AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 



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WOODPECKERS. 



No. 406. Red-headed Woodpecker {Melan- 



erpes erythrocephalus) . 



Central portions of the United States and southern 

 Canada; rare east of the Hudson River and west of 

 the Rocky Mts. Length 9 in. Back, wings, and 

 tail glossy blue-black; secondaries, upper tail coverts 

 and under parts below the breast, white. Whole 

 head, neck, chin, throat and upper breast crimson, 

 sometimes bordered with black where it meets the 

 white of the under parts. Outer tail feathers often 

 tipped with white. Young. Red of the adults re- 

 placed with gray, streaked with blackish. Under 

 parts dusky white or grayish. Feathers of the back 

 edged with gray. 



No. 407. Ant-eating Woodpecker, (Melan- 



erpes formicivorus) . 



From Mexico north through western Texas, New 

 Mexico and Arizona. Length 9 in. Area about eye, 

 around bill, back, wings, tail and breast, black; face, 

 base of primaries, upper tail coverts and underparts, 

 white. 



407a. California Woodpecker, (M./. hairdi). 



Pacific coast from Oregon southwards. 

 407b Narrow-fronted Woodpecker, (M. /. 



augttstifrons) . 



Lower California. 

 No. 409. Red-bellied. Woodpecker, {Melan- 



erpes carolinus). 



The United States east of the Rockies and south 

 of New England. Length, 9.5 in. Whole crown 

 and nape red. Back and tail black barred with white. 

 Rump white and underparts grayish white. The fe- 

 male has the nape only red, the crown being grayish 

 brown. 



No. 410. Golden-fronted Woodpecker, {_Me- 



lanerpes aurifrons). 



Northern Mexico and southern Texas. Similar to 

 the last except that the nasal tufts are yellow, the 

 nape orange, and a small patch in center of the crown 

 red. The female lacks the patch in the center of the 

 crown. 



No. 411. Gila Woodpecker, (Melanerpes 



uropvgialis) . 



Southern Arizona and Calif. The same as the 

 last without the yellow nape and nasal tufts, the 

 center of the crown only, having a crimson patch. 

 Female without color on the crown. 



