RED-COCKADED WOODPECKER. 



395. Dryobates borealis. 8% inches. 



Male with a small scarlet patch on either side of the 

 head; female with no color. 



These birds are common in some localities in the 

 south, even more so than the Downy Woodpecker. 

 Their habits are the same in all respects as those of 

 the latter, but the bird can readily be distinguished 

 at a distance, by the horizontal black and white stripes 

 on the back, instead of the vertical ones of the Downy. 



Note. A peculiar harsh whistle as though they 

 were trying to imitate the note of a Nuthatch. 



Nest. In holes of trees usually at quite a height 

 from the ground. The four to six eggs that they lay 

 are a glossy white (.95x.70). 



Range. Southeastern United States; west to Texas 

 and north to Virginia. 



