174 KEY AND DESCRIPTION 



in settled regions, where it can be found in woodland, orchards, 

 and even in the shade trees along the streets of the towns. 



Length, 6f ; wing, 3| (3}-4); tail, i\; tarsus, i; oulmen, f. North 

 America from tlie Mains eastward, and south to the Gulf of Mexico. Not 

 migratory. (The northern form is .394=. D. p. medidnus.) 



i. Red-cockaded Woodpecker (395. DnjohMes boreMis). — A 

 small, southern "ladder-backed" woodpecker, with white sides 



to the head and a scarlet 

 tuft of feathers on each 

 side of the crown, back of 

 the eyes and above the 

 white cheeks. The female 

 lacks the scarlet. This 

 inhabitant of the pine 



Ked-cookaded Woodpecker , o , , o, , , 



woods of the Southern 



States has distinct black and white bands across the back, giv- 

 ing the appearance of a ladder. The crown and band between 

 the white cheeks and throat are black. 



Length, 8;^; wing, 4| (4^-5); tail, 3|; oulmen, |. North Carolina to 

 eastern Texas, south to the Gulf. 



5. Texan Woodpecker (396. Di~yohMes scalhris hd,irdi). — A 

 Texas "ladder-backed," gray-bellied woodpecker, with numer- 

 ous small black spots on sides and crissum. The side of the 

 head and neck is white, with a long, curved, black stripe ex- 

 tending from the eye downward and forward to the bill. The 

 male has more or less of red on t]je crown ; this is lacking in 

 the female. 



Length, 7; ; wing, 8f (3|-4J) ; tail, 2|; oulmen, J. Southern portion 

 of the United States from Texas to California, and south to the table-lands 

 of Mexico. 



6. Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker (400. Picoldes drcticiis). — An 

 extreme northern, medium-sized, orange-crowned, black-backed, 

 white-bellied woodpecker, with very small white spots on the 

 otherwise black wings; outer tail feathers mainly white, and 

 a line under the eye also white. The female has a black crown. 



