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18 FIELD KEY TO THE LAND BIRDS.

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Spltyrapicus

varius.

— Length,

Top

8J inches.

of

head and throat red cheeks white belly light yellow elsewhere black and white, spotted and barred. Winters southward.





34.

THREE-TOED ARCTIC WOOD-

PECKER.

Picoides

arctieus.

Forehead with a yellow spot



— Length,

9J inches.

wing coverts and back

underparts white sides barred with black. similar, but without the yellow spot. Lives in the Arctic regions, but in winter wanders south to the Northern States.

black





Female

AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER.

—

Length, 8J inches. Similar to Picoides amerieanus. the Arctic Woodpecker in domicile and habits, but has the back barred with Avhite.

RED-HEADED WOODPECKER.

Melanerpes

—

Length, 9J inches. Head and neck eryth'ocephalus. bright crimson; back and tail black underparts and In the young the head and neck tail coverts white. This bird is very common in the are gray-brown. Western States, but rare on the Atlantic coast. •



RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER.

Melanerpes 9J inches. Top of head, from belly with a reddish tint rest of bill to neck, red body white, more or less barred, spotted, and speckled This is a Southern bird, occasionally with black. straying northward. carolinus.

— Length,





KNQFSYE.RS.

.y

— Alcedinidae.

— Large, Fep:t. — Small Bill.

stout, straight.

middle and outer



joined

toes

half

their

length.

35.

BELTED KINGFISHER.

— Length, 13 inches.

Head black

gray with small white dots



Ceryle

aleyon.

upperparts bluish underparts white with a