. Handbook of birds of the western United States including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande valley . Adultfemale: similar, but red of headiiiteriupted by gray crown : dullei, markings ob-scured, red of head indistinct, thatof belly often replaced by dullbutfy. Lenqlh: lO , tail ;^.95, bill \.2{\ Distj-ibution. — Breeds in Lowerand Upper Sonoran zones of east-Fig. 284. ^.y^^ ITnited States, from Ontarioto Florida, and west to the base of Ihe Rocky Mountains. Nest. — In tree tiunks or branches, 15 to (50 feet from th
. Handbook of birds of the western United States including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande valley . Adultfemale: similar, but red of headiiiteriupted by gray crown : dullei, markings ob-scured, red of head indistinct, thatof belly often replaced by dullbutfy. Lenqlh: lO , tail ;^.95, bill \.2{\ Distj-ibution. — Breeds in Lowerand Upper Sonoran zones of east-Fig. 284. ^.y^^ ITnited States, from Ontarioto Florida, and west to the base of Ihe Rocky Mountains. Nest. — In tree tiunks or branches, 15 to (50 feet from the : 8 to 5, white. Food. — Beetles, ants, weevils, caterpillars, grasshoppers. Hies, larvie,Avasps, and other insects, with acorns, mlts, seeds, grain, and berries. In parts of Texas the red-bellied is the most common woodpecker,and often nests in telegraph poles, but over most of its range it isshy and retiring, living preferably in heavilytimbered bottom landsand swampy woods. 410. Melanerpes aurifrons {WagL). Goldkn-fkontkd Wood- pkckkk. Adult males. — Forehead yellow, crown red, and nuchal patch yellow,. WOODPECKERS 219
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