I20 BIRDS OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS. 



FAM. PICID^ 



WOODPECKERS. 



PIC us VILLOSUS. Linn. 

 Hairy Woodpecker. 



Winter Phimage, Male. — Above, black, with a white band clown 

 the middle of the back finely lined with black; all the quills, middle 

 and larger wing-coverts, with numerous spots of white; crowai, a 

 black patch over the eye, and a stripe from the mandible to the nape, 

 white ; a black stripe from the eye, passing through the cheeks, over 

 the nape, and joining the black of the back; a scarlet crescent 

 around the base of the skull, joining the white superciliary stripe ; 

 under parts, ashy, with the sides mottled and striped with black; 

 two outer tail feathers white, edged and tipped with pale brown ; 

 third, black, with a patch of pale brown upon the outer web, the 

 others black. Female, the scarlet crescent wanting, replaced by 

 white. 



Length 7.25, wing 4.20, tail 3, tarsus .70, bill i. 



The Hairy Woodpecker is occasionally found in the Bahamas 

 during the winter season. At Nassau it was rather common, but by 

 no means as abundant as 6'. varius. Its food consists of insects, 

 berries, and small fruits. 



Fig. Aud. Bds. N. A., Vol. IV. pi. 262. 



