PIUID.E — THE WOODPECKERS. 



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Sphyropicus varius, vm. varius, T5aiud. 



THE YELLOW-BELLIED WOODFECKEB. 



Picits mrius, L. Syst. Nut. I, l/Oti, 170. — Vieii.i.'it, Ois. Am. II, 1807, (!."», jil. exviii, 

 c.\ix. - Wli-suN, Am. Urn. I, 1808, 147, 1>1. ix, f. 2. — Waim.i;!!, Syst. Av. 1.S-J7, 

 No. 1«. --Aru. Orii. IJiiif;- H. !»«•*. •'>!!'; V, 537, 1>1. lito. — In. iSihls Amur. IV, 

 1842, 2(i. 1)1. cdxvii. — I!i.n. List, 1838. — In. Consii. IS.'.o, 1IJ8. -.Maxim. Cali, .Icnir. 

 VI, 1858, 41tj ^lvl'L'^s to in'iiiliai- toiit,'uc). — (ios.si:, IJiids Jam. 'J/O (.lamaiia). — N'kw- 

 To.\, ll)i.s, 18«0, 308 (St. Croix). —Tavu)!!, Ilii.s, 18(30, 119 (lloiidura.s). — Si-.sDH- 

 VAi.L, Consp. 33. — (ilJAY, Cat. 51. J'ican (Jiini/ivvoiinn) rin-iit:i. S\v. F. I!. A. II, 

 1831, 30U. J'ilinnnnn niriits, lias. Coiisj). Zygoil. Atcii. Itai. 18.">4, 8. ('IhiIaiscojius 

 varius. Cad. k lli;ix. Mus. 80. I I'iciis utriithiiritj; Lkssos, Traiti! (l'(>initliolof;ii', I, 

 1831, 229. — rrniKisAX, li.v. Zoiil. VII, 183.^., 21. (liflVrs it to I'iai.s ainiis.) 

 Yilliiir-bcllitil W'oiuliiixkci', rn.VNANT, Latiiam. Sjilujfojiicun mrius, I'.aikh, Minis X. 

 Am. 1858, 103. -Sclatki:, V. 'A. S. 185!l, 307 (Xalapa). — In. Calal. 335 ^Orizaba). — 

 III. Ibis, 1859, 130 ((imitL'iiiala). — 111. 1800, 119 (Honduras). — ('All. .lounial, IV, 

 1850, 102. — (lrsi)i..\(ii, Rcpcrtorium, I, 1800, 294 (CubaK — UiiYAvr, I'r. liusi. .'^oo. 

 1859 (Maliamas). — In. 1805,91 (Anatomy of toiit,'nc.) — Dui;.s.si;ii, Ibi.s, ls05, 408 ^bri-rds 

 in Texas). — Sam IT. i.s, 90. — Ai.lkn, B. K. Fla. 300. 



Sp. CiiAK. Tliinl (|uillloi);fi',st ; seooiitl a little shorter; lirtit between fourth anil fifth 

 con.'iiderubly sliorlci'. General eolor above black, 

 iniieh variegated with white. Feather.-* of the 

 baek and ninip browiiisli-wliite, spotted with 

 blaek. Crown eriiiison, bordered by blaek on 

 the side.s of tin; head and nape. A streak from 

 above the eye, and a broad .stripe from the 

 bristle.s of the bill. ])a.vsiui,' below the eye, and 

 into the yellowish of the lielly. eiieio.siiij,' a blaek 

 ])ost-oeiilar one, and u .stripe alonj; the edg;es of 

 tlie winpf-coverts, white. A triangular broad 

 patch of scarlet on the ohin, bordered on caoii 

 side by black stripes from tlie lower mandible 

 which meet behind, and extend into a lar<re 

 quadrate .spot on the breast. Rest of under parts 

 yellowish-white, or yellow, streaked and liaiuh-d 

 on the sides with black. Inner wel) of inner 

 tail-feather white, .spotted witli blaek. Outer 

 feathers b'ack, edged and .spotted witli white. 

 Quills spott(!d with white. Length, S.lio ; wing, about 4.75 ; tail, 3.;]0. Feimtle \\\i\\ iha 

 red of the throat replaced by white. Immature bird without blaek on the brea.st, or red 

 on top of the head, as in every intermediate .stage to the perfect plumage. 



Hah. Atlantic! coa.st to the eastern .slopes of the Rocky Mountains; Greenland; 

 West Indies; whole of Mexico, to fiuatemala. Localities: ? Oax.aea (Sol. P. Z. S. IHoS, 

 30")); Orizaba (Sci,. Cat. :!:!")) ; Xaiapa (Sci.. 185!), ;5()7) ; Yucatan {L.\\\r. Ann. N. Y. 

 Lye. IX, 205); Ouatemala (Sci,. Ibis, I, llUi); Honduras (Set,. Ibis, 11, U!)) ; Cuba (Cah. 

 J. IV, 102); (GuNDi,. Report. I. 1800, 294); Uahama.s (I3i!Yant, Pr. Bost. Soc. VII, 

 1859; In. 18G7, G5) ; Jamaica (Gossk, R. Jam. 270); St. Croix (Sci.. Ibis, II, 30S) ; 

 E. Tex.as (Dkksseh, Ibi.s, 18G5, 4()8 ; breeds). 



There is an occasional variation in tlie niarkinos of tlio tail-feathers. 

 Tims, in No. 782, from Carlisle, the innermost one is entirely black, while 



iSjihyrofiinni vnriii.s. 



