THE BIRDS OF NEW JEESEY. 179 



cc. No red on the throat. 



d. Breast black, throat white. 



YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKEB (female), p. 181 

 dd. Breast and throat brown or dusky, more or less obscurely 

 mottled. 



e. Rump white. RED-HEADED WOODPECKER (young), p. 183 

 ee. Rump barred. 



YELLOW-BELLIED WOODPECKER (young), p. 181 

 ddd. Lower surface uniform gray, belly slightly red. 



RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, p. 184 

 dddd. Lower parts white or grayish-white. 

 e. Back striped longitudinally. 



f. Wing, 3.75. DOWNY WOODPECKER, p. 179 



if. Wing, 4.75. HAIRY WOODPECKER, p. 179 



ee. Back barred. RED-COCKADED WOODPECKER, p. 180 



393 Dryobates villosus (Linnaeus). 

 Hairy Woodpecker. 



Adult male. Length, 8.50-9. Wing, 4.75. Coloration essentially like the 

 Downy Woodpecker, except that the three outer tail feathers are white, with 

 some black on the inner webs near the base, but no bars. 



Adult female and young differ, as in the Downy Woodpecker. 



Nest in a dead tree trunk ; eggs, four to six, glossy white, .95 x .70. 



Regular resident, less abundant than the Downy Woodpecker, and 

 much less frequently seen about dwellings, being more or less a bird of 

 the forest. 



Similar in habits and food to the Downy Woodpecker. Its note is 

 louder. 



394 Dryobates pubescens medianus (Swainson). 

 Downy Woodpecker. 



PLATE 37. 



Adult male. Length, 6.50-7. Wing, 3.70. Above, black ; nostril tufts and 

 stripe over each eye, white ; a white spot on each side of the neck, running in 

 a narrow stripe to the base of the bill ; a broad white stripe down the back ; 

 wings spotted with white ; three outer tail feathers, white, barred with black ; 

 a scarlet crescent on the hind neck ; under parts, dull white. 



Adult female. Similar, without the scarlet on the hind neck. 



Young in first summer. Similar to the adult female, but head somewhat 

 mottled with white or red. 



Nest in a dead tree trunk ; eggs, four to six, glossy white, .75 x .60. 



