people? If you please, sir, we are common in the pine regions of the state during 

 the late fall and winter. Most of my people have left for the far north. I'm 

 going as soon as this meeting is over. Before the heavy timber was all cut ofif we 

 used to go as far south as Fort Atkinson, Jefferson County. We feed largely 

 upon w^ood-boring insects and their larvse. We have three toes instead of four, 

 two in front and one behind. Nearly all woodpeckers have some red on them 

 but we do not. We are black above and wdiite below. The top of our heads 

 have a square yellow patch. Our two outer tail feathers are white. We have 

 a narrow white patch under our eyes. We are nine and one-half inchs long. 

 We nest in hollow trees and our eggs are white. That is very good. Can yon 

 give me any information concerning the American Three-toed? Just a little. 

 They very rarely visit Wisconsin and then only in the winter. They are readily 

 distinguished from my family by the conspicuous white bars on their backs ; 

 otherwise they look ver)^ much like us. Thank you. You may he excused. 



Mr. Northern Pileated? Present. Will you please turn around so I may 

 look at you? Such a beautiful scarlet crown and crest; that narrow red patch 

 from yoiur hill hack makes you look as though you had a mustache. You are the 

 largest woodpecker in the state, are you not? Yes. There is only one other in 

 the United States that is larger and that is the ivory-billed woodpecker. I am a 

 little over seventeen inches long. You haven't as much white on yon as most 

 zvoodpeckers. No, you see we have white streaks on the sides of our necks and 

 a white wing patch. What is your note? Repeat it for me, please. Cow-cow- 

 cow, and when two of us meet we say wichew. Is your mate marked as you are? 

 No. She has no red crown and mustache. Her forehead is blackish. Where 

 do you stay mostly? In the heavy timber. I've heard the oldest woodpeckers tell 

 that they remembered years and years ago of living in southern Wisconsin in the 

 "Big Bark River Woods" in Jefferson County and all along "Koshkonong Creek" 

 but that was before the heavy timber was cut off. The deer hunters up north 

 and the people living in the timber regions call us "Woodcock" or "log-cock." 

 We like best to live in the unsettled part of the state. I appreciate your coming 

 down very much. You are excused. 



Mr. Red-bellied Woodpecker? Present. Good for you! I tvas afraid that 

 you ivould not get here. I understand that there are not many of your family 

 in this state. No, we are not common anywhere in the state. We prefer heavy 

 bottom land timber. We are resident members, though, wherever we occur in 

 the state. We like to place our nests in large dead trees that overhang the water. 

 We like to build high. The whole top and back of your head is red, isn't it? 

 Yes, and from our red bellies we get our name. Our back and wings are black 

 barred wath white. We are just a trifle smaller than the Red-heads. / under- 

 stand yoti have no had habits, though, as the Red-heads have. Thank you, we 

 try to do right. What do you live on? Besides the regular woodpecker fare we 

 eat a great many ants and beetles from the ground. We like fruit and acorns 

 from the trees. May your tribe increase. You are excused. 



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