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except the vent and under tail coverts, which are 

 red. 



The Spotted Woodpecker is much more strictly 

 an arboreal bird than the green species. It climbs 

 with great ease and dexterity, traversing the 



SPOTTED WOODPECKER. 



trunks and limbs of trees in all directions, perpen- 

 dicularly, and horizontally, and digging with great 

 diligence and effect into the bark and wood for 

 insects. In Kensington Gardens this species is 

 quite common, where it keeps mainly about the 

 highest limbs of the lofty trees ; the loud tappings 



