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Rural School Leaflet. 



Observations. — If food is plentiful, the red-headed woodpecker re- 

 mains over winter. If you see a bird on a telegraph pole, or a fence post, 

 find out whether it is a red-headed woodpecker. Do you find beech 



Fu;. 46. — The red-hcadcd woodpecker. 



nuts or other food stored in decayed trees, under a bit of raised 

 bark, in cracks in the bark, or in gate posts? If so, a red-head may be 

 about. 



