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it breeds in banks of excavated mines'' (O. B. Wanen); "Keweenaw Point'" 

 (Kneeland); "occasionally in mild winters in Monroe Co" (Jerome Trombley); 



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Syndactyle foot of Kingfisher. 



"common all through the Upper Peninsula'" (L. W. Watkins); "common at Iron 

 Mountain" (E. E. Brewster); breeds; nests in a hole four to eight feet long in 

 banks; "nests sometimes in hollow trees" (Dr. W. C. Brownell); "very common 

 at Port Sanilac, where nearly every bank has a pair" (W. A. Oldtield); "rare at 

 Bay City as the banks are low"' (N. A. Eddy); nests along the banks of the 

 Red Cedar River on the college grounds; eggs five to eight, white. 



Order PICI. Woodpeckers. 



Climbing birds, with chisel like bills and barbed tongues. 



Family PICIDiE. Woodpeckers. 



Peck holes in wood in search of insects; food insects, fruit and grain; very 

 beneficial; nest in holes formed in trees; eggs snow white. 



Genus DRYOBATES Bote. 



179-393-(4:33). Dryobates villosus (Linn.). * Hairy Woodpecker. 



Very common; throughout the state; found at all seasons; "Grand Traverse Co." 

 (M. L. Leach); "quite common at Port Sanilac, breeds" (W. A. Oldfield); "rare 

 at Mackinac Island where it arrives late in July" (S. E. White); "Keweenaw 

 Point'' (Kneeland); "common at Iron Mountain" (E. E. Brewster); "common at 

 Albion and St. Joseph, and very common at Palmer, Marquette Co., where it 

 arrives the first of April " (O. B. Warren); breeds in all parts of the state, but 

 more common north; male aids in incubation; eggs four to five, clear white; eats 

 borers and other insects. I have made a close study of this and the following 

 species, and I feel certain that they are of great economic value to the pomologist. 

 The bands used in destroying coddling moth pup^ are often fairly riddled by 

 these birds in quest of the insects which the bands conceal. 



Downy Woodpecker, nataral size. 



