THE WOODPECKER FAMILY 169 
But in looks the Californian and the red-headed 
woodpeckers are very different. The Western 
bird has only a cap of bright red. His back is 
glossy blue-black, and he has the same color on 
the breast. His other under parts are white, and 
he has a white patch on the wings, and another 
just above the tail. 
The smallest of our woodpeckers is the Downy 
Woodpecker, who is not much bigger than an 
English sparrow. The picture shows two of 
these birds. In “The First Book of Birds” 
there is a picture of a flicker at his nest-hole. 
