Gairdner Woodpecker Size of the English sparrow. Upper parts 

 black, marked with white; forehead white; white patch down back 

 and rump; outer tail feathers white, barred with black; crown with 

 red stripe or crescent. 



Harris Woodpecker Not quite so large as the robin; upper parts 

 black, with scarlet nape; white patch down back; wing black, or pos- 

 sibly lightly marked with white; outer tail feathers plain white; under 

 parts dingy gray. 



Willow Woodpecker Similar to Gairdner woodpecker, but smaller; 

 tertails always more or less spotted with white. 



Red-breasted Sapsucker Not quite so large as the robin; crown, 

 head, nape, throat and breast dull red; back, wings and tail black 

 marked with white; abdomen yellowish. 



Nuttall Woodpecker Smaller than robin; nape red; back barred 

 with black and white; under parts a soiled white; sides spotted with 

 black. The convict stripes on back make the bird easily recognized. 



Climbers, Npt Woodpeckers. 



Slender-billed Nuthatch About the size of the English sparrow; 

 back of head and nape banded with a wide black stripe; back and 

 shoulders grayish; white bars on wings; outer tail feathers white; 

 breast light gray. He runs up and down the tree trunk regardless of 

 position. 



Red-breasted Nuthatch Smaller than English sparrow. Head and 

 neck black; white stripe passing through and over the. eye to the 

 shoulder; upper parts bluish gray; tail, dark with white on tips of outer 

 tail of feathers; below, reddish-brown. Call, a drawn-out nasal "Yna, 

 yna." 



California Creeper Smaller than English sparrow; head and 

 upper parts generally rusty brown, becoming brighter at rump; long 

 curved bill; under parts white. He climbs persistently in a spiral 

 about limbs and branches. The tail feathers are stiffened and pointed 

 to assist his creeping. 



Sierra Creeper Smaller than English sparrow. As its name sig- 

 nifies it is a mountain resident. Similar to California creeper, but 

 colors are darker. 



Louisiana Tanager Smaller than robin; head, nape and throat 

 reddish; wings black with yellowish bar; tail black; rest of body 

 yellow. These birds are numerous during the fruit season. 



Northwestern Red-wing Size of robin; shoulders tipped with scar- 

 let and white; the rest of the body is black. 



Bicolored Blackbird Similar to Northwestern red-wing, but shoul- 

 ders are tipped with scarlet, scarlet only, thus giving the bird its name 

 two-colored bird. 



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