FAM. ZXII. WOODPECKERS 



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Length, 9^ ; wing, 5i (5i-5|) ; tail, ?A ; culmen, \\. United States 

 from the Rocky Mountains eastward ; breeding throughout and north 

 into Canada, and winter- 

 ing irregularly through- 

 out, but more abundantly 

 in the Southern States. 



11. Lewis's Wood- 

 pecker (408. 3felaiier- 

 pes torqucltns). — An 

 extreme western, red- 

 bellied, brouze-blaek- 

 baeked, red-faced 

 woodpecker, Avith a 

 bluish-gray band 

 around the neck. The 

 crown and the neck 

 above the gray band 

 are black. The 

 wings, tail, back, and 

 crissum are a rich iri- 

 descent green-black. 



Length, 11 ; wing, 6^ (6i-7) ; tail, 4J ; culmen, 1^. Western United 

 States from the Black Hills to the Pacific ; wintering in western Texas, 



and casual in Kansas. 



12. Red-bellied 

 "Woodpecker (409. Me- 

 lanerpes caroUmis). — 

 A southern, medi- 

 um-sized, " ladder- 

 backed," whitish-bel- 

 lied woodpecker, with 

 the crown and back 

 neck bright scarlet, 

 and the breast and 

 belly often tinged with red. The black and white bars of the 

 back and wings are numerous and distinct. The female lacks 

 the red on the center of the crown, this being replaced by an 



Bed-headed Woodpecker 



Ked-bellied Woodpecker 



APGAR'S BIRDS. 



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