Plate CCCCXVI. Fig. 9. Male. Fig. 10. Female.
Head, neck, and fore part of breast, deep carmine; upper parts black,
variegated with white, lower pale yellow, with the sides undulated
with dusky; middle tail-feathers with the inner web white, obliquely
banded with black.
_Male_, 8, 14. _Female_, 8; wing, 5-2/12.
Upper California. Columbia River. Nootka. Common. Migratory.
Red-breasted Woodpecker, Picus ruber, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. v. p.
179.