. Report on the birds of Pennsylvania : with special reference to the food habits, based on over four thousand stomach examinations. Birds. I 168 BIRDH OF PENNSYLVANIA. Genus SPHYRAPICUS Baird. Sphyrapicus varius (Linn.). Vellow-bellied Sapsiuker; Yellow-bellied Woodpecker. Description {Plate 77). Length about 8^ inches ; extent about 15; male, crown, cliin and throat bright red ; female has chin and throat wliite, and crown mostly red, Init sometimes black ; breast, both sexes black, anil belly yellow ; this latter color briglitest in younj^ birds.' Upper parts varied with black, yellowish an
. Report on the birds of Pennsylvania : with special reference to the food habits, based on over four thousand stomach examinations. Birds. I 168 BIRDH OF PENNSYLVANIA. Genus SPHYRAPICUS Baird. Sphyrapicus varius (Linn.). Vellow-bellied Sapsiuker; Yellow-bellied Woodpecker. Description {Plate 77). Length about 8^ inches ; extent about 15; male, crown, cliin and throat bright red ; female has chin and throat wliite, and crown mostly red, Init sometimes black ; breast, both sexes black, anil belly yellow ; this latter color briglitest in younj^ birds.' Upper parts varied with black, yellowish and white; l>road white stripe on edge of wing-coverts. Tail feathers niostly black, except inner webs of middle pair, which are mainly w hite. ^lsorih America, north and east of the great plains, south to the West Indies, Mexico and Guatemala. The Yellow-bellied Woodpecker breeds from the northern United States northward, and althouo-h found breeding in this state (in mount- ainous and elevated regions) it is classed with our rare breeders. Occa- sionally a few of these birds are found here in winter. Generally speak- ing, however, the Yellow-bellied Woodpeckers are to be observed as somewhat common spring and fall migrants, which arrive in this region early in April, and soon disappear to return again, but not earlier than the last week in September. During their visits in the spring these birds are much less abundant than in the autumn, and are seen prin- cipally in the woods, although I have, in many instances, observed them in apple orchards. AVliile they sojourn with us in the fall, they evince a strong disposition to frequent apple trees; often as many as six or eight of these birds can be secured in a small orchard. All woodpeck • ers have a common habit of hiding behind limbs, or sometimes in holes, etc., as you approach a tree on which they are feeding, and usually they continually shift their positions to escape notice. When hunting in api)le orchards, p
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