PICUS VILLOSUS : HAIRY WOODPECKER. 



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HAIRY WOODPECKER. 



PiCUS VILLOSUS L. 



Chars. Back black, with a long white stripe ; quills and wing- 

 coverts black, profusely spotted with while ; four middle tail- 

 feathers black ; next pair black and white ; next two pairs white ; 

 Under parts white ; crown and side of head black, with a white 

 stripe above and below the eye. Male with a scarlet band on 

 nape, which is wanting in the female ; in young birds the crown 

 is mostly red or bronzy. Varies greatly in size. Length, usually 

 9.00-9.50 ; extent, 16.00-17.00 ; wing, about 5.00 ; tail, 3.00 ; bill, 

 1. 00; tarsus, middle toe and claw, 1.66. 



A resident bird throughout New England in wooded 

 regions, but not so abundant as its " little brother," the 



Fig. 10. — Hairy Woodpecker. 



Downy Woodpecker. There may be some shifting of 

 locality with season, though hardly a migration in the 

 strict sense of the term : for most observers agree that 

 the Hairy is more numerous in the winter than in sum- 



