FIELD KEY TO THE LAND BIRDS.
18
Spltyrapicus
varius.
— Length,
Top
8J inches.
of
head and throat red cheeks white belly light yellow elsewhere black and white, spotted and barred. Winters southward.
34.
THREE-TOED ARCTIC WOOD-
PECKER.
Picoides
arctieus.
Forehead with a yellow spot
— Length,
9J inches.
wing coverts and back
underparts white sides barred with black. similar, but without the yellow spot. Lives in the Arctic regions, but in winter wanders south to the Northern States.
black
Female
AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER.
—
Length, 8J inches. Similar to Picoides amerieanus. the Arctic Woodpecker in domicile and habits, but has the back barred with Avhite.
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER.
Melanerpes
—
Length, 9J inches. Head and neck eryth'ocephalus. bright crimson; back and tail black underparts and In the young the head and neck tail coverts white. This bird is very common in the are gray-brown. Western States, but rare on the Atlantic coast. •
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER.
Melanerpes 9J inches. Top of head, from belly with a reddish tint rest of bill to neck, red body white, more or less barred, spotted, and speckled This is a Southern bird, occasionally with black. straying northward. carolinus.
— Length,
KNQFSYE.RS.
.y
— Alcedinidae.
— Large, Fep:t. — Small Bill.
stout, straight.
middle and outer
joined
toes
half
their
length.
35.
BELTED KINGFISHER.
— Length, 13 inches.
Head black
gray with small white dots
Ceryle
aleyon.
upperparts bluish underparts white with a
