CORNELL 



Rural School Leaflet 



SUPPLEMENT FOR THE CHILDREN 



Published monthly by the New York State CoUcRe of Apriculture at Cornell University, from 

 September to May and entered as second-class matter September 30, 1907, at the Post OfKco 

 at Ithaca, New York, under the Act of Congress of July 16, 1894. L. H. Bailey Director 



ALICE G. McCLOSKEY, Editor 

 Professors G. F. WARREN and CHARLES H. TUCK, Advisers 



Vol. I. ITHACA. N. Y., JANUARY. 1908. No. 5 



WlX'l'I'.R r.lKDS. 

 y rill*', wiiitrr hiids ihc cIiirkadiH', the milli.itrli 

 .- ami iIk' l)i(i\\n (.Tci'iicr wltc discii'^^rd in tlir 



M ""'^wm lesson l;i>t iiKHith. This docs not iiu-an that 

 arc to j^ivc up the stiuK of \\\v-.v [\\vcv 

 for wc can learn sMincihiniL;- lU'w ahuut 

 thcni niiw. i 'lace tin- dcscri|itiim nf ihr nut 

 hatih, the idiickadcc, and tlu' hinwn luccpcr mi 

 till' hiackhoard, and add three ukh'c hu" Januarw 

 W'c shall choose three woodpcckiTs : llu- downy 

 woodpecker; the hair\- wondpecker ; the red lu'a(K-<l woodpecker. 



Tlic Pou'iix ll'ooilj^cckcr. 



Description. — Lcnj^th ()]'(\ inches; nppi'r parts, hlack and white, scarlet 

 on the na])e of male hird ; u])])er tail feathers harred with hlack'. 



( )hsiTrali(nis.- Try to Inid tln' niaiu dilU'rent \\a\s in which the 

 downy woodpecked is a friend to tin- farmer. Me has heeii callccl "a 

 little orchard inspector." Me is an industrious di<.(j.(er of j.,M"uhs and 

 caterpillars. Look for him in orchai'ds, woods, and anion*;" shade trees. 



Tlu- I /(liry Woodpecker. 



Description. — About threi' times as lonj^^ as downy; similar in color- 

 ing; upi)er tail feathers white. 



Obscn'ations. — The hairy woodpecker is not so social as Downy hut 

 keeps more closely to the woods. Tf you chance to seen one, note what he 

 does. lie will look very much like an over-grown Downy. 'Vy\ to find 

 out whether he is a useful farm hand. 



The Red-U aided Woodpecker. 



Description — About the size of a robin; head and neck, red; back 

 and tail, black; under parts, white; upper tail coverts and greater part 

 of secondaries, white. 



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