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131. Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker. 



Length about 9J inches, tail about 3J inches, and 

 bill about 1J inches long. Above, black, head 

 bluish-black, male with yellow patch on head ; 

 below, white, with sides and flanks barred with 

 blackish. 



132. American Three-toed Woodpecker. 



Length about 9 inches, tail about 3J inches, and 

 bill about 1J inches long Above, black, varied 

 with white, or narrow bars of white, male with 

 yellow patch on crown ; below, white, with black 

 bars on sides and flanks. 



133. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. 



Length about 8 inches, tail about 3 inches, and 

 bill about 1 inch long. Adult male : Above, black, 

 varied with whitish, crown, forehead, chin and 

 throat crimson-red ; below, yellowish, with a black 

 patch on chest. Adult female: Similar to the 

 male, but chin and throat white, and crown some- 

 times glossy-black. Young : General colour of 

 plumage, a dull, mottled, brownish tint, without 

 any black or red markings. 



134. Pileated Woodpecker. 



Length about 18 inches, extent of wings about 

 28 inches, tail about 7 inches, and bill about 2J 

 inches long. Adult male : Above, blackish, top of 



