18 FIELD KEY TO THE LAND BIRDS. 
Sphyrapicus varius. — Length, 84 inches. Top of 
head and throat red; cheeks white; belly lght yel- 
low; elsewhere black and white, spotted and barred. 
Winters southward. 
34. THREE-TOED ARCTIC WOOD- 
PECKER. Picoides arcticus. — Length, 94 inches. 
Forehead with a yellow spot; wing coverts and back 
black ; underparts white; sides barred with black. 
Female similar, but without the yellow spot. Lives 
in the Arctic regions, but in winter wanders south to 
the Northern States. | 
AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER. 
Picoides americanus. — Length, 8% inches. Similar to 
the Arctic Woodpecker in domicile and habits, but 
has the back barred with white. 
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER. Melanerpes 
erythrocephalus. — Length, 9? inches. Head and neck 
bright crimson; back and tail black ; ; underparts and 
tail coverts white. In the young the head and neck 
are gray-brown. This bird is very common in the 
Western States, but rare on the Atlantic coast. 
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER. Melanerpes 
carolinus. — Length, 94 inches. Top of head, from 
bill to neck, red; belly with a reddish tint; rest of 
body white, more or less barred, spotted, and speckled 
with black. This is a Southern bird, occasionally 
straying northward. 
KINGFISHERS. — Alcedinidae. 
ey Large, stout, straight. 
FEET. — Small; middle and outer 
toes joined half their 
length. 
35. BELTED KINGFISHER. Ceryle aleyon. 
— Length, 15 inches. Head black; upperparts bluish 
gray with small white dots; underparts white with a 
