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f Tongue obtuse, brushy ; ridges on upper mandible running 



into the toinia ; belly with some yellow. SPHYRAPICUS, 5. 



ff Tongue acute, barbed; ridges on sides of upper mandible 



reaching the tip ; no yellow ; quills (in ours) with round 



white spots ........ Picus, 3. 



fff Tongue acute, barbed ; ridges on sides of upper mandible 



wanting or indistinct. 

 \ Back barred. 



a. Belly with round black spots ; feathers of wings and tail 



yellow or orange beneath. . . COLAPTES, 8. 



aa. Belly unspotted, tinged with red or yellow ; no yellow 



on quills ....... CENTURUS, 6. 



U Back not barred ; body lustrous blue-black ; rump,. second 

 aries, and under parts white ; head and neck red in adults, 

 grayish in young. . . . MELANERPES, 7. 



/. HYLOTOMUS, Baird. BLACK WOODCOCKS. 



1. H. pileatus, (L.) Baird. PILEATED WOODPECKER. 

 LOGCOCK. Black; white streak down neck; crest and 

 cheek patch scarlet in &amp;lt;$; cheeks and front of crest black 

 in ?, L. 18; W. 9; T. 7. N. Am.; in heavy timber. 



2. CAMPEPHIL US, Gray. IVORY - BILLED WOODPECKERS. 



1. 0. prlncipalis, (L.) Gray. GREAT IVORY -BILLED 

 WOODPECKER. Black with white markings; crest scarlet 

 in 3, black in ?; L. 21; W. 11; T. 8. Southern, N. to 

 S. Ills. 



3. PIOUS, Linnasus. SPOTTED WOODPECKERS. 



1. P. borealis, Vieill. RED COCKADED WOODPECKER. 

 Black and white, spotted and crosswise banded, but not 

 streaked; a red line on each side of head in &amp;lt;3; L. 8^; 

 W. 4-J-; T. 3^. Southern States in swamps, N. to Penn. 



2. P. villosus, L. HAIRY WOODPECKER. BIG SAP- 

 SUCKER. Spotted and lengthwise streaked, but not 



