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Nutt (Orn Club iii p It is said)

Orn. Club., iii, 1878, p. 200). "It is said to greatly resemble P. villosus in habits, except that it seeks its food principally upon decaying trees of the pine tribe, in which it frequently makes holes large enough to bury itself. It is not migratory" (B., B., and R.). 402. Sphyrapicus varius (Linn.). YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER. Ad. 8.-Crown deep scarlet, back irregularly barred with black and yellowish white; wing-feathers spotted with white, their coverts mostly white; tail black, the middle feathers with broken black bars, the outer ones with white margins; a white line from the bill passes below the eye; throat cardinal; breast black; sides streaked with black; belly pale yellow. Ad. 2.- Similar, but throat white; crown sometimes black; outer tail-feathers with broken white bars. Im. - Similar to ads., but with the crown dull blackish, the breast brownish gray barred with black, the throat whitish. L., 8.56; W., 487; T., 3-20; B., 92.