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AMERICAN" THREE-TOED WOODPECKER. 



Adult male. Three toes, two in front; head spotted with wliite and a yellow 

 patch on crown; back barred with black and white; wing feathers spotted with 

 black and white; middle tail feathers black, outer ones black and white, region 

 below the eye mixed black and white, sides more or less barred with black and 

 white; rest of the under parts white. 



Adult Female. Similar, but crown spotted with black and white and without 

 yellow patch. 



L., 8.75; W., 4.55; T., 3.10. 



Nest, in a hole in a stub or tree. Eggs, four or five, white. 



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HAIRY WOODPECKER. 



Adult male. Black with a long white stripe; wing feathers and coverts spotted 

 with white; four middle tail feathers black, next pair black and white, outer 

 feathers white. A scarlet band on nape; crown and sides of head black with a 

 white stripe over and another below the eye; under parts white. 



Adult female. Similar but without scarlet on back of the neck. 



L., 9.50; W., 4.80; T., 3.50. 



Nest, in a hole in a tree. Eggs, four or five, white. 



DOWNY WOODPECKER. 



Adult male. Upper parts black, a long white stripe on back; wing feathers 

 and their coverts spotted with white; middle tail feathers black, outer ones white, 

 barred with black; a scarlet band on back of neck: wing feathers and their coverts 

 spotted with white ; a white stripe above and another below eye ; under parts white. 



Adult female. Similar but without scarlet band on nape. 



L., 6.75; W., 3.70; T., 2.50. 



Nest, in a hole in a stul) or tree. Eggs, four or five, white. 



YELLOW-BELLIED WOODPECKER— SAPSUCKER. 



Adult male. Crown scarlet; back irregularly barred with black and yellowish 

 white; wing feathers spotted with white, their coverts mostly white; tail black, the 

 middle feathers with broken black bars, the outer ones with white margins; a white 

 line from the bill passes below the eye; throat scarlet; breast black; sides streaked 

 with black; belly pale yellow. 



AduU female. Similar but throat white: crown sometimes black; outer tail 

 feathers with broken white bars. 



Immature. Similar to adults, but with the crown dull blackish, and breast 

 brownish gray, barred with black, the throat whitish. 

 L., 8.50 iw., 4.80; T., 3.15. 

 Nest, in a hole in a tree. Eggs, four or five, white. 



