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KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



Throat, red or wliite, not il,Vi\y \ belly, tii)2,c(l with 



yellow. 



Yellow=bellied Woodpecker. 



Sptirapicus varins. 



See No. 330. 



Yellow bPllied Woodpecker. 

 niddle tail feathers, marked with white ; uuderparts, ashy, tinged with red 

 or bufi on the belly. Red=bellied Woodpecker. 



Melanerpes carolums. 

 See No. 33i. 



Group 4. Wing, over 8.00. 



Bill, dark slaty, or blackish; upper plumage, blackish; basal half of wing 

 feathers, white; whole crown, scarlet red (male); front of crown, not red 

 (female). Pileated Woodpecker. 



Ceophlmis pileatus. 

 See No. 331. 



