Woodpeckers 



406. Red-headed Woodpecker {Melanerpes erythro- 

 cepbalus). L. 9.7. Ads. Whole head and breast red; 

 end half of secondaries white. Yng. Whole head and 

 breast grayish streaked with blackish; back black- 

 margined with grayish; end half of secondaries white 

 with black bars. Notes. A tree-toad-like ker-r-ruck, 

 ker-r-ruck. 



Range.— Eastern United States west to Rocky Mountains; breeds 

 from Florida and Texas north to New York and Manitoba; local and 

 irregular in northern parts of range; winters from Virginia, and oc- 

 casionally from New York, southward. 



407. Striped-breasted Woodpecker {Melanerpes 

 formicworus) . L. 9.5. Breast band streaked with white; 

 rump white. Ad. $. Forehead, white, crown, nape, 

 and breast-spot red. Ad. ?. Center of crown with a 

 black band of same width as white band on forehead. 

 Notes. A loud tchurr, tchurr. 



Range.— Mexico north to southwest Texas and Arizona. 



407a. Californian Woodpecker (M. f. bairdt). 



Similar to No. 407, but black breast-band with white 

 only on its posterior margin. 



Range. — Pacific coast region from northern California to southern 

 Oregon. 



407b. Narrow-fronted Woodpecker (M. f. angust- 



ifrons). Ad. rf. Similar to No. 407, but smaller, W. 

 5.2; the throat brighter yellow. Ad. $. With black 

 crown-band wider than white forehead band. 



Range. — Cape Region of Lower California. 



409. Red-bellied Woodpecker (Centuruscarolinus). 



L. 9.5. Center of belly reddish. Ad. rf. Top of 

 head and nape entirely red. Ad. $. Nape red, crown 

 grayish, forehead tinged with red. Notes. A hoarse, 

 ■chuh-ckuh. 



Range. — Eastern United States, west to the Plains; breeds from 

 Florida and Texas to Maryland, Ontario, and South Dakota; winters 

 from Virginia and southern Ohio southward; casually north as far as 

 Massachusetts. 



410. Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Centurus auri- 



frons). L, 10.5; center of belly yellow. Ad. rf. Fore- 

 head yellow, crown-patch red, nape orange. Ad. $. 

 Forehead and nape yellow, crown entirely gray. 

 Notes. Loud and penetrating. (Bailey.) 



Range. — Mexico, north to central Texas. 



411. Gila Woodpecker (Centurus uropvgialis). L. 

 10. Center of belly yellow. Ad. <$. Top of head 

 and nape sooty gray; a red-crown patch. Ad. $. Top 

 of head and nape entirely sooty gray. Notes. Dchurr, 

 dchurr; when flying, a shrill huit like call-note of 

 Phainopepla. (Bendire.) 



Range. — Northwestern Mexico, north to southwestern New Mexico, 

 and Lower California. 



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