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Red-cockaded Woodpecker
Adult Male--Upper parts black barred with white; wings spotted with white; a scarlet tuft on either side of the head, back of the ear; under parts white; a black line from bill to shoulder, and blackish spots and bars on the sides and below the tail.
Adult Female--Has no scarlet, otherwise similar. Length--8.40.
Breeding Range--From Virginia southward.
The eggs, 3 to 5, rarely 6, are white, and are deposited in a hole in a tree or stump, usually at a considerable height. Size of eggs--.91 x .68.
These birds are found in the pine regions of the south, where they are said to breed in March.