. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin. Birds; Birds. Jan., 1909. Birds of Illinois and Wisconsin — Cory. 515 Genus SPHYRAPICUS Baird. 193. Sphyrapicus varius (Linn.). Yellow-bellied Woodpecker. Distr.: Eastern North America; south in winter to West Indies, Mexico and Central America; breeds from Massachusetts and north- ern border of eastern United States northward. Adult male: Toes, four; top of head and throat, red; a white stripe over, and another below the eye; a black stripe through the eye, extending to the sides of the neck; breast, with large black patch, bordered with yellow and white
. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin. Birds; Birds. Jan., 1909. Birds of Illinois and Wisconsin — Cory. 515 Genus SPHYRAPICUS Baird. 193. Sphyrapicus varius (Linn.). Yellow-bellied Woodpecker. Distr.: Eastern North America; south in winter to West Indies, Mexico and Central America; breeds from Massachusetts and north- ern border of eastern United States northward. Adult male: Toes, four; top of head and throat, red; a white stripe over, and another below the eye; a black stripe through the eye, extending to the sides of the neck; breast, with large black patch, bordered with yellow and white; belly, pale yellow; sides, marked with white and dusky; back, irregularly marked with black and dingy yellowish white; wing coverts, heavily marked with white, forming a conspicuous wing bar; primaries, black, spotted with white; tail feathers, black, the outer ones edged with white, and the inner webs of middle feathers broadly barred with white. Adult female: Similar, but the throat white, instead of red, and the red on the crown less extended. Immature birds have the crown dusky, the throat whitish or grayish, and breast, gray, mottled with dusky. The white wing bar and the yellowish tinge of the plumage will distinguish this species. Length, about ; wing, about 5; tail, ; bill, .90. The Yellow-bellied Woodpecker is a common spring and fall mi- grant in Illinois and Wisconsin, and an occasional summer resident in northern Illinois and Indiana. It is a common summer resident in Wisconsin, where according to Kumlien and HoUister, it breeds in considerable numbers as far south as Lake Koshkonong (Birds of Wisconsin, 1903, p. 76). Mr. John F. Ferry procured a nest of young birds at Woodruff, Wisconsin, June 25, igo8. It occurs more or less commonly as a winter resident in southern Illinois. The nest is a hole in some large tree or stump, usually 30 or more feet from the ground. The eggs are white, six or seven in number, and measure about .85 x .66 Yellow-be
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