Picus hirsutus, Vieill. Ois. de l'Amer. v. ii. p. 124.
Picus (Apternus) tridactylus, Common Three-toed Woodpecker, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 311.
Common Three-toed Woodpecker, Picus hirsutus, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. v. p. 184.
*** Bill straight, with the angles obsolete, and the upper outline somewhat arched.
273. 18. Picus Carolinus, Linn. Red-bellied Woodpecker.
Plate CCCCXV. Fig. 3. Male. Fig. 4. Female.
Male with the upper part of the head and hind neck bright carmine; the back and scapulars transversely banded with black and white; the rump and tail-coverts with the white predominating; primaries black, with a band of white; tail black, with the inner webs of the middle, and both webs of the outer barred with white; lower parts yellowish-white, abdomen red; lower wing and tail-coverts white, spotted with dusky. Female similar, but with the top of the head ash-grey and with less red on the abdomen.
Male, 73/4, 153/4. Female, 8, 141/2.
Breeds from Kentucky in the West, and from Maryland to Nova Scotia and Canada. Abundant in winter in all the Southern States, from Carolina to Texas, and especially in the Floridas.
Red-bellied Woodpecker, Picus carolinus, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. i. p. 113.
Picus carolinus, Bonap. Syn. p. 45.
Red-bellied Woodpecker, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 572.
Red-bellied Woodpecker, Picus carolinus, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. v. p. 169.
274. 19. Picus erythrocephalus, Linn. Red-headed Woodpecker.