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2'. Plumage mainly black and white ; rump not white. 

 3. Under parts mainly black ; size nearly as large as 

 Crow ; top of head red and crested ; throat and stripe 

 on side of face and neck white ; underside of wings 

 white and black ; rest of body black. Found in for- 

 ests p. 212. PILEATED WOODPECKER. 



3'. Underparts not mainly black; size of Robin or smaller. 



4. Large black patch on breast ; throat red (white in 



female) ; belly yellow ... p. 208. SAPSUCKER. 



4:'. No black patch on breast. 



5. Underparts ash-gray, washed with red ; back barred 

 black and white ; top of head red. Common in the 

 south . . p. 211. RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER. 



5'. Under parts white, never washed or tinged with red; 



back mainly black. 



6. Crown black ; back barred with white ; a small 

 red spot on each side of back of head. Found in 

 pine woocls in south. 



p. 210. RED-COCKADED WOODPECKER. 



6'. Crown with a scarlet band ; back streaked with 



white. 



7. Length 9 to 10 inches. Common in northern wood- 

 lands .... p. 135. HAIRY WOODPECKER. 



7'. Length 6 to 7 inches. Familiar orchard and door- 

 yard bird . . p. 137. DOWNY WOODPECKER. 



Canada Jay ; Moose Bird : Perisoreus canadensis. 

 (Plate XII. p. 218.) 



GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION. Nova Scotia, northern New Eng- 

 land and northern New York ; west to northern Minnesota ; 

 north in the interior to the arctic regions. 



Tourists in the Adirondacks, White Mountains, 



