THE CABAXIS WOODPECKES. 



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on the stub lie emerged : 

 and proceeding to \\\> 

 drumming ground above, he 

 rolled repeatedly. By and 

 b}' the ^ female answered in 

 the distance with the pliiiip 

 or plick note. Soon she ar- 

 rived upon the nesting stub, 

 whereupon Mr, Hairy took 

 himself i)tt promptl}-, and 

 Mrs. Hairy entered the nest 

 and settled to her eggs. Or 

 so you would have supposed, 

 wouldn't }-ou? By the aid 

 of sixteen spikes, "6o"s," 

 and a rope, I climbed to the 

 nest. thirt\'-fi\e feet \\\). 

 With a small hand-axe I en- 

 larged the entrance ( sacri- 

 ficing incidentally a thumlj- 

 nail. and gi\'ing sad exidence 

 of the sway of "mortal 

 mind'') to find oiih- one 

 fresh egg. fourteen inches 

 down. 



Of ciiurse it was disap- 

 pointing, but the egg was a 

 pearl, so transparent that one 

 could see the \-erv outlines 

 of the imprisoned yolk. 



Tal:ett iit Steiens Coinitv. 



N'ESTIXG SITE OF ROCKY MO 

 WOODPECKER. 



Plioto by J. 

 I'NT.MX H 



H. Bo-,vtcs. 

 AIRY 



No. 163. 



CABANIS'S WOODPECKER 



A. O. U. No. 393d. Dryobates villosrs hyloscopus (Cab.). 



Synonym. — Rocky jNIount.mx H.mry Woodpecker (name now restricted 

 to preceding form ) . 



Description. — Similar to D. v. iiiniificola but averaging smaller; lores chiefly 

 or entirely white ; underparts more or less si )iled whitish ; some few white spots 



