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FAMILYPICINiE. 



WOODPECKERS. 



GENUS PICUS — LINN. 



WOODPECKER. 



[Bill strong, straight, tapering, of moderate length ; wings moderate, first quill 

 very short ; tail of moderate length, or clonj;ated, rounded ; toes usually four, 

 the hind toe short — in some species wanting.] 



PICUS VILLOSUS— LINN. 



H.\IRy WOODPECKER. 



Hairy Woodpecker, Picus viliosus, Wils. Amer. Orn. 



Piciis viliosus, Bonap. Syn. 



Hairy Woodpecker, Nutt. Man. 



Hairy Woodpecker, Picus viliosus, Aud. Orn. Biog. 



Specific Character — Bill, along the gap, one inch and a quarter; 

 tarsi one and thfee-sixteenths ; length of tail three inches. Adult 

 Vvrith bristly featheis over the nostrils, dull yellow ; upper part of 

 head and hind neck glossy black ; over the eye a band of white, 

 passing on the occiput, where there is a transverse band of scarlet ; 

 a broad black band behind the eye ; from the corner of the mouth 

 a white band, continuing nearly the length of the neck — broader at 

 its termination ; from the base of the lower mandible a black band, 

 continuing down the sides of the neck, curving backwards about the 

 middle of the neck, and terminating on the upper portion of the side 

 of the breast ; upper parts black, tinged with brown behind ; the 

 feathers along the middle of the back tipped with white, which 

 color occupies a large portion of those on the fore part of the back ; 

 wings brownish black, the quills spotted with white ; on both webs, 

 four middle tail feathers black, the outer white — the next with a 

 J pot of black at the base on the inner web — '.he third with a portion 



