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in settled regions, where it can be found in woodland, orchards, 

 and even in the shade trees along the streets of the towns. 



Length, G] ; wing, 3| (3^-4); tail, 2i; tarsus, h\ culiuen, f. North 

 America frum the Plains eastward, and south to the Gulf of Mexico. Not 

 migratory. (The northern form is iOt^"^^. D. p. midianus.) 



4. Red-cockaded "Woodpecker (395. DnfoIMes boreclUs). — A 

 small, southern •• ladder-backed" Avoodpecker, with white sides 



to the head and a scarlet 



tuft of feathers on each 



side of the crown, back of 



the eyes and above the 



white cheeks. The female 



lacks the scarlet. This 



inhabitant of the pine 

 Eed-cockaded Woodpecker , - , , o, . i 



woods of the Southern 



States has distinct black and white bands across the back, giv- 

 ing the ai)pearance of a ladder. The crown and band between 

 the white cheeks and throat are black. 



Length, 8}; wing, 4| (4i-5); tail, 3}; culmen, ^. North Carolina to 

 eastern Texas, south to the Gulf. 



5. Texan Woodpecker ('iOO. Dn/obittes scalciris bdircU). — A 

 Texas "huliU'r-l)U(ked," gray -bellied woodpecker, with numer- 

 ous small black spots on sides and crissum. The side of the 

 head and neck is white, with a long, curved, black stripe ex- 

 tending from the eye downward and forward to the bill. The 

 7iiale has more or less of red on the crown; this is lacking in 

 the female. 



Length, 7J; wing, 3| (3J-4J); tail, 2J ; culmen, }. Southern portion 

 of the United States from Texas to California, and south to the table-lands 

 of Mexico. 



Ct. Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker (400. Pico)rJes drcticus). — An 

 extreme northern, medium-sized, orange-crowned, black-backed, 

 white-bellied woodpecker, with very small white spots on the 

 otherwise black wings ; outer tail feathers mainly white, and 

 a line under the eye also white. The female has a black crown. 



