other Woodpeckers.
Size of the Hairy, L. 9-1/2.

_Range._ Canada, and northern parts of our border
states, rarely south in winter, as far as Nebraska
and Ohio.

Cambridge, one record. N. Ohio, rare W.V. SE.
Minn., rare.

An inhabitant of the spruce and balsam forests of our northern states,
occasionally straggling southward in winter. Nests in May.

THREE-TOED WOODPECKER

_Picoides americanus americanus_

Two toes in front and one behind, an orange-yellow
crest in the male, and a black back _closely and
evenly barred with white_ distinguish this bird;
it is somewhat smaller than the preceding, L.
8-3/4.

_Range._ Canada, south to the northern parts of
our boundary states; unknown south of
Massachusetts.

Not so common as the Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker, and less often found
south of its breeding range. Nests in early June.

YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER

_Sphyrapicus varius varius. Case 3, Fig. 26, Case 5, Fig. 30_

The female has the throat white, and rarely, crown
wholly black. Young birds have the throat whitish,
crown dull black, breast brownish. The black
breast-patch and red forehead, and red or white
throat are distinguishing characters. L. 8-1/2.

_Range._ Nests from northern New England and
Minnesota (in Alleghanies from North Carolina) to
Canada; winters from Pennsylvania (rarely)
southward to the Gulf States.

Washington, common T.V., Mch.-May; Sept. and Oct.,
Occasional in winter. Ossining, common T.V., Apl.
5-May 13; Sept. 18-Oct. 23; casual in winter.
Cambridge, not uncommon T.V., Apl. and Sept.
15-Nov. 1; occasional W.V. N. Ohio, common T.V.,
Apl. 1-May 20; Sept. 15-Oct. 20. Glen Ellyn,
common T.V., Mch. 31-May 12; Sept. 14-Oct. 13. SE.
Minn., common S.R., Mch. 25-Oct. 19.

This is the mysterious maker of the rows of little holes drilled in even
lines, like hieroglyphics, on the trunks of apple and other trees. Using
his brush-tipped tongue as a swab, he drinks the sap that oozes from
these punctures.

As a migrant the Yellow-belly is not conspicuous. His business takes him
into the heart of living trees and he is usually seen only when flying
from one to another. His low 'snar