BIRDS OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS. 
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SPHYRAPICUS VARIUS. (. Linn .) 
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker. 
Winter Plumage , Male. — Above, black, variegated with brown 
and dull white, becoming dull white on the upper tail-coverts ; crown, 
crimson (often interrupted with brownish), bordered by a narrow line 
of black ; a streak above the eye and a broader one from the bill, 
passing below the eye and down the neck to sides of the breast, 
yellowish white ; ends of wing-coverts, white, forming a broad bar ; 
quills spotted with white ; throat, crimson, with a band of inter- 
mixed black and brown upon the breast ; sides, light brown 
mottled with black ; belly, pale yellow ; inner tail-feathers edged 
with dull white ; outer feathers edged with white, becoming light 
brown at the tips. 
Winter Plumage, Female. — Above, black, variegated with white 
and light brown ; crown, crimson, mottled with light brown, and 
bordered narrowly with black at the nape ; a dull brownish white 
stripe passing from the base of the bill under the eye to the sides of 
the neck ; throat , dull brownish white , becoming brown on the 
breast; sides mottled with black; belly, pale yellow. Immature 
birds, without black on the breast or red on the head, and in every 
intermediate stage to the. adult. 
Length 8.35, wing 4.75, tail 3.20, tarsus .70, bill .96. 
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