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KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



Crown, red; throat, red (male); crown, red; throat, white (female); belly, 

 tinged with yellow ; two middle tail feathers, heavily marked with white on 

 the inner webs; a patch of black on the breast, varyinj^ in size, according 



to age and season. 



Yellow=bellied Woodpecker. 



Sphyrapkus rarius (adult). 



See No. 330. 



Re.Miellifii Wi>o(1|>cckor. 

 Crown, red (male) ; crown, ashy gray, nape, red (female) ; throat and under° 

 parts, pale ash gray, the belly tinged with red or bnfl', accordinu; to season. 



Red=bellied Woodpecker. 



Melanerpps carolin us. 

 See No. 333. 



Rump and upper tail coverts, pure white; greater part of secondai-ies and 

 tertials, white, with black shafts (sometimes with one l)rown band near 

 tip); entire head and thi-oat, red (adults); immature birds liave the head 

 brownish gray, speckled and marked with dull black, but usually showing more 

 or less red iu places. 



Red-headed Woodpecker. 

 jSIelanerpes eri/thrucephnlus. 

 See No. 332. 



