FAMILY I'ICIDyK. WOODI'KCIvKRS. 



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FAMILY PICID^. 



Woodpeckers. 



Tail feathers, stiff and pointed ; bill, strong and sharp. Woodpeckers 

 are commonly seen climbing about on trunks of trees. 



Group 1. Wing, less than 4.25 inches long. 



P>;K-k, lihifk, strc'iikt'd willi white ; ctowu. 

 witli red luiehal patcli (male) ; witliout 

 reel uiichal ])ntc-h (female) : tail feath = 

 ers, stiff and pointed; toes, four, 

 two in front, two behiiHl. 



Downy Woodpecker. 

 Drijiilmlis 2)HlH'sri')is. 

 See No. 326. 



Group 2. Wing, 4.25 to 5.50 inches long. 



Section 1. The following species have three toes; no trace 

 of red on the crown or nape. 



!^-:r'z::j^ 



^'f 



2^'^: 



'i'oes, tliree; crown, yellow; liaek. lihu-i<. willionl while (male)- 



Arctic three-toed Woodpecker. 



Piroiili'S iirrtiriis. 



S«'e No. :V2S. 



