HAIRY WOODPECKER. 
393. Dryobates villosus. 9 inches. 
In summer these Woodpeckers are found in heavy 
woods, where they breed, but in winter they are often 
seen on trees about houses, even in the larger cities, 
hunting in all the crevices of the bark in the hope of 
locating the larva of some insect. They are usvally 
more shy than the Downy, from which they can read- 
ily be distinguished by their much larger size. 
Note.—A sharp whistled “peenk.” 
Nest.—In holes in trees in deep woods; three to six 
glossy white eggs (.95 x .70). 
Range.—Eastern U. S. from Canada to North Caro- 
lina. 
Sub-species.—393a. Northern Hairy Woodpecker 
(leucomelas), British America and Alaska; larger.— 
393b. Southern Hairy Woodpecker (audubonii), South 
Atlantic and Gulf States; smaller. The difference be- 
tween these birds is small and chiefly in size, although 
the southern bird often has fewer white marks on the 
wing coverts. Other sub-species are found west of the 
tockies. 
