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I Tongue obtuse, brushy ; ridges on upper mandible running 

 into the tomia ; belly with some yellow. Sphyrapicus, 5. 



ff Tongue acute, barbed; ridges on sides of upper mandible 

 reaching the tip ; no yellow ; quills (in ours) with round 

 white spots Picus, 3. 



f f f Tongue acute, barbed ; ridges on sides of upper mandible 

 wanting or indistinct. 



:J: Back barred. 

 a. Belly with round black spots ; feathers of wings and tail 



yellow or orange beneath. . . Colaptes, 8. 

 aa. Belly unspotted, tinged with red or yellow ; no yellow^ 



on quills Centurus, G. 



XX Back not barred ; body lustrous blue-black ; rump, second- 

 aries, and under parts white ; head and neck red in adults, 

 grayish in young. . . . MelaisERPes, 7. 



/. HYLOTOMUS, Bsiird, Black Woodcocks. 



1. H, pileatus, (L.) Baird. Pileated Y/oodpeckek. 

 LoGCOCK. Black; white streak down neck; crest and 

 cheek patch sca,rlet in ^; cheeks and front of crest black 

 in $, L. 18; W. 9|-; T. 7. N. Am.; in heavy timber. 



2. CAMPEPHILUS,Gr2ij. Ivory - Billed Woodpeckers. 



1. 0. principalis, (L.) Gray. Great Ivory -Billed 

 Woodpecker. Black with white markings; crest scarlet 

 in ^, black in ?; L. 21; W. 11; T. 8. Southern, N. to 

 S. Ills. 



3. PICUS, Linnaeus. Spotted Woodpeckers. 



1. P. borealis, Vieill. Red - Cockaded Woodpecker. 

 Black and white, spotted and crosswise banded, but not 

 streaked; a red line on each side of head in ^; L. 8-2; 

 W. 4^-; T. 3|-. Southern States in swamps, N. to Penn. 



2. P. viilosus, L. Hairy Woodpecker. Big Sap- 

 Sucker. Spotted and lengthwise streaked, but not 



