SPOTTED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, 169 



die tail-feathers black, spotted with white: two 

 next on each side black, and the outer ones black, 

 spotted on the inner webs with white at the tip : 

 legs blackish: claws the same: female without 

 the red on the head ; and the yellow markings on 

 that part and the neck of the male are white in 

 her. The young bird has the feathers of the 

 head of a yellowish grey, bordered with darker 

 colour : the rump varied with black and white ; 

 the wings less spotted at the tips, and the abdomen 

 yellowish. Inhabits the same places as P. pubes- 

 cens, and is equally destructive to orchards : it is 

 called at Hudson's Bay by the name of Mekisewe 

 Paupastaow. 



