1 66 Birds of Oregon and WasJiington 



with the advent of man, and is not infrequently 



seen now in the neighborhood of towns and 



country homes. 



Particular Description. — Fore-part of head, in- 

 cluding cheek, crimson ; collar, back of neck, gray ; back, 

 wings, tail and thighs, metallic greenish-black ; upper 

 breast, like collar, gray ; lower breast and abdomen, 

 crimson. 



Summer resident. 



THE NORTHERN PILEATED WOODPECKER. 



General Description : 



Body, blackish or dusky-slate ; crest (and head 

 in male), bright red ; white patches on the 

 wings. 

 Length, i8 inches. 

 Found in evergreen forests and occasionally in other 

 heavy timber. 



All over North America, to a greater or less 

 extent, is found this splendid member of the 

 Woodpecker family. In some parts of our sec- 

 tion, especially, perhaps, around Puget Sound, he 

 is more common than one or two of the varieties 

 already described. 



The bird is of immense size, with a red crest 



