HAIRY WOODPECKEB 



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Fig. 09. 

 Hairy Woodpecker : Dryohates villosus. 



Male, upper parts black, spotted and striped with white ; red 

 band on back of head; under parts white. Female, similar, 

 but without red on neck. Young, with crown red. Length, 

 about 9^ inches. 



Geographic Distribution. — Eastern United States, from 

 northern border south to North Carolina. Closely allied 

 races occur throughout the west, and from the table-lands 

 near the city of Mexico to noi'thern Canada. 



