a single glance will show how much this new way of living has changed him from the other woodpeckers the bill is no longer straight but has a decided curve like the thrushes and instead of the chisel shaped edge there is a rounded point the red tuft on the head which marks all the woodpecker family would be too conspicuous on the ground in its place we find a red crescent well down on the neck and partially hidden by the short gray feathers about it