126 RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER 



with confidence is in a piece of thick, wet woods 

 where the Fourteenth Street road crosses Piney 

 Branch; but he is said to be common near Laurel, 

 Maryland. He cannot be mistaken for any other 

 Woodpecker, as he is the only one we have here that 

 is barred crosswise, evenly and distinctly. The red on 

 the belly from which he gets his name is not con- 

 spicuous. He gives a loud chuck as he lights against 

 a tree-trunk, which he ascends in a characteristic 

 jerky fashion. His hole is about twenty feet from the 

 ground. 



