nciD.K — TiiK W( )( )i)rM:('K'Kn."^. 



i)-i') 



CetituTus carolinus. 



innor wvh; tho outrr web witli a strijx' of uliito aloiiff th(» niiddlf. Lrn«/tli, 0.7'); wiiij?, 

 ahoiit ."i.OO. Fcmak' with the crown ashy; t'ort'hi'atl \)Av ltd; luipc bii),'ht n'<l. 



II \n. North AiiK'rica, 

 from Atlantic coast to the 

 eastern slope of the Koeky 

 Mninitaiiis, Localities : 



Texas (Dkkssku, Iliis, lt<(jo, 

 4(i!>. resident). 



SpcciiiKMis vary con- 

 si«U'nil)lv in size (witli 

 hititu(k'), aiul in the 

 tin^e of redtlish on 

 cliin, breast, etc. Tlic 

 widtli of the dorsal 

 hands differs in diifer- 

 ent s])eciinens. The 

 rump is handed ; u])- 

 per tail-coverts are ;^^enerally innnatulate, hut are sonietiincs dashecl witli 

 blaek. Specimens from the Mississippi Valley are ^^^'nerally more hrij^htly 



colored than tliose from tlie Atlantic 

 States, tlie lower parts more strongly 

 tiuLjecl with rcil. Florida e.\am]>les are 

 smaller tlian northern niu's, the hlaekbars 

 broader, the lower parts deeper ashy and 

 strongly tinoed with red, but of a more 

 pur) dish shade tlum in western ones. 



llAi'.ri's. The Ked-bellied Wood- 

 pecker is distributed throughout North 

 America, from the Atlantic Coast to 

 the eastern slo])e of tbe Ilocky Moun- 

 tains. It is, however, much more abun- 

 dant in the more soutlierii and western 

 portions. In the collections of the 

 Smithsonian Institution none are re- 

 cordetl from farther north than Pennsvl- 

 vania oi\ the east and Nebraska Territory on tlie west, while others were 

 obtained as far south as Florida. Nor am I aware that it is found, except 

 very rarely, north of Pennsylvania on the Atlantic coast. I have never met 

 with it in Eastern Massachusetts, although ^Ir. Audubon speaks of it as breed- 

 ing from Maryland to Nova Scotia. I )r. Woodhouse found it common in the 

 Indian Territory and in Texas. Wilson speaks of having found it abundant 

 in Upper Canada, and in the northern parts of the State of New York. He 

 also refers to its inhabiting the whole Atlantic States as far as Georgia and 

 the southern extremity of Florida. Its absence in Eastern ^fassachusetts 

 was noticed by Mr. Nuttall. It is not given l)y Thom|)sou or Paine as 



Ctnturus rarolinus. 



