. Key to North American birds [microform] : containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. PICIJU-J: WOODPECKEliS. 487 WoODPECKEK ( 9). ni,A('K-ltUi;.\Sli;i> WdOKPECKKUf 9)' He1)-TIIU WoOlM'KCKKII (c?)- Williamson's Wooiumukkk ( c?)- Adult ^ : (ilnssy Mark, includiim all the tail- ffutlicrs. llt'lly gaiiiliipgc yollow. A narrow scarlet j)at('li (Hi tlii' tlirnat. r|i))i'r tail-cnvcrts, a broad id)li(|iio bar on
. Key to North American birds [microform] : containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. PICIJU-J: WOODPECKEliS. 487 WoODPECKEK ( 9). ni,A('K-ltUi;.\Sli;i> WdOKPECKKUf 9)' He1)-TIIU WoOlM'KCKKII (c?)- Williamson's Wooiumukkk ( c?)- Adult ^ : (ilnssy Mark, includiim all the tail- ffutlicrs. llt'lly gaiiiliipgc yollow. A narrow scarlet j)at('li (Hi tlii' tlirnat. r|i))i'r tail-cnvcrts, a broad id)li(|iio bar on tlio wiug-covorts, a imst-ocnlar striin", a striiit' t'rotn iicistrils tx'low oyo and car, and small, in |)art paired, si>ots on the ([iiills. white. Lining of wings, sides of body, Hanks and crissnin varied with white, leaving the black in l>ars and cordate sjiots. Itill slati'- color; foot greiMiish-gray; iris reddish-brown. Length '.).(;)iier tail-coverts white and belly yellow as in $ ; only continuously black in a. shield-shaped area oil breast of varying ostont. Otherwise, entire body, including wing-coverts, inner secondaries and most tail-feathers, closely and regularly barred crosswise with black and white, or brownish- white I most brownish on body, <|uite whiti' on wings and tail). Whole bead uniform hair- brown, invaded more or less with the varie- gation of the body, sometimes with traces of the i)ost-ocular stripe of th(^ (J, and often touched with red on the throat. Quills more heavily white-spotted than in $, tho spots paired on all the feathers, clninging to bars on tho inner ones. Two or three interme- diate tail-feathers black, but middle and one or two outer pairs barred. Size of the $. Tho extraordinary sexual long kept thifro'ides and " williumfiohi" apart in the books as perfectly distinct species; espe- cially as they begin with tho first featherings, Fio. 338. â Reil-tUroatod Woodpecker (j), iiat. size, t
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