104 BIRDS. 



banded; back black with a long white stripe; outer tail 

 feathers wholly white; L. 9; W. 5; T. 3^; a scarlet 

 nuchal band in $ only. U. S.; everywhere. 



3. P. pubescens, L. Downy Woodpecker. Little 

 Sap-Suckee. Much smaller; outer tail feathers black 

 and white, barred, otherwise precisely like the other; 

 L. 64; W. 3|; T. 2|. U. S.; everywhere. 



4. PICOIDES, Lacepede. Three - Toed Woodpeckers. 



1. P. arcticus, (Sw.) Gray. Black -Backed Wood- 

 pecker. Black and white; crown yellow in 5, plain in 

 $; back uniform black; L. 9; W. 5; T. 3f. Northern, 



5. to U. S. in winter. 



2. P. americanus, Brehm. Banded Three -Toed 

 Woodpecker. Back with a white lengthwise stripe; 

 otherwise as above; L. 8; W. 4^; T. 3-2-. Arctic, S. in 

 winter to New England. 



5. SPHYRAPICUS, Baird. Sap-Sucking Woodpeckers. 



1. S. varius, (L.) Baird. Yellow-Bellied Wood- 

 pecker. Black and white above ; black on breast ; 

 chiefly yellowish below; white wing patch; crown red in 

 adult, chin scarlet in 6; L. 8J; W. 4f ; T. 3^. U. S., 

 abundant. 



6. CENTURUS, Swainson. Red-Bellied Woodpeckers. 



1. C. carolinus, (L.) Bon. Red -Bellied Wood- 

 pecker. Grayish, much barred above with black and 

 white; crown and nape crimson in 5, crown ashy in $, 

 belly reddish-tinged; L. 9f ; W. 5; T. ^. E. U. S., 

 rather southerly; N. to N. Wis. 



7. MELANERPES, Swainson. Red -Headed Wood- 



peckers. 



1. M. erythrocephalus, (L.) Sw. Red-Headed Wood- 



