126 RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER. 



with confidence is in a piece of thick, wet woods where 

 the Fourteenth Street road crosses Piney Branch; but 

 he is said to be common near Laurel, Maryland. He 

 cannot be mistaken for any other Woodpecker, as he 

 is the only one we have here that is barred crosswise, 

 evenly and distinctly. The red on the belly from 

 which he gets his name is not conspicuous. He gives 

 a loud chuck as he lights against a tree-trunk, which 

 he ascends in a characteristic jerky fashion. His hole 

 is about twenty feet from the ground. 



