104 BIBDS. 



banded; back black with a long white stripe; outer tail 

 feathers wholly white; L. 9; W. 5; T. 3^; a scarlet 

 nuchal band in $ only. U. S.; everywhere. 



3. P. pubescens, L. Downy Woodpeckbe. Little 

 Sap-Sucicee. Much smaller; outer tail feathers black 

 and white, barred, otherwise precisely like the other; 

 L. 6i; W. 3i; T. 2i. U. S.; everywhere. 



4. PICOIDES, Lacepede. These - Toed Woodpeckees. 

 1. P. arctious, (Sw.) Gray. Black - Backed Wood - 



PECKEE. Black and white ; crown yellow in 3) plain in 

 §; back uniform black; L. 9; W. 5; T. 3f. Northern, 



5. to U. S. in winter. 



%. P. americanus, Brehm. Banded Theeb-Tobd 

 WooDPECKEE. Back with a white lengthwise stripe; 

 otherwise as above; L. 8; W. 4^; T. 3^. Arctic, S. in 

 winter to New England. 



5. SPHYRAPICUS, Baird. Sap-Sucking Woodpeckees. 

 1. S. varius, (L.) Baird. Yellow-Bellied Wood- 

 peckbe, Black and white above ; black on breast ; 

 chiefly yellowish below; white wing patch; crown red in 

 adult, chin scarlet in ^; L. 8J; W. 4f ; T. 3^. U. S., 

 abundant. 



6. CENTURUS, Swainson. Red-Bellied Woodpeckees. 

 1. C. carolinus, (L.) Bon. Red -Bellied Wood- 

 peckbe. Grayish, much barred above with black and 

 white; crown and nape crimson in $, crown ashy in $, 

 belly reddish-tinged; L. 9f; W. 5; T. Sf E. U. S., 

 rather southerly; N. to N. Wis. 



7. MELANERPES, Swainson. Red -Headed Wood- 



peckees. 



1. M. erythrocephalus, (L.) Sw. Red-Headed Wood- 



