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BIRDS OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS. 
FAM. PICIDiE. 
WOODPECKERS. 
PIC US VILLOSUS. Linn. 
Hairy Woodpecker. 
Winter Plumage , Male. — Above, black, with a white band dowm 
the middle of the back finely lined with black ; all the quills, middle 
and larger wing-coverts, with numerous spots of white ; crown, a 
black patch over the eye, and a stripe from the mandible to the nape, 
white ; a black stripe from the eye, passing through the cheeks, over 
the nape, and joining the black of the back ; a scarlet crescent 
around the base of the skull, joining the white superciliary stripe ; 
under parts, ashy, with the sides mottled and striped with black ; 
two outer tail feathers white, edged and tipped with pale brown ; 
third, black, wdth a patch of pale browm upon the outer web, the 
others black. Female, the scarlet crescent wanting, replaced by 
white. 
Length 7.25, wing 4.20, tail 3, tarsus .70, bill 1. 
The Hairy Woodpecker is occasionally found in the Bahamas 
during the winter season. At Nassau it was rather common, but by 
no means as abundant as 6 1 . varius. Its food consists of insects, 
berries, and small fruits. 
Fig. Aud. Bds. N. A., Vol. IV. pi. 262. 
