Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America

The book that made American bird-watching possible in the field: keys, plumages, songs and habits for every species of the East, by the man who ran ornithology at the American Museum.

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Order XV

Pici. - WOODPECKERS.

Toes four, two in front and two behind, or toes three, two in front and one behind; bill strong; tail-feathers stiff and pointed; nostrils more or less concealed by bristles. Family Picida: WOODPECKERS (Fig. 37), p. 227. ...

FIG. 38.

FIG. 39.

FIG. 40.

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