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C. Umlor parts white, or wliiti.sh witliout I'.ack streaks or spots. 

 a. Crown f,'ray, a reddish tiiiu'e i.ii the hfliy. 



4<>',t. Ki;i)-nEM.iEi) Wuodi'K'^eu 9 . 

 /*. Crown hhii'jv. 



/-'. OiitiT tiiil-tVatliers l)arred with lilaek. 



o'.ll. DoWXV WooIH-KCKEK 6, 



U*. Outer lail-featliers white .... I''.'.".. I1aii!Y \\ooi>iM;<Ki;it i . 



\W',b. SoiTHi:u.v IIamiy Woodi-kcki;!: iJ . 



392. Campephilus principalis (/.inn.K Ivuuv-i:ii.i.ki> Wood- 

 I'EiiiKit. .('/. S. — U[>iier parts shinin;^' Mark, a lar^re scarlet erest ; a wliito 

 stripe lietrins liilow the eye and. passiiii,' down tlie sitle ot' the iicek, meets it.s 

 I'rliow in tile middle ot' the itaek ; ends ot' tlie inner primaries and the end 

 lialt' or two tliirds ot" tlie seeondaries white; outer tail-t'eathiTs very short, 

 the eeiitral ones elonLrated and nuieh stitieiied; hristles over tlie nostrils 

 white; hill ivory-white; under parts shiniiiir hlaek. Ail. 9. — Similar, hut 

 with the crest hlaek. L., 20-00; \V., loOO; T.. C,-:,it; V,., li-T"). 



A'aiiije. — "Formerly South Atlantie and (iiilf States, from North Carolina 

 to Texas; north in the Mississippi Valley to .Missouri, southern Illinois, and 

 southern Indiatui. No'v restrieti'd to the (iulf States and the lower .Mississippi 

 Valley, where only locally distrilmted '' (A. (). U.). (See llasliroiuk. Auk, 

 viii, 1S91, pp. 174-lsii, witli map.) 



i\'(A/, in the higher part ot' a tree. /;';/;/.•>■, "' l';;i x -Si)" (Ilidgw.). (Seo 

 also Mauriee Thompson's A lled-lieaded Family.) 



The home of this ina^'nificont Woodpecker is in the alinost limit- 

 less cypress forest.s of our southern coasts and river valleys. Even 

 there it is common in but few iocalilies. In Florida it is found chieny 

 in the western part of the peninsula, and doubtless occurs in j^reatest 

 numbers in the reijion between the Suwanee Kiver and the (lulf. 



The Ivory-bill is a wild, .shy bird. It does not remain lonj; in one 

 place, and diirinjif the day ranges over an extended territory. Its call 

 is a high, rather nasal, i/a/t, i/'ip->/>'P, souniling in the distance like the 

 note of a penny trumpet. 



393. Dryobates vlllosus ■ /./////. i. II.muv WoonpECKEK. (See Fiir. 

 .•57,".) .1'/. S- Fjiper parts lilaek ; a scarlet hainl on the najie; middle of 

 the hack white; winLr-t'eathirs and their coverts spotted with \Nhite: middle 

 tail-l'eathcrs Mack, the outer ones ir/iif, ,■ a whiii' >nipe nliove and another 

 helow the eye; under parts white. .1-/. ? .—Similar, hut willmut Hcailel on 

 the hai'k of the neck. T... lejo ; W.. 4-T-^: T., ;;-;io; li., 1 ••_'•_'. 



7i''^//;/(. -Eastern United States, tVom the ni>i-ilicrn hofihr south to North 

 Carolina. 



^\■ashiIl^ton, rare P. R. Sin;.' Siller, rare i*. \l. < '•■ idiriih/e, uncommon 

 'W. V. 



XiKf. trciicrany in a di ail tree, /■.'ifi/n, four to >ix, •,!.( x -V.'). 



This species reseml)les the Downy Woodpecker in habits, but is less 

 'reiiucntly observed out of the woods. Its notes arc noticeably louder 



