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This active, restless bird takes long flights, with the character- 

 istic undulating movements of woodpeckers in general, and at 

 every glide gives out its shrill note, 

 which sounds more like a mammal in 

 pain, than like a bird. (Black-backed 

 Woodpecker.) 



Length, 9J; wing, 6} (5-5|); tail, .3|; cul- 

 men, IJ. Northern North America, south to 

 New England, Michigan, and Idaho. 



7. American Three-toed Woodpecker 

 (401. Picoldes mneric&nus). — A north- 

 ern bird, similar to the last, but hav- 

 ing the center of the back cross-barred 

 with black and white; the sides are 

 also barred. The orange spot is found 

 only in the crown of the male, the 

 female having a black and white spotted 



crown. Arctic Tliree-toed Woodpecker 



Length, 8|; wing, 4^ (4|^|) ; tail, 3i; culmen, 11. Northern North 

 America, east of the Rocky Mountains, south to Massachusetts and New 



York. Like most of the woodpeckers it is 

 not migratory. 



8. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (402. 

 Sxthyrdpicus vdrius). — A small, 

 rather common, scarlet-crowned, mot- 

 tled-backed, yellowish-bellied wood- 

 pecker, with much white on the wings, 

 and black on the breast. The mot- 

 tling of the back is of black and yel- 

 lowish. The wings are black, with 

 many spots of white on the quills, 

 and the coverts are mainly white. 

 The tail is more or less barred with 

 black and white. The wiafe'has a red 

 throat, and the female a white one. 

 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker The crown of the female is some- 



