228 



WOODPECKKIIS. 



uniformly wliitc, and arc placed in a hole, generally in a dead tree or 

 limb, hollowed out by the bird. 



KKY TO THE HPECIE8. 



1, No red oil tlie head or nape. 



A. Kiitirc uiidt-r parts Mack. 

 a. Wiuy about 1000, bill ivory-white. 



W-2. IvollY-IULI.ED WoonPECKER 9. 



Ji. Unilor partH white, without lilack «j>ot.s or stnukH. 



a. Wiuji under 4-00; outer tail- leutliers burred with blaek. 



y.'t. DoWNV WooDI'KCKEIt 9 . 



b. Wing over 4'00; outer tuil-t'eatiier.s wliite, without black bars. 



3'J3. IIaiky Wooiii'KCKEK 9. 



3ii;!/*. SoiTUKKN IIaihv Wooopeckeh 9. 



C. Under parts with black .spots, burs, or streaks. 



a. Jiack entirely black . . 400. AitcTic Thiskk-toko Woodpecker. 



fj. Hack black aiul white. 



6*. Outer tail-feuthers entirely white, crown yellow or spotted with 



white 401. Am. Tiikkk-tuko Woodpkc kkr. 



6*. Outer tuil-feathers barred with black, no bluck jmtcli on the 



breast, ear-coverts white . 30."). RKo-cot^KAOKO Woodi'Kckkii 9 . 



b*. Outer tail -leathers bluck, with (^'eneniUy a narrow white niar;,'in; 



runip white 4<»<). Uko-hkaoko Woodpecker 9 . 



b*. Outer tall-tcathers blaek and white, a larj,'e l)lack patch on the 



!)reast 40:i. Veli.ow-iu;llied Sap.suckeu 9. 



II. Whole toj> of the liead red. 

 A. Throat red. 



a. rriinuries spotted with white, belly yellowish. 



40:i. Vellow-hei.lied Sapsucker 8. 



b. Primaries black, rump and belly white. 



40(). Ked-ueaded Woodpecker S. 

 R Throat white. 



a. Breast and belly Muck .... 405. Pii.eated Woodpecker S . 



b. Breast bluek or blackish, sides streaked, bcdly yellowish white. 



402. YELi.ow-iiEi.i.iED Sapsucker 9. 



c. Under pnrts tinj^'ed with red, without streaks or spots. 



40'.'. HeD-I!EI.LIEI) WoODPE(!KER $, 



III. Crown blaek, brown, or gray, a red band across the nnjie, a red crest on 

 the buck of the hcud, or sinull patches of red on either side of the 

 napo. 

 A. Under parts black, wing over 8-00. 



a. Kill ivory-white 392. Ivory-billed Woodpecker. «. 



b. Bill blackish 40i5. Pileated Woodpecker 9 . 



li. Under pnrts more or less spotted or streaked with bluek. 



a. A blaek patch on the breast, throat brown, rump white. 



412. Flicker. 



b. Ilcud bluck, ear-coverts white, u few red feathers on either side of 

 the nape 31)5. Keu-cockaued Woodpecker 8 . 



