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Identification Chart No- 16. 



400. 



Woodpeckers. 



No. 392. Ivory-billed Woodpecker, (^Cam- 



pephilus principalis.') 



Formerly found in the South Atlantic and Gulf 

 States and in the Mississippi Valley as far north as 

 Illinois. It is now only found locally along the Gulf 

 States. Length, ig in. Bill, ivory white. Nasal 

 tuft, stripe on each side of head and down the back, 

 and secondaries, white. Crest on back of head, 

 Vermillion. The remainder of the plumage above 

 and below is a beautiful glossy black. 



No. 400. Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker, 



(Picoides arcticus.) 



Northern North America from the Arctic regions 

 south to the northern tier of states. Crown, yellow. 

 Stripe from bill down sides of the neck,. outer tail 

 feathers and entire under parts, white; flanks barred 

 with black. Primaries, barred with white. The 

 remainder of the plumage, including the nasal tufts, 

 black. 



No. 401. American Three-toed Woodpecker, 



( Picoides americanus . ) 



Northern North America, east of the Rocky Mount- 

 ains, from the Arctic regions south to the northern 

 tier of states. Length, 9 in. Crown, pale yellow, 

 specked with white on the fore part. Otherwise 

 like the preceding except that the back is barred with 

 white and the outer tail feathers are barred with 

 black. 



No. 401a. Alaskan Three-toed Woodpecker, 



{P. a. alascensis.) 



Found on the Pacific coast from Alaska south to 

 Washington. 



40ib. Alpine Three-toed Woodpecker, (P. 



a. dorsalis.) 



Found in the Rocky Mountains from British Co- 

 lumbia south to New Mexico. 



No. 405. Pileated Woodpecker, {Ceoph- 



loeus pileatus.) 



Found in the heavily timbered regions of North 

 America south of middle Canada. Length, 16 in. 

 Bill, horn color. Whole crest and stripe from bill 

 across cheek to below the eye, vermillion. Nasal 

 tufts, chin, stripe from bill down sides of neck and 

 back, and bases of primaries, white. Remainder of 

 plumage sooty black. In the female the red under 

 the eye is replaced by the sooty black. 



