PILEATED WOODPECKER, OR LOG-COCK. 567 



The young are fledged and abroad about the middle of 

 June. It is usually known by the name of the Large Log- 

 cock. This species appears to live almost wholly upon 

 insects, and chiefly those that bore into the wood, 

 which never fail in the country he inhabits ; nor is he 

 ever known to taste of Indian corn, or any other sort of 

 grain, or orchard fruits, though he has a fondness for 

 grapes and other kinds of berries. 



This species is about 20 inches in length, and about 30 in alar di- 

 mensions. The general color black, with a gloss of green. Fore 

 part of the head black, the rest of the crest crimson, with some white 

 at the base. A stripe of white proceeds, from a little below the eye, 

 down each side of the neck, and along the back (where the two are 

 about an inch apart), nearly to the rump. Tail black, tapering from 

 the 2 exterior feathers, which are 3 inches shorter than the middle 

 ones, the feathers concave below. Legs lead-color. Bill an inch 

 broad at base, of the color and consistence of ivory, and channelled. 

 The tongue also white. Iris vivid yellow. 



PILEATED WOODPECKER, or LOG-COCK. 



(Picus pileatus, L. Wilson, iv. p. 27. pi. 29. fig. 2. [male.]) 



Sp. Charact. — Brownish-black; crest red; chin, a stripe on either 

 side of the nepk, as well as the base of the quill-feathers, and un- 

 der wing-coverts, white ; the bill black. — The mustachios of the 

 male red ; in the feinale and young dusky. 



This large and common Woodpecker, considerably 

 resembling the preceding species, is not unfrequent in 

 well timbered forests, from Mexico to the remote regions 

 of Canada, at least to the 50th degree of north latitude ; 

 and in all the intermediate region he resides, breeds, and 

 passes most of the year, retiring in a desultory manner 

 only into the Southern States for a few months, in the 

 most inclement season, from the north and west. In 

 Pennsylvania, however, they are seen as residents more 

 or less throughout the whole year ; and Mr. Hutchins 



