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NEBRASKA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Seeds of various kinds are extensively eaten, especially those 

 of the poison ivy, sumac, mullien and hornbeam. Nuts, cam- 

 bium and flower buds are also eaten. It is probably largely 

 due to this bird that the seeds of the poison ivy and sumac are 

 spread, an unfortunate circumstance, yet not one of sufficient 

 importance to seriously act against the species. 



Almost an exact counterpart of the Downy, only larger is 



THE HAIRY WOODPECKER. 

 F, E. L. Beal, Bull. No. 7, 1895. 



the Hairy Woodpecker {Drijobates vIUosuh). Like the Downy this 

 species is resident, but it prefers the woods to human proximity 

 and is a shyer, noisier bird. Its food is quite similar to that 

 of its smaller relative, animal matter aggregating a little less 



