INDEX 



131 



black-breasted, 6. See, also, William- 

 son's sapsucker. 



Cabanis's, 118. 



Californian, 46-51, 56, 66. 



downy, 6, 17, 21, 28-33, 59, 63, 70, 

 74, 83, 86, 88, 95, 107, 114, 118. 



Gairdner's, 118. 



Gila, 55, 125. 



golden-fronted, 55, 102, 125. 



hairy, 6, 9, 28, 32, 59, 63, 74, 83, 86, 

 88, 89, 95, 97-99, 107, 114, 117. 



Harris's, 118. 



ivory-billed, 70, 71, 73, 83, 88, 89, 93, 



97, 98, 107, 117. 

 ladder-backed, 119. 



Lewis's, 6, 13, 55, 59, 66, 103, 124. 



narrow-fronted, 124. 



Nelson's downy, 119. 



northern hairy, 118. 



northern pileated, 123. 



Nuttall's, 119. 



pileated, 6, 71, 73, 83, 88, 93, 95, 



98, 99, 107, 123. 

 red-bellied, 6, 55, 65, 124. 

 red-cockaded, 119. 



red-headed, 6, 7, 11, 55-58, 60-64, 



105, 123. 



Rocky Mountain, 118. 

 St. Lucas, 119. 



southern downy, 118, 

 southern hairy, 118. 

 Texan, 119. 



three-toed, foot figured, 80. 

 white-headed, 120. 



Woodpeckers, advantages of, as subject 

 for study, 2. 

 bill as a tool, 69-73. 

 carpenters or miners, 68. 

 character of, 7, 8. 

 coloration of, 5. 

 coloration of sexes, 6. 

 covered nostrils, 74, 75. 

 lavorite haunts, 3, 7. 

 foot, structure and uses, 77. 

 habit of drumming, 17. 

 how to recognize the woodpeckers, 4. 

 inferences from study of bills, 75. 

 limiting borers, 10, 11. 

 nesting, 21, 22. 

 preferred foods, 3, 7. 

 tail, study of, 86-99. 

 winter quarters, 22. 

 wooing, 15. 



Yoke-toed feet, 82. 



Zebra bird. See Woodpecker, red-bel- 

 lied. 



