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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius, Linn). 



Top of head scarlet ; back barred with black and yellowish white ; white 

 spots on wings; white line under eye; throat red (white in female) ; breast 

 black, belly yellowish white ; sides streaked with black. 



Range. — Eastern North America ; breeds generally from the higher North 

 Carolina mountains northward. Winters from Virginia to Central America. 



Nest. — In cavities of trees. 



Eggs. — Five to seven, glossy white. 



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Yellow-bellied Woodpecker. 



(After Beal. Farmers' Bulletin No. 54, Office of Experiment Stations, U. S. Department 



of Agriculture.) 



The Sapsucker is generally seen in North Carolina about the 

 time of the first cold days of autumn. It is decidedly retiring in its 

 habits, and one may live a week among the trees of the barn-lot with- 

 out being noticed. It haunts the trunks of trees, appearing to prefer 

 those of dense foliage. The male may be readily distinguished 

 from the other smaller woodpeckers by. the bright red feathers of the 

 throat. 



