downy woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) PliATE XXIV. Page 115.
DOWNY WOODPECKER.
Length, 6.75 inches.
Male, upper parts black and white, nape scarlet;under parts white.
Female, similar, but no scarlet on nape.
Bird-life : a guide to the study of our common birds / by Frank M. Chapman ; illustrated by Ernest Seton Thompson.
Date 1900
Source http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/pageimage/7855802
Author Frank M Chapman; Ernest Thompson Seton
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bird-life_(Plate_XXIV)_BHL7855802.jpg
The downy woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens syn. Picoides pubescens) is a species of woodpecker in North America. Adult downy woodpeckers are the smallest of North American woodpeckers.