WOODPECKERS. 315 



assumed. Breeds in eastern N. A. from 

 northern Mass., northward to middle Canada 

 and south along the mountains to N. C. 

 Cries harsh and rattling; gives the yucka 

 rather rarely. 



334. RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER. 



Larger, 10; male, top of head all scarlet, 

 ashy beneath, tinged with red; back, banded 



Fi^. 251 



Red-bellied Woodpecer. 1-7. 



with black and white; upper tail coverts, 

 white, fig. 251. Female, top of head, gray, 

 nape scarlet. Resident in eastern U. S. 

 from Pa. southward; casual as far north as 

 Mass. Cries, often uttered, harsh and quer- 



