RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER. 
409. Centurus carolinus. 9% inches. 
Male with whole top of head and back of neck red; 
female with forehead and hind head red but crown gray. 
Both sexes have the center of the belly reddish, and have 
red eyes. 
Like the Red-heads, these birds are noisy, but they 
have few of the bad qualities of the others. Besides the 
regular Woodpecker fare, they get a great many ants and 
beetles from the ground and fruit and acorns from the 
trees. They are said to also be fond of orange juice. In 
most of their range they are regarded as rather shy and 
retiring birds. 
Note.—A sharp, resonant “cha,” “cha,” “cha,” re- 
peated. 
Nest.—In holes bored usually in live trees and at any 
height from the ground. Their five or six eggs are glossy 
white (1.00 x .75). 
Range.—United States east of the Plains, breeding 
from Florida and Texas to southern Pennsylvania and 
Minnesota. Winters along the Gulf coast; occasionally 
strays to Massachusetts. 
