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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Pecker (See Fig b Ad Toes three two)

(See Fig. 37, b.) Ad. 8. --Toes three, two in front; middle of the crown with a bright orange-yellow patch; rest of the upper parts shining black; wing-feathers spotted with white; middle tail-feathers black, outer ones white, except at the base; a white line from the nostril passes below the eye; sides barred with black and white; rest of the under parts white. Ad. 9.-Similar, but without orange-yellow on the crown. L., 9.50; W., 5·10; T., 3-40; B. from N., 98.

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