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Nest and Eggs. — They nesfc in holes 

 in trees and lay five or six glossy 

 white eggs. 



Notes. — This bird is rather common 

 on our campus in Soochow picking 

 over some old willow trees with a 

 number of badly rotted areas, or quite 

 frequently feeding on the ground along 

 with the Blackbirds. Its loud, screechy 

 call, made as it passes in its undulating 

 flight from one tree to another, can be 

 heard for quite a distance. 



PIED WOODPECKER. 



DRYOBATES CABANISI (mALH). 



[Dendrocopus cabanisi (Malh)] 



(Picus cabanisi) 



Description. — Length 9j inches. 



Bill black above, grey below. Toes 

 green. Iris crimson. 



Upper parts blue black. Forehead 

 and about the eyes whitish. Auriculars 

 grey. Side of neck white. Male has 

 a spot of scarlet on occiput. Under 

 parts white, more or less washed with 

 brown or red. Abdomen and under 

 tail coverts red. 



" Edge of wing, under wing-coverts, 

 and axillaries white." 



Distribution. — Throughout China. 

 It is a resident in the Yangtsa 

 Valley. 



Nest and Eggs. — We have observed 

 this bird picking its way into a pretty 

 solid piece of slightly decayed wood. 

 It was at work for some time, but has 

 finally made its nest and is now (May 

 10th) sitting. 



Notes. — One meets with this Wood- 

 pecker almost everywhere in China 

 where there are trees which it may 

 explore. 



