WOODPECKERS. 



313 



and white, fig. 248; absnce of cinnamon on 

 wins: and black on head; under mandible 

 dark blue; eyelids, red, fig. 249. Breeds 

 through eastern N. A. west to Rockies, north 

 to Labrador, winters in S. A. Notes, coo<oO' 



Fi^. 249 



Black-billed Cuckoo. 



COO-COO^ given without interruption. Eggs, 

 dark blue-green. 



WOODPECKRS. 



Well-known birds with chisel-shaped 

 bills, large heads, long wings; tail feathers 

 stiffened and pointed; toes two in front and 



