. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. WnoIil'HCKKns. G5G. Cftiturus rurotiitus iiinor :,fh; tlic oulcr \vcl> willi a sli'ijic of while nloiif,' llii' iiiiildlc. Lcnj.'lli, ;'; wiii^', iilMHit Fciimlc Willi lln'iTowii ashy ; rorcht'iiil piiU' ifd; iiiiiiu l)iij,'hl iimI. IIaii. North Aiiiciica, _ friiiii Atlantic coasit to tin.' caslcni slopi' of till' Hocky Moiiiilains. Iiocalilii's : Texas(DiiKSiiKU, Iliis, 1805, •t<!!<. rosiilciil). Sjiociiuoiifl vary con- aidorably in size (witli latitude
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. WnoIil'HCKKns. G5G. Cftiturus rurotiitus iiinor :,fh; tlic oulcr \vcl> willi a sli'ijic of while nloiif,' llii' iiiiildlc. Lcnj.'lli, ;'; wiii^', iilMHit Fciimlc Willi lln'iTowii ashy ; rorcht'iiil piiU' ifd; iiiiiiu l)iij,'hl iimI. IIaii. North Aiiiciica, _ friiiii Atlantic coasit to tin.' caslcni slopi' of till' Hocky Moiiiilains. Iiocalilii's : Texas(DiiKSiiKU, Iliis, 1805, •t<!!<. rosiilciil). Sjiociiuoiifl vary con- aidorably in size (witli latitude), ami in tiie tiiioe of veddiHJi on cliin, breast, etc, Tiic widtli of the dorsal hands differs in dilf(!r- ent s])eeiniens. The runii) is haniled; uj)- per tail-coverts are j,'cnerally innnacidate, Imt are Hnnietiiiics dashed with black. Specimens from the ^Iississip])i Valley are j^enerally more hrit^ditly colored tlian those from the Atlantic States, tiie lower parts more str(ino;ly tin^'cd with red. Florida exani]iU's are siiialliM'tlian niu'thern ones,the black bars broader, tlie lower parts deeper ashy and strongly tinned with red, but of a more ])ur|ilish shade than in western ernes. llMdTS. The IJed-ludlied Wood- pecker is distriljuted throno;hont North America, from the Atlantic Coast to the eastern slope of tlie Koeky Moun- tains. Tt is, however, much more abiui- dant in the more southern and western portions. In the collections of the Smithsonian Institution none are re- corded from farther north than Tennsyl- vania on Mie east and Nebraska Territory on the west, while otliers M'ere obtained as far south as I'"lorida. Xor am I aware thiit it is found, except very rarely, north of IVinisylvania on the Atlantic coast. I have never met with it in Eastern Massachusetts, although ^Ir. Audubon sjieaks of it as lireed- ing from Mfiryland to Nova Scotia. 1 )r. Woodhouse ionnd it conunejii in the Indian Territory and in Texas. AVilson speaks of having fonnd it abundan
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