A Synopsis of the Birds of North AmericaAudubon, John James
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A Synopsis of the Birds of North America
Audubon, John James
Birds -- Classification; Birds -- North America
Northern Three-toed Woodpecker, Picus tridactylus, Bonap.
Amer. Orn. v. ii. p. 14.
Picus (apternus) arcticus, Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker,
Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 313.
Northern Three-toed Woodpecker, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 578.
Three-toed Woodpecker, Picus tridactylus, Aud. Orn. Biog. v.
ii. p. 198.
272. 17. Picus hirsutus, Vieill. Banded Three-toed Woodpecker.
Plate CCCCXVII. Fig. 3. Male. Fig. 4. Female.
Three-toed, with the upper parts deep glossy-black, the head with blue
reflections, the back and wings tinged with brown; tufts over nostrils
dull yellow; anterior part of head pale yellow, spotted with white; a
band of white, with small dusky lines, from the angle of the mouth to
the occiput; the back transversely banded with white; inner webs of
all the quills and outer webs of the primaries spotted with white,
there being seven spots on the outer, and five on the inner, webs of
the three longest quills; four middle tail-feathers black, the next
white at the end, the rest white, unless at the base, but the
outermost banded with black. Female with the head black, streaked with
white.
_Male_, 9; wing, 4-5/12.
From Lake Superior to the Arctic Sea. Abundant. Resident.
Picus hirsutus, Vieill. Ois. de l'Amer. v. ii. p. 124.
Picus (Apternus) tridactylus, Common Three-toed Woodpecker,
Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 311.
Common Three-toed Woodpecker, Picus hirsutus, Aud. Orn. Biog.
v. v. p. 184.
*** Bill straight, with the angles obsolete, and the upper
outline somewhat arched.
273. 18. Picus Carolinus, Linn. Red-bellied Woodpecker.
Plate CCCCXV. Fig. 3. Male. Fig. 4. Female.
Male with the upper part of the head and hind neck bright carmine; the
back and scapulars transversely banded with black and white; the rump
and tail-coverts with the white predominating; primaries black, with a
band of white; tail black, with the inner webs of the middle, and both
webs of the outer barred with white; lower parts yellowish-white,
abdomen red; lower wing and tail-coverts white, spotted with dusky.
Female similar, but with the top of the head ash-grey and with less
red on the abdomen.
_Male_, 7-3/4, 15-3/4. _Female_, 8, 14-1/2.
Breeds from Kentucky in the West, and from Maryland to Nova Scotia and
Canada. Abundant in winter in all the Southern States, from Carolina
to Texas, and especially in the Floridas.
Red-bellied Woodpecker, Picus carolinus, Wils. Amer. Orn. v.
i. p. 113.
Picus carolinus, Bonap. Syn. p. 45.
Red-bellied Woodpecker, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 572.
Red-bellied Woodpecker, Picus carolinus, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. v.
p. 169.
274. 19. Picus erythrocephalus, Linn. Red-headed Woodpecker.
Plate XXVII. Male and Female.
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