Genus CEOPHLCEUS Cabanis. 

 CEOPHLCETTS PILEATUS (Lixx.). 



17(). Pileated Woodpecker. (40-")) 



Black ; the liead. neck and wings much varied with white or pale yellowish r 

 bill, dark. Male : — Scarlet crested, scarlet nioustached. Fimah : — With the- 

 crest half black, half scarlet, and no maxillary patches. Length, l.l-lO ; wing, 

 8^-10 ; tail, 6-7. 



Hab. — Formerly, whole wooded region of North America : now rare or 

 extirpated in the more thickly settled parts of the Eastern States. 



Nest, a liole in the trunk oi- lind) of a tall tree. 



Eggs, four to six, oval, white. 



This is one of the grand old al)origiues who retire before the 

 advance of civiHzation. It u.sed (so we are told) to be common near- 

 Hamilton, but seclusicjn among heavy timber is necessary for it^ 

 existence, and such must now be sought in regions more remote. 



It is not strictly a northern species, being found resident in 

 suitable localities both north and south, but varies considerably in 

 size according to latitude, the northern individuals, as usual in such 

 cases, being the larger. Many spend the winter Iti the l)urnt tracts 

 in Muskoka, and in spring disperse over the country to breed in the 

 solitude they seem to like. 



They are wild, shy birds, ditticult of approach, but their loud 



