PICIN^. PICUS. 
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Picus (apternus) arcticns, Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker, Swains. & Rich. F. 
Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 313. 
Noi'thern Three-toed Woodpecker, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 578. 
Three-toed Woodpecker, Picus tridactylus, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. ii. p. 198. 
272.17. Picus hirsutus, ViEiLL. Banded Three-toed Wood- 
pecker. 
Plate CCCCXVII. Fig. 3. Male. Fig. 4. Female. 
Three-toedj with the upper parts deep glossy-blacky the head with 
blue reflections, the back and wings tinged with brown ; tufts over 
nostrils dull yellow ; anterior part of head pale yellow, spotted with 
white ; a band of white, with small dusky lines, from the angle of the 
mouth to the occiput ; the back transversely banded with white; inner 
webs of all the quills and outer webs of the primaries spotted with 
white, there being seven spots on the outer, and five on the inner, 
webs of the three longest quills ; four middle tail-feathers black, the 
next white at the end, the rest white, unless at the base, but the outer- 
most banded with black. Female with the head black, streaked with 
white. ' 
Male, 9; wing, 4t^^. 
From Lake Superior to the Arctic Sea. Abundant. Resident. 
Picus hirsutus, Vieill. Ois. de I’Amer. v. ii. p. 124. 
Picus (Apternus) tridactylus. Common Three-toed Woodpecker, Swains. & Rich. 
F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 311. 
Common Three-toed Woodpecker, Picus hirsutus, Aun. Orn. Biog. v. v. p. 184. 
Bill straight, with the angles obsolete, and the upper outline 
somewhat arched. 
273. 18. Picus Carolinus, Linn. Red-bellied Woodpecker. 
Plate CCCCXV. Fig. 3. Male. Fig. 4. Female. 
Male with the upper part of the head and hind neck bright carmine ; 
the back and scapulars transversely banded with black and white ; the 
rump and tail-coverts with the white predominating ; primaries black, 
with a band of white ; tail black, with the inner webs of the middle, 
and both webs of the outer barred with white ; lower parts yellowish- 
white, abdomen red ; lower wing and tail-coverts white, spotted with 
dusky. Female similar, but with the top of the head ash-grey and 
with less red on the abdomen. 
Male, 7 1, 15|. Female, 8, 14L 
Breeds from Kentucky in the West, and from Maryland to Nova 
Scotia and Canada. Abundant in winter in all the Southern States, 
from Carolina to Texas, and especially in the Floridas. 
Red-bellied Woodpecker, Picus carolinus, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. i. p. 113. 
Picus carolinus, Bonap. Syn. p. 45. 
Red-bellied Woodpecker, Nutt. Man. i. p. 572. 
Red-bellied Woodpecker, Picus carolinus, Aun. Orn. Biog. v. v. p. 169. 
