FAMILY PICID^E. WOODPECKERS. 



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Ear coverts, white; uo white on inner web of two middle tail feathers; back, 

 heavily banded with white and black; upper tail coverts, black. 



Red-cockaded Woodpecker. 



Dryobates borealis (male). 

 See No. 327. 



Rump and upper tail coverts, pure white ; greater portion of tertials and 

 secondaries, white ; the shafts, black ; inner webs of two middle tail feathers, 

 not marked with white. 



Red-headed Woodpecker. 



Melanerpes erythroccphalus (immature). 

 See No. 332. 



Inner webs of two middle tail feathers, heavily marked with white; belly, 

 usually tinged with pale yellow. 



Yellow-bellied Woodpecker. 



Sphyrapicus varius (immature). 

 See No. 330. 



Section 3. The following species have four toes, and more 

 or less red on crown or nape. 



Crown, black ; a patch of 

 red on the occiput (back 

 of the head) ; ear cov- 

 erts, black; no white 

 on inner webs of two 

 middle tail feathers ; 

 back, black, with white 

 patch in middle, but 

 not heavily banded 

 with black and white; 

 wings, with round 

 white spots ; upper 

 tail coverts, black. 



Hairy Woodpecker. 



Dryobates villosus (male). 

 See No. 324. 



Crown, black ; a narrow patch of red on either side of the occiput (back of 

 the head) ; ear coverts, white ; no white on inner webs of two middle tail 

 feathers; back, banded black and white; upper tail coverts, black. 



Red-cockaded Woodpecker. 



Dryobates borealis (male). 

 See No. 327. 



