PICID^. XT.TT . 103 



+ Tongue obtuse, brushy; ridges on uijper mandible running 

 into the tomia ; belly with some yellow. Sphykapicus, 5. 



If Tongue acute, barbed; ridges on sides, of upper mandible 

 reaching the tip; no yellow; quills (in ours) with round 

 white spots Picus, 3. 



ftt Tongue acute, barbed ; ridges on sides of upper mandible 

 wanting or indistinct. 



t Back barred. 

 a. Belly with round black spots ; fathers of wings and tail 

 yellow or orange beneath. . . Colapteb, 8. 

 flsa. Belly unspotted, tinged with red or yellow; no yellow 



on quills Centdkus, 6. 



XX Back not barred ; body lustrous blue-black ; rump, second- 

 aiies, and under parts white ; head and neck red in adults, 

 grayish in young. . . . Melanekpbs, 7. 



/. HnOTOJUUS, Ba.iTd. Black Woodcocks. 



1. H. pileatus, (L.) Baird. Pileatbd Woodpbckee. 

 LoGCOCK. Black; white streak down neck; crest and 

 cheek patch scarlet in 3; cheeks and front of crest black 

 in $, L. 18; "W. Q^; T. 7. N; Am.; in heavy timber. 



2. CAMPEPHILUS, Gray. Itoet- Billed Woodpeckers. 



1. C. principalis, (L.) Gray. Gkeat Itoet- Billed 



Woodpbckee. Black with white markings; crest scarlet 

 in ^, black in S; L. 31; W. 11; T. 8. Southern, N. to 

 S. Ills. 



3. PICUS, Linnaeus. Spotted Woodpbckbes. 



1. P. borealis, YieiW.. Red - Cockadbd Woodpeckee. 

 Black and white, spotted and crosswise banded, but not 

 streaked; a red line on each side of head in $; L. 8^; 

 W. 4|-; T. 3-|-. Southern States in swamps, N. to Penn. 



3. P. villosus, L. Haiet Woodpbckee. Big Sap- 

 Stjckee. Spotted and lengthwise streaked, but not 



