146 RED-HEADED WOODPECKER. 



The female difFersTrom the male only in being smaller, and in having 

 the tints of the plmnage somewhat less vivid. 

 Length 8| inches. 



Young Birds. Plate XXVII. Fig. &, 3, 3. 



The young when fully fledged have the bill and iris dark brown, the 

 feet bluish. The head and neck are dark brownish-grey, mottled with 

 small streaks of dark brown ; the back and wing-coverts of the same 

 colour, spotted with darker ; the primaries brownish-black, margined 

 with whitish, the secondaries yellowish-white, barred with black ; the tail 

 brownish-black, tipped with white ; the rump and under parts greyish- 

 white. 



