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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Remarks (Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers)

The Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers differ in coloration only in the markings of the outer tail-feathers, which are white, barred with black in the former, and white without bars in the latter; the difference in size between the two, however, is always diagnostic.

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