288 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
Genus SPHYRAPICUS Bairp. (Page 280, pl. LX XXIII, fig. 3.) 
Species. 
Common Cuaracrers.—Belly plain yellowish or white; upper parts black, more 
or less varied with white, the inner webs of middle pair of tail-feathers largely or 
chiefly white. 
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a, Rump mixed black and white; belly pale sulphur-yellow, or whitish ; sexes not 
very different in color. 
b'. Chest with a black patch, and sides of head with white stripes in adult. 
Adult male with crown, forehead, chin, and throat crimson-red. Aduit 
female with chin and at least part of throat (entire throat in S. varius) 
white, the forehead and crown sometimes (in individuals of S. varius) 
glossy black. 
ce. Nape brownish white. Adult male with red of throat separated from 
the white stripe on cheeks by a distinct and continuous black malar 
stripe, connecting with the black patch on chest. Adult female with 
chin and throat entirely white, and red sometimes wanting on top 
of head. Young: Black, red, and white of head, neck, and chest 
nearly or quite wanting, the general color being a dull light 
mottled brownish tint, the pattern of the adult but faintly indi- 
cated. Length 7.75-8.75, wing (male) 4.80-5.00 (4.92), tail 2.90- 
3.20 (3.07), culmen 1.00-1.08 (1.04). Eggs .88 x .67. Hab. North- 
ern and eastern North America, breeding from northern United 
States northward; south, in winter, to West Indies, Mexico (both 
coasts), and Guatemala. 
402. S. varius (Linn.). Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. 
c. Nape more or less tinged with red (often with a distinct red band or 
transverse patch). Adult male with red of throat extending, in 
middle portion, quite to the white cheek-stripe, the black malar 
stripe being thereby obliterated, except at extremities. -Adult 
female with lower part of throat (sometimes nearly whole throat) 
red. Length 8.00-8.75, wing (male) 4.92-5.10 (5.03), tail 3.10-3.40 
(3.26), culmen .95-1.02 (.99). Hggs .90 x .67. Hab. Rocky Moun- 
tain district of United States, west to eastern slope of Sierra Nevada 
and Cascade ranges, south into mountains of Mexico. - 
402a. S. varius nuchalis Barrp. Red-naped Sapsucker. 
o. Chest without black patch, and sides of head without white stripes. 
Adult (sexes alike): Head, neck, and chest uniform red, or with white 
markings and black chest-patch of S. varius and S. nuchalis showing 
indistinctly through the plumage. Young: Similar to same stage 
of S. varius and S. nuchalis, but darker, the head, etc., usually with 
a pronounced dull purplish red suffusion. Length about 8.50-9.25, 
