RED-HEADED WOODPECKER 



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RED-HEADED WOODPECKER. 



Red-headed Woodpecker: Melanerpes erythrocephalus. 



Length g l / 2 inches. 



Head, neck and upper breast crimson-red. 

 Upper back, wings and tail bluish-black. 

 Lower back, under parts, and a broad stripe across the 

 wings, white. 



Young, gray where adults are red. 



An uncommon summer and rare winter resident. 



In " Birds in the Bush," Bradford Torrey writes of 

 the Red-headed Woodpecker: "This showy bird has 



