Male, 101/2, 16.
From the northern parts of New York to the Fur Countries, as well as along the eastern declivities of the Rocky Mountains. Rather common. Partially migratory.
Picus tridactylus, Bonap. Syn. p. 46.
Northern Three-toed Woodpecker, Picus tridactylus, Bonap. Amer. Orn. v. ii. p. 14.
Picus (apternus) arcticus, Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 313.
Northern Three-toed Woodpecker, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 578.
Three-toed Woodpecker, Picus tridactylus, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. ii. p. 198.
272. 17. Picus hirsutus, Vieill. Banded Three-toed Woodpecker.
Plate CCCCXVII. Fig. 3. Male. Fig. 4. Female.
Three-toed, with the upper parts deep glossy-black, the head with blue reflections, the back and wings tinged with brown; tufts over nostrils dull yellow; anterior part of head pale yellow, spotted with white; a band of white, with small dusky lines, from the angle of the mouth to the occiput; the back transversely banded with white; inner webs of all the quills and outer webs of the primaries spotted with white, there being seven spots on the outer, and five on the inner, webs of the three longest quills; four middle tail-feathers black, the next white at the end, the rest white, unless at the base, but the outermost banded with black. Female with the head black, streaked with white.
Male, 9; wing, 45/12.
From Lake Superior to the Arctic Sea. Abundant. Resident.