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Woodpeckers very prominently marked with red. 



CKeLrak-cteristics: Climb trees clinging to them witK feet aLSsisted by tKeir sKarp 

 pointed ta.iI feSLthers. Tw^o toes in front aLnd two behind. 



A. O. U. No. 403, Red-breasted Sapsucker 

 {Sphvmpicus ruber). 



Pacific coast, from British Columbia to Lower Calif. 

 Whole head, neck and breast red. Primaries barred with 

 white, middle tail feathers barred with white. 



A. O. U. No. 406, Red-headed Woodpecker (Mf- 

 lanerpes ervthrocephalus). 



Central portion of the U. S. West to the Rocky Mt-;. 

 and east to New England. Very common. Head and 

 neck intense red. Larg'e white wing patches. Back, 

 blue black. Lengtli 9 inches. 



A. O. U. No. 407, California Woodpecker, (M. 

 formicivortis bairdi) . 



Pacific coast from Oregon to Lower Calif. Common. 

 Black on breast extends on belly and flanks in streaks. 

 Back, glossy black. Length 9 inches. Subspecies. 407a, 

 Narrou- fronted Woodpecker (M. f. angitstitrons Lower 

 Calif. White band on forehead narrower than the former. 



A. O. U. No. 408, Lewis' Woodpecker (M. 

 torquatus). 



Pacific coast, west of the Rockies and south of Britisli / 

 Columbia, upper part irridescent greenish black. Face mI 

 dark red. Gray collar and breast. Belly and sides streak- 1 

 eJ with rose red and white. Length 10.5 inches. 



A. O. U. No. 409, Red-bellied Woodpecker (M. 

 carolinus). 



U. S. east of the Mississippi and from southern New 

 England southwards. Common. Length 9.5 inches. 



