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KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTEKN NORTH AMERICA. 



Throat, red or white, not j?raj'; helly, tin<i:(Ml with 

 yellow. Yellow=belIied Woodpecker. 



Spyrapicus varius. 



See No. 330. 



Yellow bfllierl Woodpecker. 



niddle tail feathers, marked with white ; uuderparts, ashy, tinged with red 

 or bufi oa the belly. Red-bellied Woodpecker, 



Melanerpes caruUaus. 

 See No. 33:^. 



Group 4. Wing, over 8.00. 



Bill, dark slaty, or blackish; upper plumage, blackish; basal hnlf of wing 

 fc.illi.Ts, white; whole cro%vn, scarlet red (male); front of crown, not rod 

 (female). Pileated Woodpecker. 



Ceophlmis pilcatus. 

 See No. 331. 



