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c'. Larger (wini; 4.S5 to more than 5.00) ; frontlet (nasal tufts) 

 red. 

 /'. Middle tail-feathers varied with white; red of crown in 

 male confluent with that of nasal tufts ; bellj' paler 

 red, or pinkish red. Adult nude : Whole top of head 

 and hind-neck bright red. Adult female: Similar to 

 male, but crown ash-gray. Young : With colors much 

 duller than iu adult, and all the markings less sharply 

 defined ; the red of the bead indistinct, that of the 

 belly often replaced by dull butfj-. Length (fresh) 

 9.00-10.10, wing 4.85-5.50, tail 3.50-3.95, culmen 1.00- 

 1.20. Eggs .99 X -73. Hah. Eastern United States, 

 ■west to eastern base of Eockj' Mountains, south to 

 Florida and central Texas ; rare or accidental east of 

 Hudson Eiver. 



409. M. carolinus (Linn.). Red-bellied Woodpecker. 



/'. Middle tail-feathers entirch' uiiiforiu black; white bars 



of back, etc., very much narrower than black ones ; 



red of crown in adult male separated from that of 



nasal tufts by a white band ; middle of belly intense 



red. 



jf'. Eump and upper tail-coverts immaculate white ; 



lower parts paler. Hab. Yucatan. 



M. dubius (Cahot). Uxmal W^oodpecker." 

 <;'. Rump and upper tail-coverts more or less barred or 

 otherwise marked with black; lower parts darker. 

 Hab. Cozumel Island, Yucatan. 



M. leei Einow. Lee's Woodpecker.' 

 e*. Smaller (wing less than 4.50) ; frontlet (nasal tufts) yellow. 

 (Otherwise similar in color to M. dubius. but middle tail- 

 feathers more or less varied with white toward base.) 

 /'. Larger and lighter colored, with less white on middle 

 tail-feathers ; wing 4.20-4.40. Hah. Yucatan. 



M. rubriventris (Swaixs.). Swainson's Woodpecker.' 

 /'. Smaller and darker, with more white on middle tail- 

 feathers ; wing 3.80-3.95. Hah. Cozumel Island, 

 Yucatan. 



M. pygmaeus KirxiW. Pygmy Woodpecker.* 

 d*. Middle of belly j-ellow or (rarely) orange. 

 e'. Hind-neck yellow, orange, or orange-red. 



/'. Bars on back, etc., narrow, the white ones decidedlv nar- 



' TiVin </i.5i"ii. Cabot, Jonr. Boston ."Soo. v. lSt5, 91. 



' Cenhinii Uci Rincw., Descr. N. Sp. B. Cozumel, Feb. 26, 1S85, 2. 



' Crulnruii rubrirtntrii SwAiNS., Anim. in Menag. 1S3S, ?,bi. 



* I'ciilurut rubrittntrit pygmxiu RiDGW., Proc. U. S. Xat. Mus. viii. Oct. 1", 1SS5, 576. 



