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k^ Belly sulphur or lemon yellow. 



Female of Williamsou's Woodpecker. 13. 

 k^ Belly pinkish red. 



Red-bellied Woodpecker. 18. 

 k** Belly yellow, hind neck and forehead orange. 



Golden-fronted Woodpecker. 19. 

 k'' Belly yellow, hind neck brown. 



Gila Woodpecker. 20. 



B. Descriptions of the Woodpeckers of North 

 America. 



The following are descriptions of all the species of Wood- 

 peckers found in North America, arranged in their proper 

 genera and in the order given in the check list of the American 

 Ornithologists' Union, 1895 ; with the range of species and sub- 

 species as defined by the same authority or by Bendire's " Life 

 Histories of North American Birds." 



1. Campephilus principalis. Ivory-hilled Woodpecker. 



Glossy black except white secondaries (very conspicuous) 

 and white stripe from beneath ear down neck and shoul- 

 ders; white nasal tufts; hill white. Both sexes crested; $ 

 with scarlet occipital crest, 9 with crest black. Iris yellow. 

 20 inches. 



Cypress swamps of Gulf States, locally distributed. 

 The largest, shyest, and rarest of our woodpeckers. 



2. Dryobates villosus, Hairy Woodpecker. 



Black and white. Upper parts glossy black with a broad 

 white stripe down the back; wings thickly spotted with 

 white ; under parts white ; three outer pairs of tail feathers 

 white; two white and two black stripes on sides of head; 

 nasal tufts brownish white. $ with scarlet occipital patch. 

 9-10 inches. 



Eastern United States except South Atlantic and Gulf 

 States, with the following subspecies, all the races being 

 resident the year round, and breeding in most places 

 where they are found : — 



