Columbia River.
Gairdner's Woodpecker, Picus Gairdnerii, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. v. p. 317.
267. 12. Picus querulus, Wils. Red-cockaded Woodpecker.
Plate CCCLXXXIX.
Upper part of the head, hind neck, and a band on each side of the neck, glossy black; a large patch on the side of the head and neck white; back black, barred with white; wings brownish-black, spotted with white, there being eight spots on the outer, and six on the inner webs of the longest quills; middle tail-feathers black, outer four on each side white, with black bars; lower parts white, sides of the neck and body with oblong black spots. Male with a small carmine line behind the eye.
Male, 81/2, 141/2. Female, 73/8, 131/4.
From Texas to New Jersey, along the Atlantic districts. Common. In the interior to Lower Mississippi. Resident.
Red-cockaded Woodpecker, Picus querulus, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. ii. p. 103.
Picus querulus, Bonap. Syn. p. 46.
Red-cockaded Woodpecker, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 577.
Red-cockaded Woodpecker, Picus querulus, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. v. p. 12.
268. 13. Picus Auduboni, Trudeau. Audubon's Woodpecker.
Plate CCCCXVII. Adult.