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NORTHERN WOODPECKER. 

 (Picus borealis.) 



P. supra niger, subtus albus ; occipite rufo, pone oculis macula 

 alba. 



Woodpecker above black, below white ; hiud head red, with a 



white spot behind the eyes. 

 Picus borealis. Vieil. Ois. de L'Amer. Sept. 2. 66. 

 Le Pic boreal. Vieil. Ois. de VAmer. Sept. 2. 66. 122. 



This bird is found in the north of the United 

 States of America, and is about seven inches in 

 length : beak and feet black : irides red : the 

 whole of the upper parts of the body, with the 

 upper tail-coverts and quills black, spotted with 

 dusky ; the wing-coverts likewise black, and 

 spotted with white : the four exterior tail-feathers 

 white varied with black ; the rest entirely of the 

 latter colour : hind head with a narrow red band, 

 and a large white spot reaching from thence to 

 the eyes, below which is a black line which ex- 

 tends to the under mandible : the feathers at the 

 base of the beak, throat, front of the neck, breast, 

 and abdomen whitish, the latter spotted with 

 black : it has a great affinity to the Canada Spotted 

 Woodpecker. 



