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possibly, are beneficial. The Downy Woodpecker seems to possess the 

 fewest traits that might count against it, while the Yellow-bellied 

 species has been found to do much harm at times in "sap-sucking." 

 The Flicker and Red-headed Woodpecker both eat fruit and more or 

 less grain, and most of the other species at times eat various propor- 

 tions of different wild seeds and berries. 



Fig. 33. — Hain- Woodjiecker. 



Mr. F. E. L. Beal, assistant in the Division of Ornithology and 

 Mammology of the United States Department of Agriculture, in .sum- 

 ming up the results obtained frpm the examination of 679 stomachs 

 of these birds, writes as follows:* 



"In reviewing the results of these investigations and comparing one 



* See Bull. No. 7, Div. Ornith. & Mamolog., p. 9. 



