834 



Ebpoet of State G-eologist. 



94. Gkniis SPHTB.APIOITS Baied. 



*162. (402). Sphyrapicus varius (Linn.). 



Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. 



Synonyms, Yehow-bellied Woodpecker, Sapsucker. 



Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. 



tBeal.— Bulletin No. 7, Division of Ornithology and Mammalogy, United States Department 



of Agriculture, p. 28.) 



Adult Male. — Crown, forehead, chin and throat, crimson; other up- 

 per parts, black, marked, or variegated with white or yellowish- white; 

 a line from nostril, below the eye, and one from behind the eye, run- 

 ning backwards, white, sometimes tinged with yellowish; wings, black, 

 the feathers with white spots, generally in pairs; wing coverts, chiefly 

 white; tail with middle pair of feathers and upper coverts mostly 



