LIST AND DESCRIPTION 95 



393. Hairy Woodpecker (Dry abates villosus villosus.) 



This fine annual resident has the same color markings as 

 the familiar Downy (black and white), lacking only "Downy's" 

 black spots in the white of the side tail feathers. It is much 

 larger than "Downy," and wilder, and has a more rattling call. 

 It keeps more to the woods and to the high tree tops. 



394b. Batchelder's Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens homorus.) 



A summer resident in the western counties of South Da- 

 kota. Similar to the Downy Woodpecker, but having fewer spots 

 on the wing, and with under parts lighter. 



394c. DowNY Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens medianus.) 



Our smallest and most common Woodpecker. Colors 

 black and white, like those of Hairy, with the exception above 

 noted. The males of both "Hairy" and "Downy" have a red patch 

 across the back of the head. An annual resident. 



400. Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker (Pkoides arcticus.) 



Found in the Black Hills and the forest reserves of Hard- 

 ing County. Probably an annual resident, but not common. 

 About the size of the Red-headed Woodpecker. Two toes in 

 front and one behind. Back black; under parts whitish. Crown 

 yellow in male and black in female. 



402. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapkus varius varius.) 



This fine bird belongs farther east, but is occasionally seen 

 as an irregular migrant in South Dakota, though rarely found 

 as a summer resident. The general colors are black and white 

 with a yellowish wash on the belly. Crown and throat red. 



406. Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus.) 



There is no mistaking this tricolored summer resident. 

 Its red, white and blue black are spread on in large patches, and 

 it has no other colors. It is often seen by the roadside on fence 

 posts and telegraph poles, which it uses at watchtowers from 

 which to detect insects in the grass. It will even take a passing 

 one on the wing. It is regarded as a lazy bird, and prefers to 

 gather its food as above stated rather than to search and chisel 

 for insects like its more industrious cousins. 



