362 LAND BIRDS 
collector, uttering cries of distress, scolding, and doing all 
that helpless birds can do for the protection of their 
young. 
Like the Harris, the Cabanis is noisy, particularly dur- 
ing the mating season, when its loud drumming and its 
.. “ \ick-kick, whitoo, whitoo, 
: RRA a wit-wi-wi ” may be heard all 
es day long in the deep pine 
woods. 
Both sexes share 
the labors of excavat- 
ing, brooding the 
egos, and feeding the 
young. Incubation 
lasts about fifteen days, and 
the young remain nearly 
four weeks in the nest, be- 
ing fed most of that time 
by regurgitation. After 
leaving they are fed by the 
parents for at least two 
weeks, and usually return 
393 d. CABANIS 
WOoODPECKER. 
“ Both sexes share the 24 \ sleep. 
labors of excavating.” . 
Although the usual height 
to the nest at night to 
of the excavation is from twelve to eighteen feet from 
the ground, Major Bendire records one as low as three 
feet and another as high as fifty feet. 
The food of the Cabanis woodpeckers consists of larvee 
and eggs of insects, berries, seeds, pifion nuts, pine seeds, 
