varius ruber, Sphyrapicus, 140, 146, 151.
varius varius, Sphyrapicus, 126.
Vickers, E. W., on northern, pileated woodpecker, 175, 182, 187.
villosus, Dryobates villosus, 13, 25, 38.
villosus auduboni, Dryobates, 23, 27.
villosus harrisi, Dryobates, 24, 29, 33, 37, 40, 41.
villosus hyloscopus, Dryobates, 24, 29, 30, 33, 39, 41, 44.
villosus icastus, Dryobates, 24, 39, 44.
villosus leucomelas, Dryobates, 38.
villosus leucothorectis, Dryobates, 24, 33, 39, 41, 44.
villosus monticola, Dryobates, 24, 25, 33, 35, 38, 40, 41, 44.
villosus orius, Dryobates, 24, 33, 39, 41.
villosus picoideus, Dryobates, 24, 37, 40, 41.
villosus scrippsae, Dryobates, 24, 44.
villosus septentrionalis, Dryobates, 23, 25, 35, 40.
villosus sitkensis, Dryobates, 24, 40.
villosus terraenovae, Dryobates, 23, 38.
villosus villosus, Dryobates, 13, 25, 38.
von Bloeker, J. C., Jr., on red-shafted flicker, 292.
Walkinshaw, L. H., on northern flicker, 286.
Walter, Mrs. Alice H., on northern downy woodpecker, 57, 59.
Ward, Billy, on red-cockaded woodpecker, 76.
Warren, B. H., 168.
on red-bellied woodpecker, 241.
Warren, E. R., on alpine three-toed woodpecker, 125.
Wayne, A. T., on ivory-billed woodpecker, 12.
on red-cockaded woodpecker, 73.
on red-headed woodpecker, 208.
on southern hairy woodpecker, 27.
on southern pileated woodpecker, 165, 166.
Webster, F. M., on eastern hairy woodpecker, 17.
Webster, Mrs. L. J., viii.
Welch, G. O., 115.
Wells, Gurnie, and Carriger, H. W., on western pileated woodpecker,
192, 193.
Western pileated woodpecker, 191.
Weydemeyer, Winton, on yellow-bellied sapsucker, 131.
Weydemeyer, Winton and Donald, on alpine three-toed woodpecker, 124.
on Arctic three-toed woodpecker, 107.
on Batchelder’s woodpecker, 51.
on Lewis’s woodpecker, 227, 228.
on northern hairy woodpecker, 25, 27.
on northern pileated woodpecker, 172.
on red-naped sapsucker, 142, 143.
on red-shafted flicker, 287.
Weygandt, Cornelius, on northern pileated woodpecker, 186.
Wheelock, Mrs. Irene G., on Cabanis’s woodpecker, 34.
on red-shafted flicker, 289, 290.
on southern red-breasted sapsucker, 147.
on western pileated woodpecker, 193.
White-breasted woodpecker, 44.
White-headed woodpecker, northern, 97.
Whittle, C. L., on American three-toed woodpecker, 117.
Widmann, Otto, on red-headed woodpecker, 205.
Willard, F. C., 39, 224, 251, 302.
on Arizona woodpecker, 93.
on cactus woodpecker, 85.
on Chihuahua woodpecker, 40.
on Gila woodpecker, 252.
williamsonii, Picus, 155.
Sphyrapicus, 155.
Williamson’s sapsucker, 154.
Willow woodpecker, 69.
Wilson, Alexander, 62, 72.
on northern downy woodpecker, 53, 65.
on pileated woodpecker, 172, 179.
on red-headed woodpecker, 206.
Wood, J. C., on eastern hairy woodpecker, 15.
Woodpecker, Alaska three-toed, 122.
alpine three-toed, 124.
American three-toed, 116.
ant-eating, 211.
Arctic three-toed, 106.
Arizona, 91.
Batchelder’s, 51.
Brewster’s, 258.
Cabanis’s, 33.
California, 212.
cardon, 257.
Chihuahua, 39.
eastern hairy, 13.
Florida pileated, 189.
Gairdner’s, 49.
Gila, 250.
golden-fronted, 245.
Harris’s, 29.
ivory-billed, 1.
Lewis’s, 226.
Lower California hairy, 44.
Mearns’s, 223.
Modoc, 41.
narrow-fronted, 222.
Nelson’s downy, 68.
Newfoundland, 38.
northern downy, 52.
northern hairy, 25.
northern pileated, 171.
northern white-headed, 97.
Nuttall’s, 87.
Queen Charlotte, 37.
red-bellied, 237.
red-cockaded, 72.
red-headed, 195.
Rocky Mountain hairy, 35.
San Fernando, 86.
San Lucas, 82.
San Pedro, 226.
Sitka hairy, 40.
southern downy, 45.
southern hairy, 27.
southern pileated, 164.
southern white-headed, 105.
Texas, 79.
western pileated, 191.
white-breasted, 44.
willow, 69.
Woodpeckers, American, 1.
Woods, R. S., on red-shafted flicker, 292.
Wright, A. H., and Harper, Francis, on southern pileated woodpecker,
165.
Wright, H. W., on American three-toed woodpecker, 120.
on California woodpecker, 221.
on northern pileated woodpecker, 187.
Wythe, Miss M. W., viii.
Xenopicus albolarvatus, 101, 105.
Yellow-bellied sapsucker, 126.
Young, C. J., on northern hairy woodpecker, 26.
PLATES
[Illustrations: PLATE 1
Louisiana, April 12, 1935. A. A. Allen.
NESTING SITE OF THE IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER.]
[Illustrations: PLATE 2
Louisiana, April 12, 1935. A. A. Allen.
IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKERS AT THEIR NEST.]
[Illustrations: PLATE 3
Rehoboth, Mass., May 10, 1907. Owen Durfee.
Nesting site.
A. A. Allen.
Adult at nest.
EASTERN HAIRY WOODPECKER.]
[Illustrations: PLATE 4
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, May 23, 1928.
Adult at nest.
G. D. Sprot.
Nesting site.
HARRIS’S WOODPECKER.]
[Illustrations: PLATE 5
Oregon. W. L. Finley and H. T. Bohlman.
YOUNG HARRIS’S WOODPECKER.
Duval County, Fla., May 13, 1931. S. A. Grimes.
YOUNG SOUTHERN HAIRY WOODPECKERS.]
[Illustrations: PLATE 6
Huachuca Mountains, Ariz., May 15, 1922.
A. C. Bent.
NESTING SITES OF CHIHUAHUA WOODPECKERS.]
[Illustration: PLATE 7
Logan County, Ill., June 10, 1913. A. D. DuBois.
Nestling looking out and adult with food.
NORTHERN DOWNY WOODPECKER.]
[Illustrations: PLATE 8
Ithaca, N. Y. A. A. Allen.
EGGS AND YOUNG OF NORTHERN DOWNY WOODPECKER.]
[Illustrations: PLATE 9
Duval County, Fla.
S. A. Grimes.
NESTING SITES OF RED-COCKADED WOODPECKERS.]
[Illustrations: PLATE 10
A. A. Allen.
Adult at nest.
Duval County, Fla., May 17, 1933. S. A. Grimes.
Adult at nest.
RED-COCKADED WOODPECKERS.]
[Illustrations: PLATE 11
San Diego County, Calif., April 9, 1929. A. C. Bent.
Nesting site.
W. L. and Irene Finley.
Adult at nest.
NUTTALL’S WOODPECKER.]
[Illustrations: PLATE 12
Riverside County, Calif. W. M. Pierce.
Nest.
W. L. and Irene Finley.
Young.
NUTTALL’S WOODPECKERS.]
[Illustration: PLATE 13
Jackson County, Oreg., May 10, 1931.
J. E. Patterson.
NESTING OF NORTHERN WHITE-HEADED WOODPECKER.]
[Illustrations: PLATE 14
Tuolumne County, Calif., June 28, 1936. C. F. Smith.
YOUNG NORTHERN WHITE-HEADED WOODPECKERS.]
[Illustrations: PLATE 15
Klamath County, Oreg., June 10, 1929. J. E. Patterson.
Jackson County, Oreg., May 27, 1928. J. E. Patterson.
NESTING OF ARCTIC THREE-TOED WOODPECKERS.]
[Illustrations: PLATE 16
Penobscot County, Maine, June 4, 1918. F. H. Kennard.
Nesting site.
New Brunswick. B. S. Bowdish.
Female at nest.]
ARCTIC THREE-TOED WOODPECKER.
[Illustrations: PLATE 17
Lake Umbagog, Maine, June 4, 1897.
William Brewster.
NESTING SITE OF AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER.
[Illustrations: PLATE 18
A. C. Bent.
Nesting site.
Lake Winnipegosis, Manitoba, June 1, 1913. H. K. Job.
Adult at nest.
YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER.]
[Illustrations: PLATE 19
New Brunswick. B. S. Bowdish.
Ithaca, N. Y. A. A. Allen.
YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS.]
[Illustration: PLATE 20
Carver County, Minn., May 29, 1926. A. D. DuBois.
NESTING SITE OF NORTHERN PILEATED WOODPECKER.]
[Illustration: PLATE 21
Carver County, Minn., May 8, 1936. A. D. DuBois.
WORK OF NORTHERN PILEATED WOODPECKER.]
[Illustrations: PLATE 22
Carver County, Minn., June 15, 1936.
Feeding young.
A. D. DuBois.
The entrance hole.
NORTHERN PILEATED WOODPECKER.]
[Illustrations: PLATE 23
Near Belvidere, Alberta, June 19, 1924. R. H. Rauch.
Adult at nest.
Coos County, N. H., May 18, 1903. Owen Durfee.
Nesting site.
NORTHERN PILEATED WOODPECKER.]
[Illustrations: PLATE 24
Ithaca, N. Y. A. A. Allen.
Approaching the nest.
Hennepin County, Minn., June 9, 1929. S. A. Grimes.
Young.
NORTHERN PILEATED WOODPECKERS.]
[Illustration: PLATE 25
Fredericktown, Pa., July 18, 1930. F. R. Smith.
Hennepin County, Minn., July 20, 1935. A. D. DuBois.
NESTING OF RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS.]
[Illustrations: PLATE 26
Ithaca, N. Y. A. A. Allen.
NESTING OF RED-HEADED WOODPECKER.]
[Illustrations: PLATE 27
Baltimore County, Md., June 26, 1936. M. B. Meanley, Jr.
Duval County, Fla., July 6, 1925. S. A. Grimes.
YOUNG RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS.]
[Illustrations: PLATE 28
Huachuca Mountains, Ariz. F. C. Willard.
NESTING SITE OF MEARNS’S WOODPECKER.]
Riverside County, Calif. W. M. Pierce.
WORK OF CALIFORNIA WOODPECKER.]
[Illustrations: PLATE 29
W. L. Finley and H. T. Bohlman.
YOUNG LEWIS’S WOODPECKERS.
Jefferson County, Colo. R. B. Rockwell.
FEMALE NATALIE’S SAPSUCKER.]
[Illustrations: PLATE 30
Duval County, Fla.
S. A. Grimes.
NESTING SITES OF RED-BELLIED WOODPECKERS.]
[Illustration: PLATE 31
F. N. Irving.
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER.]
[Illustrations: PLATE 32
Pima County, Ariz. F. C. Willard.
Nesting site.
Arizona. W. L. and Irene Finley.
Female at nest.
GILA WOODPECKER.]
[Illustrations: PLATE 33
Sacaton, Ariz.
Nest cut open.
M. F. Gilman.
Old hardened cavity removed.
GILA WOODPECKER.]
[Illustrations: PLATE 34
Oracle, Ariz., December 9, 1903. E. R. Forrest.
Adult male.
W. L. and Irene Finley.
Adult female.
GILA WOODPECKER.]
[Illustrations: PLATE 35
F. N. Irving.
Adult male.
St. Cloud, Fla. A. A. Allen.
Nest in palmetto stub.
SOUTHERN FLICKER.]
[Illustrations: PLATE 36
Brunswick, Maine, June 18, 1932. R. S. Palmer.
Nestling 26 hours old.
Illinois. Cordelia J. Stanwood.
Nestling almost ready to leave the nest.
NORTHERN FLICKERS.]
[Illustrations: PLATE 37
Mulino, Oreg., December 10, 1913. Alexander Walker.
Adult male.
Klamath County, Oreg., May 10, 1934. J. E. Patterson.
Nest.
RED-SHAFTED FLICKER.]
[Illustrations: PLATE 38
W. L. Finley and H. T. Bohlman.
Adult female.
Young just out of the nest.
NORTHWESTERN FLICKERS.]
[Illustrations: PLATE 39
Pima County, Ariz. F. C. Willard.
Nesting site.
Sacaton, Ariz. M. F. Gilman.
Nest cut open.
MEARNS’S GILDED FLICKER.]
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