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WILD ANIMALS OF (iLACIER NATIONAL PAKTv, 



C'l'oat pilealod. witli its black body and red-crestod head, should be 

 looked for diligentl}^ While it is a rare, shy bird, its presence 

 may be guessed by its haiiimering, its loud chuck-chwck-chuck-chuck- 

 chvcl.'-chucl'-vliucl'^ and by its borings — excavations, often tAvo feet 

 long, made in the soft, decayed wood of old trees. Borings were seen 



Photograph by Uobcrt U. H 



ric. 03. — A family of rorl-shn ft<vl fliokers. 



in various places in the park, and near Sun Camp Mr. Bailey saw one 

 of the great birds at work. Mr. Stevenson reports the pileated from 

 the North Fork of the Flathead, and Mr. Bryant says it nests in the 

 tamaracks on the west side. 



Ked-headed Wcwdpecker : Melanerpes erythrocephalus. — The red- 

 headed should be carefully distinguished from other woodpeckers 



