Woodpeckers 





392. Ivory-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus princi- 

 palis). L. 20; B. 2.7, ivory white. Ad. <$. Crest 

 scarlet. Ad. ?. Similar to the J*, but crest black. 

 Notes. A sharp, penny trumpet-like yap-yap. 



Range. Florida west to eastern Texas; north to southern Miss- 

 ouri and Oklahoma; formerly north to North Carolina, Illinois, and 

 Indiana. 



400. Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides arc- 

 ticus). L. 9.5. Back shining black without white; toes 

 two in front, one behind Ad. tf. Crown yellow. Ad. 9. 

 Crown black. Notes. A sharp, shrill, chirk, chirk. 

 (Hardy.) 



Range. "Northern North America, from the Arctic regions south to 

 northern United States, (New England, New York, Michigan, Minne- 

 sota and Idaho), and in the Sierra Nevadas to Lake Tahoe." (A. O. 



401. American Three-toed Woodpecker {Picoides 

 americanus}. L. 8.7. Back with white; toes two in 

 front, one behind. Ad. tf. Crown yellow; white bars 

 on back broken, detached not confluent. Notes. A 

 prolonged squealing, rarely uttered. (Turner.) 



Range. Northern North America; west to Rocky Mountains; 

 breeds from Maine, mountains of New Hampshire, northern New 

 York, and northern Minnesota northward; south in winter, rarely to 

 Massachusetts, central New York, and northern Illinois. 



40 1 a. Alaskan Three-toed Woodpecker (P. a. 



fasciatus) . Similar to No. 401, but white bars on back 

 confluent forming a more or less continuous white 

 patch . 



Range. "Alaska Territory; casually? south through western 

 British Columbia to northwestern Washington (vicinity of Mt. 

 Baker); east irregularly to Great Bear Lake and the Mackenzie 

 River Valley, Northwest Territory." (Bendire.) 



40 1 b. Alpine Three-toed Woodpecker (P. a. dorsa- 

 lis}. Similar to No. 4013, but larger. W. 5: bill 

 narrower. Notes. A harsh, nasal cry; a sudden, 

 sharp whip, whip, whip, (Mearns.) 



Range. "Rocky Mountain region from British Columbia and 

 Idaho south into New Mexico." (A. O. U.) 



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05. Pileated Woodpecker (Ceophlaeus pileatus). 

 L. 17. W. 8.9. Ad. cf. Crown, crest, and streaks 

 on sides of throat red; sides of neck and patch on wing 

 white. Ad. 9 . Forehead brownish, no red on sides of 

 throat. Notes. A sonorous cow-cow-cow, repeated slow- 

 ly many times and a wichew call when two birds meet; 

 both suggesting calls of the Flicker. 



Range. Southern United States north to South Carolina. 



^ 40 5 a. Northern Pileated Woodpecker (C. p. abie- 



ticola). Similar to No. 405, butjslightly larger, W. Ql^X 

 T. 6.2. 



Range. Locally distributed throughout more heavily wooded / 

 regions of North America, except in southern United States, north to / 

 Lat. 63. / 



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