. Land birds of northern New York : a pocket guide to common land birds of the St. Lawrence Valley and the lowlands in general of northern New York . AND -CREEPERS 393. Hairy Woodpecker—Drynbates -villosusvillosus. Length 9-yg inches. Male—Upperparts black and white; underpartswhite; red on back of head. Female very similar,but without red on head. Notes louder and harsher than those of thesmaller and more common Downy Woodpecker. Apermanent resident. 394c. Downy Woodpecker—Dryobatcs pubes-ccns medianus. Sparrow-size; length 6% inches. Male—Cpperparts black and white; underpartswhite; red on b
. Land birds of northern New York : a pocket guide to common land birds of the St. Lawrence Valley and the lowlands in general of northern New York . AND -CREEPERS 393. Hairy Woodpecker—Drynbates -villosusvillosus. Length 9-yg inches. Male—Upperparts black and white; underpartswhite; red on back of head. Female very similar,but without red on head. Notes louder and harsher than those of thesmaller and more common Downy Woodpecker. Apermanent resident. 394c. Downy Woodpecker—Dryobatcs pubes-ccns medianus. Sparrow-size; length 6% inches. Male—Cpperparts black and white; underpartswhite; red on back of head. Female closely simi-lar, but no red on head. This is the common little black and white wood-pecker found all the year round. See number 393. 402. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker — Sphyrapicus•varius varius. Length V/2 inches. Male—Most of underparts washed with yellowand barred with black; throat and top of head —Without red throat; otherwise like male. Most abundant as a migrant in spring. It isthis woodpecker which drills the circles of holesround tree trunks. 406. Red-headed Woodpecker (See frontispiece). 26. Northern Flicker 412a. Northern Flicker — Colaptrs auratusluteus. Robin-size, larger. Length 12 inches. Male—A large black patch across the breast;rump white (showing conspicuously in flight) ; un-derpays buffy with round black spots; tail mostlyyellow below; a black stripe on the side of thethroat; bright red on back of neck; back biownishgray, barred with black. Female—Similar, butwithout black streaks at sides of throat. Often seen on ground in quest of ants. Thiswoodpecker has a great variety of calls, also manylocal names; of the latter, high-holer is perhapsthe most familiar. 636. Black and White Warbler—Mniotiltavarta. Smaller than sparrow. Length sTA inches. Male—Black and white. Female—Similar tomale, but without black throat. 27 Has the habit, unique among warblers, of climb-ing about the trunks and larger branches m
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