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The Whip-poor-will has conspicuous bristles about the bill, 

 has no white bar on the wing, and has the entire plumage 

 much speckled with yellowish-brown. The Whip-poor-will 

 has a rounded tail, and the outer feathers end for a greater 

 or less length in white or buff ; the Nighthawk has a forked 

 tail tipped with black and crossed in the male near the tip 

 by a white band. 



^WOODPECKERS, ETC. : ORDER PICI 

 WOODPECKERS : FAMILY PICIDiE 



Eight species of Woodpecker occur in New York and 

 New England. Only two, however, the Downy and the 

 Flicker, are common residents throughout this area. The 

 Hairy Woodpecker is very similar to the Downy, and is 

 generally confined to regions which have a certain amount 

 of good-sized timber, while the Pileated Woodpecker lives 

 only in deep forests. The Sapsucker breeds in northern 

 New York and New England, and occurs as a migrant 

 elsewhere. The Red-headed Woodpecker occurs only in 

 southern and western New England and in eastern New 

 York. The two Three-toed Woodpeckers are confined to 

 the forests of northern New York and New England. The 

 habitual resorts of all Woodpeckers are the trunks and 

 large limbs of trees, though, except in the breeding season, 

 the Elicker is nearly as often seen on the ground, where 

 it feeds on ants, as on trees, to which it resorts chiefly as a 

 perch. Woodpeckers all fly in great undulations, holding 

 their wings close to the body for an instant, then rising 

 by means of two or three more strokes. Most of the Wood- 

 peckers feed on the larvae of borers which they extract from 

 the trunks or limbs of trees ; they are, therefore, permanent 

 residents. The Sapsucker, however, and Flicker are not 

 adapted to feed on borers, and are therefore migrants. 



