GREAT-CRESTED FLYCATCHER. Ge 
in this way for a time, he seemed to pick out bits 
of wood — his shavings— and drop them to the 
ground. When tired working at one hole he 
would go on to another. The bark was torn from 
an area of several inches, and this was riddled 
with holes apparently in process of making. The 
woodpeckers are not perching birds, and so must 
be put in the drawer with the kingfisher, cuckoo, 
humming-birds, and others. Of the five we have 
had, the yellow hammer is the least of a wood- 
pecker, building comparatively low, having a trill 
that takes the place of a song, hunting on the 
ground and fences as well as on trees for his food, 
and, accordingly, assuming an earth-colored dis- 
guise that would be of little use to the other 
woodpeckers. The sapsucker and the yellow 
hammer go south for the winter, but the downy 
and hairy are permanent residents, while the red- 
headed woodpecker’s presence is entirely depen- 
dent on the food supply. The sapsucker is the 
most boisterous of the five—the sombre hairy 
and downy the most silent. Of them all the red- 
head is the family beauty. 
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GREAT-CRESTED FLYCATCHER. 
In spring, when a loud piercing whistle comes 
shrilling from the woods —one note given in ris- 
