382 lililDS OF ILLUiOIS. 



Ceophloeus pileatus (Linn.) 



PILEATED WOODPECKER. 



Popalar synonyms. Wooili'ook ; Blu'jk WoodoOL'k; Loci^ii''k; Illu^'k L'i(;i't"'k. 



/'„ .1.1 j.i/.-ir./.« LlSN. 8. X. fil. 12. I. i;iW. irA-WiLS. Am. Orii.lv. 1811, 27, pi. £». 111.'. 2.- 



Nf TT. Miin. I. 1 32. XIT.-AUD. Orn. Blog. II. 1834, 74: v. 1839, 033, pi. lU.-B. Am. Iv. 



1842.22e.pl. 257, 

 Uutatomiif pilenhm Daibd, B. N. .\m. 185(i, Ur7; Cm. N. Am. H. Ittfl, N o. 90.— Coveb, 



Key, 1872, 192: Click List, 1874, Nu. 21M: 2.1 iil. 1882. X.>. 4:^; B. S. W. 1874. 278; B. B. 



& K. Ulst. N. Am. B. ii.1874.Mii.pl. X. IIr.s. .',,«. -Kidow. Nom.N. Am. B. 1881. N<1. :«?. 

 Ceophlwun iiilfnlim CaDAXIS, Jour, fiir Orn. 1862, 171). 



Had. Wliolo of ln-avlly ttmbon-J p.jrtlonB of North America, south to FloriJa. Texas. 

 New Mexico, iiml Culiforiiiii; north to Nelson river uml Fort Lnird. or even to between 

 latitude 62° and 63°. in the Interior. 



"Sr. Chab. Fourth and flfth auills eruial and longest; third Intermediate between 

 .■^ixth anil seventh. Bill blue-black: more horn-color beneath. General color ot boily. 

 wiug.s. ami tail dull crcenisli Muck. A narrow white streak from Jusi above the eye to 

 the occiput; u wilier on.' fr.uu the nostril feathers linclusive), under the eye and alimg 

 the side of the head niid ne.'k: sides of till- breast (concealed by tin' wincst. axilluries. 

 and under winB-eoveits, and conceuled bases of all the quills, with .-liiii luel b.-n.'uth the 

 head, white. tinBcd with sulphur-yellow. Entire crown from the bas.' of thi'billton 

 well-developed occipital .Test, u.s also a pati'h on the ramus of the lower jaw. s.'arlet-red. 

 A few faint white crescents on the sides of the body and on tin' abd. mien. Loner pri- 

 maries Renerally tipped with white. Length, about 18. tHi; wing. y.5«. Female witlu'iul 

 the red on tho cheek, and thi' ant.Tior luilt of that on the top of the head replaced by 

 black." illist. jV. -lid. B.) 



This noble bird, inferior only to the magnificent Ivory-bill {Cuiiipc- 

 philiis priucipalis) among North American woodpeckers, occm-s in 

 wooded districts throuf;hout the State, being still abundant in the 

 more heavily timbered portions. It is vei^y active and noisy, and 

 therefore as well as on accotmt of its large size and striking colors, 

 is a conspicuous bird. Its bbiws tipon dead trees sound more hke 

 those of a woodman's axe than the hammerings of other wood- 

 peckers, while its spread of wing and general bulk may be compared 

 to that of a crow; and, althoufjh a far less powerful bird than the 

 Ivoi7-bill, it is nevertheless sure to attract the attention, or even 

 excite the enthusiasm, of the ornithologist. 



"The loud hammering of this large and vigorous bu'd on the 

 sonorous dried trees, compared with which the tapping of the 

 smaller species is but a weak noise, very soon becomes familiar to 

 the ear of the woodman ; and may designate the bird at a dis- 

 tance. The old adage, 'a workman is kiiowni by liis chips,' certainly 

 alKnns much for the industry of this bird. In his search for insects 

 for which he attacks the dead and dying trees, he will denude 

 great spaces of the trunk ami larger branches in a short time, 

 heaping up the chips and strips of bark on the ground in an as- 



