FAM. XXII. WOODPECKERS 



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Length, 9'- ; wing, 5^ (5|-5J) ; tail, 3| ; culmen, 1^. United States 

 from the Eocky Mountains eastward; breeding tliroughout and north 

 into Canada, and winter- 

 ing irregularly through- 

 out, but more abundantly 

 in the Southern States. 



11. Lewis's Wood- 

 pecker (408. Melaiiir- 

 pes torquMxis). — An 

 extreme western, red- 

 bellied, bronze-black- 

 backed, red-faced 

 woodpecker, with a 

 bluish-gray band 

 around the neck. The 

 crown and the neck 

 above the gray band 

 are black. The 

 wings, tail, back, and 

 crissum are a rich iri- 

 descent green-black. 



Length, 11 ; wing, 6^ (6^-7) ; tail, i\\ culmen, l\. Western United 

 States from the Black Hills to the I'acific; wintering in western Texa.s, 



and casual in Kansas. 



12. Red-bellied 

 Woodpecker (4(11). Mp- 



luii(''rpes caroUnns). — 

 A southern, medi- 

 um-sized, " ladder- 

 backed," whitish-bel- 

 lied woodpecker, with 

 the crown and back 

 neck bright scarlet, 

 and the breast and 

 belly often tinged with red. The black and white bars of the 

 back and wings are numerous and distinct. The female lacks 

 the red on the center of the crown, this being replaced by an 



APGAU'S BIRDS. — 12 



Red-headed Woodpecker 



Eed-bellied Woodpecker 



