. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin . nn.).Red-headed Woodpecker. Distr.: Eastern United States, from Rocky Mountains to Floridaand north to about latitude 50°; casual east of the Hudson River. Adult male and female: Back, tail and most of wing, bluish black;whole of head and throat, including upper breast, crimson red; greater portion of secondaries and wingcoverts, pure white; under parts, white,more or less tinged with buff; tail, black,the outer feathers more or less marginedwith white; bill, slaty brown or horncolor. The sexes are similar. Immature: Head and neck, brownishgray, streaked
. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin . nn.).Red-headed Woodpecker. Distr.: Eastern United States, from Rocky Mountains to Floridaand north to about latitude 50°; casual east of the Hudson River. Adult male and female: Back, tail and most of wing, bluish black;whole of head and throat, including upper breast, crimson red; greater portion of secondaries and wingcoverts, pure white; under parts, white,more or less tinged with buff; tail, black,the outer feathers more or less marginedwith white; bill, slaty brown or horncolor. The sexes are similar. Immature: Head and neck, brownishgray, streaked with dusky; feathers of theback, blackish, faintly tipped with gray-ish white; primaries, brownish black;secondaries, broadly but irregularlybarred with black and white; tail, black,most of the feathers tipped with white;under parts, whitish, streaked with dusky,most heavily on the throat and , 9; wing, ; tail, ; bill, Red-headed Woodpecker is anRed-headed Woodpecker abundant summcr resident in Illinois and. 5i8 Field Museum of Natural History — Zoology, Vol. IX. Wisconsin and a regular winter resident in southern Illinois. A fewremain during the winter in southern Wisconsin and northern Illi-nois, but the great majority go south. Nests in a hole in a dead tree or stump. The eggs are white, fiveor six in number, and measure about .98 x .75 inches. Breeds in Mayand June. Genus CENTURUS Centurus carolinus (Linn.). Red-bellied Woodpecker. Melanerpes carolinus (Linn.), A. O. U. Check List, 1895, p. 166. Distr.: Eastern and southern United States, from New York,Michigan, and Ontario to the Gulf states; west to Nebraska, Kansas,and Texas; not numerous in northern part of its range. Adult male: Top of head and nape, scarlet red, becoming paleon the forehead; back and wings barred with black and white; under
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