. Birds of New York . eus, varius No. 402 sphyrapicus, Gr. a^upa,variegated Description. Male: Crown and throat bright red bordered with black;a broad black crescent on the upper breast; upper parts variegated with blach and yellowish white; d broad stripe ofwhite on the wing formed by the whiteends of the wing coverts; wing feath-ers black, bar-spotted with white; tailfeathers black, except inner webs ofmiddle pair; upper tail coverts mostlywhite; under parts more or less heavilytinged with yellow, especially aroundthe margin of the black breast shield,and the center of the
. Birds of New York . eus, varius No. 402 sphyrapicus, Gr. a^upa,variegated Description. Male: Crown and throat bright red bordered with black;a broad black crescent on the upper breast; upper parts variegated with blach and yellowish white; d broad stripe ofwhite on the wing formed by the whiteends of the wing coverts; wing feath-ers black, bar-spotted with white; tailfeathers black, except inner webs ofmiddle pair; upper tail coverts mostlywhite; under parts more or less heavilytinged with yellow, especially aroundthe margin of the black breast shield,and the center of the belly; sidesdingy brownish white, variegated withblackish. ^ Female: Throat white in-stead of scarlet; crown scarlet inold females but black in young ones,even through the second summer inmany specimens; otherwise likemale. Yoii^g: Similar to adult, butbrowner, arid lacking the black breastshield, and the scarlet on crownnot showing till late in the firstautumn. Length ; extent 15-16;wing 5; tail 3; bill Yellow-bellied Photo by James H. Millersapsucker Sphyrapicus variusvarius (Linnaeus) Distribution. The Yellow-belliedsapsucker breeds throughout theboreal life zone of eastern America from the highlands of Pennsylvania,Michigan and Minnesota northward to Quebec, Ungava and Mackenzie, BIRDS OF NEW YORK 149 and winters from southern New York and Illinois southward to the gulfcoast and eastern Mexico. In New York its breeding range is chiefly-confined to the Catskills and Adirondacks, but a few breed along thesouthern border of western New York on the highlands near the Pennsyl-vania line and in some of the swamps of central and western New York,as near Peterboro, Oneida, Potter, Auburn and Boston, but it is rarely-seen during the nesting season outside the Adirondack and Catskill the migration season, from April i to May 15, this species is oneof the commonest woodpeckers throughout the greater portion of the arrival from the south, near
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