Downy Woodpecker, Picus pubescens, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. i. p. 153. Picus pubescens, Bonap. Syn. p. 46. Picus (Dendrocopus) pubescens, Downy Woodpecker, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 307. Downy Woodpecker, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 576. Downy Woodpecker, Picus pubescens, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. ii. p. 81; v. v. p. 539. 266. 11. Picus Gairdnerii, Aud. Gairdner's Woodpecker. Not figured. Bill shorter than the head, slender; fourth toe considerably longer than third, fifth quill longest; black above, with a scarlet occipital band, brownish-white beneath; spotted with white, and in all respects as to colour like the last species, only the spots on the wings are much smaller, and the patch of red brocade; the toes and bill larger. Length, 6-8/12; wing, 3-10/12. Columbia River. Gairdner's Woodpecker, Picus Gairdnerii, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. v. p. 317. 267. 12. Picus querulus, Wils. Red-cockaded Woodpecker. Plate CCCLXXXIX. Upper part of the head, hind neck, and a band on each side of the neck, glossy black; a large patch on the side of the head and neck white; back black, barred with white; wings brownish-black, spotted with white, there being eight spots on the outer, and six on the inner webs of the longest quills; middle tail-feathers black, outer four on each side white, with black bars; lower parts white, sides of the neck and body with oblong black spots. Male with a small carmine line behind the eye. _Male_, 8-1/2, 14-1/2. _Female_, 7-3/8, 13-1/4. From Texas to New Jersey, along the Atlantic districts. Common. In the interior to Lower Mississippi. Resident. Red-cockaded Woodpecker, Picus querulus, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. ii. p. 103. Picus querulus, Bonap. Syn. p. 46. Red-cockaded Woodpecker, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 577. Red-cockaded Woodpecker, Picus querulus, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. v. p. 12. 268. 13. Picus Auduboni, Trudeau. Audubon's Woodpecker. Plate CCCCXVII. Adult. Bill about the length of the head, with the outlines considerably arched, the tips acute, and not laterally worn; upper parts black, lower white, with a tinge of brown, the sides very faintly barred with dusky; tufts covering the nostrils white; on the anterior part of the top of the head some feathers largely tipped with yellow; a band of white over the eye; loral space and a broad band behind the eye black; feathers along the middle of the back tipped with white; wings spotted with white; six spots on the outer, and four on the inner webs of the longer primaries; four middle tail-feathers black, the next with the tip obliquely white, that colour enlarging on the rest, so as to include almost the whole of the outer feathers. _Adult_, 7, 13-1/2. Louisiana. Picus Auduboni, Audubon's Woodpecker, Trudeau, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philadelphia, v. vii. p. 404. Audubon's Woodpecker, Picus Auduboni, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. v. p. 194.