RED-HE A DED JfV OD PECKER 



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REO-HEADED WOODPECKER. 



Red-headed Woodpecker : Mdancrpcs crytJiroccpJiahis. 



Length g^A inches. 



Head, neck and npper breast crimson-red. 

 Upper back, wings and tail bhtish-black. 

 Lower back, under parts, and a broad stripe across the 

 wings, white. 



Young, gray where aduUs are red. 



x^n uncommon summer and rare winter resident. 



In " Birds in the Bush," Bradford Torrey writes of 

 the Red-headed Woodpecker: "This showy bird has 



