. Similar; rather larger; more white, this prevailing on the back over the black bars; nape chiefly white ; nasal tufts white; lateral tail-feathers, especially, sparsely or imperfectly barred. The Californian coast race, differing decidedly in some respects, and constantly; but connected with general series of ladder-backs. Barring restricted to the back proper, the hind neck being black, succeeded anteriorly by a white space adjoining the red, wanting in scalaris, where red joins black. Red chiefly confined to the occiput, the rest of the crown black, spotted with white. Lateral tail-feathers white, not barred throughout, having but 1-3 black bars, all beyond their mid- dles, all but the terminal one of these broken. White postocular stripe running into the white nuchal area, but out off from the white of the shoulders. White maxillary stripe enclosed in black as in scalaris, but this black continuous with the cervical black patch, which is not the case in scalaris. No smoky-brown state of the under parts observed. P. s. lucasa'nus. (Of Cape St. Lucas.) St. Lucas Woodpeckek. A local race of scafaris. Smoky-brown nasal tufts and style of head and back as in that species. Lateral tail-feathers imperfectly barred and only toward end, as in nuttalli. Red of crown of $ broken up anteriorly. Peculiar in disproportionate size of bill and feet: bill
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