LIST AND DESCRIPTION 95 
393. Hairy WooprecKker (Dryobates villosus villosus.) 
This fine annual resident has the same color markings as 
the familiar Downy (black and white), lacking only “Downy’s” 
black spots in the white of the side tail feathers. It is much 
larger than “Downy,” and wilder, and has a more rattling call. 
It keeps more to the woods and to the high tree tops. 
394b. BATCHELDER’S WoopPECKER (Dryobates pubescens homorus.) 
A summer resident in the western counties of South Da- 
kota. Similar to the Downy Woodpecker, but having fewer spots 
on the wing, and with under parts lighter. 
394c. Downy Wooppecker (Dryobates pubescens medianus.) 
Our smallest and most common Woodpecker. Colors 
black and white, like those of Hairy, with the exception above 
noted. The males of both “Hairy” and “Downy” have a red patch 
across the back of the head. An annual resident. 
400. Arctic THREE-TOED WoopPECKER (Picoides arcticus.) 
Found in the Black Hills and the forest reserves of Hard- 
ing County. Probably an annual resident, but not common. 
‘About the size of the Red-headed Woodpecker. Two toes in 
front and one behind. Back black; under parts whitish. Crown 
yellow in male and black in female. 
402. YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER (Sphyrapicus varius varius.) 
This fine bird belongs farther east, but is occasionally seen 
as an irregular migrant in South Dakota, though rarely found 
as a summer resident. The general colors are black and white 
with a yellowish wash on the belly. Crown and throat red. 
406. RED-HEADED WooppPEcKER (Melanerpes erythrocephalus.) 
There is no mistaking this tricolored summer resident. 
Its red, white and blue black are spread on in large patches, and 
it has no other colors. It is often seen by the roadside on fence 
posts and telegraph poles, which it uses at watchtowers from 
which to detect insects in the grass. It will even take a passing 
one on the wing. It is regarded as a lazy bird, and prefers to 
gather its food as above stated rather than to search and chisel 
for insects like its more industrious cousins. 
