FAMILY PICIDiE. 



WOODPECKKKS. 



1!);^ 



Ear coverts, white; uo white on inner web of two middle tail feathers; back, 

 heavily banded with white and black; upper tail coverts, black. 



Red=cockaded Woodpecker. 



Dryobates horealis {male). 

 Hee No. 327. 



Rump and upper tail coverts, pure white ; greater portion of tertials and 

 secondaries, white ; the shafts, black ; inner webs of two middle tail feathers, 

 not marked with white. 



Red=headed Woodpecker. 



Melanerpes eri/throcephalus (immature). 

 See No. 332. 



Inner webs of two middle tail feathers, heavily marked with white; belly, 

 usually tinged with pale yellow. 



YeIlow=bellied Woodpecker. 



Sphyrapicus varius {immature'). 

 See No. 330. 



Section 3. The following species have four toes, and more 

 or less red on crown or nape. 



Crown, black ; a patch of 

 re<l on the occiput (back 

 of the head) ; ear cov= 

 erts, black ; no white 

 on inner webs of two 

 middle tail feathers; 

 l)ack, black, with white 

 patch in middle, but 

 not heavily banded 

 with black and white; 

 wings, w i t h r o u n d 

 white spots ; upper 

 tail coverts, black. 



Hairy Woodpecker. 



Dryobates villosus (male). 

 See No. 324. 



Crown, black; a narrow patch of red on either side of the occiput (back of 

 the head); ear coverts, white; no white on inner webs of two middle tail 

 feathers; back, banded black and white; upper tail coverts, black. 



Red-cockaded Woodpecker. 



Dryobates horealis (male). 

 See No. 327. 



