. Key to North American birds; 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 . erous,small, round, white spots on the quills. * Body not banded, streaked, nor spotted. White-headed Woodpecker. Uniform black ; whole head white, in the <?Avith a scarlet nuchal band; a large patch of white on the wing, commonlyresolved into a number of blotches ; about 9 ; wing 5 ; tail 3|. Mountainsof California, Oregon and Washington. Cass., Journ. Phila. Acad. 1853, 257, pi. 22; Bd., 96; Ell., pi. 2
. Key to North American birds; 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 . erous,small, round, white spots on the quills. * Body not banded, streaked, nor spotted. White-headed Woodpecker. Uniform black ; whole head white, in the <?Avith a scarlet nuchal band; a large patch of white on the wing, commonlyresolved into a number of blotches ; about 9 ; wing 5 ; tail 3|. Mountainsof California, Oregon and Washington. Cass., Journ. Phila. Acad. 1853, 257, pi. 22; Bd., 96; Ell., pi. 24; Coop., 382 albolaiivatus. ** Spotted aud crosswise handed, but ^^^^ S Red-cockaded Woodj)ecker. Head black on top, with a large silky white auricularpatch embracing the eye and extendingon the side of the neck, bordered aliovein the $ by a scarlet stripe not meetingits fellow on the nape ; nasal feathers andthose on the side of the under jaw white ;black of the crown connected across thelores with a black stripe running from the corner of the bill down the sideof the throat and neck to be dissipated on the side of the breast in black Fig. 128. Pileated Wnn,lpe( Fig. 123. Red- -UL-kadecl WoodiiCLker. PICID^, WOODPECKERS. GEN. 131. 193 spots contiuiiecl less thickly along the whole side and on the crissiun; underparts otherwise soiled white ; central tail feathers black, others white, biaclc-barred; back and wings l)arred with black and white, the larger qnills andmany coverts with the white bars resolved into paired spots ; 8-8J ; extent14-15 ; wing 4J ; tail Pine swamps and barrens of the South Atlanticand Gulf States; North to Pennsylvania. Wils., ii, 103, pi. 15; Nutt., i, 577; AuD., iv, 254, pi. 264; Bd., 9(j borealis. Texan WbodpecJcer. Crown black, frequently speckled with white, in the$ the hind head and nape extensively crimson ; sides of the head white,with a long black stripe from the bill under the eye, widening behind, therejoining a black
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