The Woodpeckers of Oklahoma

Abstract

This paper was begun with the idea of monographing the woodpeckers of Oklahoma in the hope that when published it would be a means of acquainting nature lovers, ornithologists, teachers, farmers and others with adequate description of these birds and their economic status. Since my notes on the occurrences of birds in the fortycight counties of the State in which I collected specimens and data were nearly all destroyed by fire, in 1915, the distribution of woodpeckers in Oklahoma is not considered at any length in this paper.