Upper parts brown barred with black; the rump snow-white; the head gray with a scarlet band on the back of it.
Under parts crowded with round black spots; a large black patch on the breast; throat lilac; the male with a pair of black moustaches, which, of course, the female does not have.
Under side of wings and tail almost all golden-yellow, even the shafts of the feathers being of this rich color.
A Citizen of eastern North America, west sometimes to the Pacific Ocean. Spends the winter in the southern half of his range.
This Woodpecker is not only a beautiful, but a useful, Citizen, doing almost as much work in the guild of Ground Gleaners as the Meadowlark, besides being a Tree Trapper and Seed Sower.
[CHAPTER XXIV]
TWO ODD FELLOWS
"KUK—kuk—kuk! Crcok—c-r-o-c-k—c-r-o-c-k!" cried a harsh voice from the wood edge.
"Tr-r-r-at-tat-tat!" rattled another bird from over the river bank.
"Those must both be Woodpeckers," said the children; "for both noises are like hammering."