. Birds of village and field: a bird book for beginners . 216 KEY TO WOODPECKERS tree trunks, though many birds of similar habitshave ordinary feet; while their tails with stiffquills and pointed feathers help them brace againsttree trunks (see Fig. 212, p. 353), as do the bristlytails of the Swifts (see Fig. 213, p. 353). Thoughthey have loud calls and are drummers, they aresongiess birds, and so from the standpoint ofmusic may be classed with the Grouse, Doves,Crows, Jays, Flycatchers, Cuckoos, Kingfishers,Goatsuckers, and Waxwings, rather than with theOrioles, Finches, Sj^arrows, Wrens, Thr
. Birds of village and field: a bird book for beginners . 216 KEY TO WOODPECKERS tree trunks, though many birds of similar habitshave ordinary feet; while their tails with stiffquills and pointed feathers help them brace againsttree trunks (see Fig. 212, p. 353), as do the bristlytails of the Swifts (see Fig. 213, p. 353). Thoughthey have loud calls and are drummers, they aresongiess birds, and so from the standpoint ofmusic may be classed with the Grouse, Doves,Crows, Jays, Flycatchers, Cuckoos, Kingfishers,Goatsuckers, and Waxwings, rather than with theOrioles, Finches, Sj^arrows, Wrens, Thrashers,Catbird, and Fig. Woodpecker. Key to Adult Male ^ Woodpeckers. 1. Whole head and neck bright red. Back black ; belly white ; wings and rump showingwhite in flight . p. 131. Red-headed Woodpecker. 1. Whole head and neck not Plumage mainly brownish ; rump conspicuously white ;breast with black crescent; under side of wings and tailyellow ; white rump seen in flight, p. 127. Flicker, 1 The female Red-head is like the male ; in all the other spe-cies the females differ from the males iu having the red lessextensive or absent. CANADA JAY 217 2. Plumage mainly black and white ; rump not Under parts mainly black ; size nearly as large asCrow ; top of head red and crested ; throat and stripeon side of face and neck white ; underside of wingswhite and black ; rest of body black. Found in for-ests p. 212. PiLEATED Woodpecker. 3. Underparts not mainly black; size of Robin or smaller. 4. Large black patch on breast ; throat red (white in female) ; belly yellow ... p. 208. Sapsu
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