BIRD-STUDY 97 



Back not red nor 

 belly black; tail 



barred Solitary Sandpiper 



The woodpeckers: Birds that habitually go up and 

 down the tree trunks, hanging to the bark with strong 

 clawed toes. (Three small birds, not woodpeckers, 

 have habits somewhat like them. They are the black 

 and white creeping warbler, the brown creeper, and the 

 nuthatch. The latter has a plain blue-gray back, the 

 brown creeper a brown-streaked back and a slender 

 curved bill. The back and wings of the first named 

 are streaked with black and white. It hunts over. the 

 twigs and smaller branches rather than on the trunks. 

 All three are small birds, not larger than sparrows.) 

 E With scarlet crest; bird nearly as large as a crow 



I Wing one-half white Ivory-billed Woodpecker 



II Wing not white Pileated Woodpecker 



EE With no crest , though top of head or nape may be red 

 I Wings with a single broad white band; head of 



male entirely red Red-headed Woodpecker 



II Wings marked with numerous cross-bars or spots 

 Under parts spotted, barred, or streaked 

 with black 

 X Back golden brown, black crescent on 



breast, underwings yellow, rump white Flicker 



XX Back entirely black; male with yellow 



crown Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker 



XXX Back black and white 



Y Breast with broad black band, nape 



red Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, female 



YY Breast white, male with yellow 



crown American Three-toed Woodpecker 



OO Under parts plain 



X Back with white streak down middle; 

 wings barred black and white 



Y About 6 in. long (size of sparrow) Downy Woodpecker 

 YY About 10 in. long (size of robin) Hairy Woodpecker 



XX Back spotted or cross-barred with black 

 and white, not streaked 

 Y Back of head red; top also in male; 



male red-bellied Red-bellied Woodpecker 



YY Top of head and throat red; belly 



yellow Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, male 



