TREE-CLIMBERS AND -CREEPERS 



393. Hairy Woodpecker — Drynbates -villosus 

 villosus. 



Length 9-yg inches. 



Male — Upperparts black and white; underparts 

 white; red on back of head. Female very similar, 

 but without red on head. 



Notes louder and harsher than those of the 

 smaller and more common Downy Woodpecker. A 

 permanent resident. 



394c. Downy Woodpecker — Dryobatcs pubes- 

 ccns medianus. 



Sparrow-size; length 6% inches. 



Male — Cpperparts black and white; underparts 

 white; red on back of head. Female closely simi- 

 lar, but no red on head. 



This is the common little black and white wood- 

 pecker found all the year round. See number 393. 



402. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker — Sphyrapicus 

 •varius varius. 



Length V/ 2 inches. 



Male — Most of underparts washed with yellow 

 and barred with black; throat and top of head red. 

 Female — Without red throat; otherwise like male. 



Most abundant as a migrant in spring. It is 

 this woodpecker which drills the circles of holes 

 round tree trunks. 



406. Red-headed Woodpecker (See frontispiece). 



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