374 LAND BIRDS 
way, and the parent, inserting his long bill into the open 
mouth of a youngling, shakes it vigorously, thereby emp- 
tying the food from his throat into that of his offspring. 
Each in turn is fed in this odd fashion. 
The newly hatched Pileated Woodpeckers are even 
homelier than young flickers. They have the same ball- 
shaped body with long, help- 
lessly weak legs set very far 
back on it, and two long 
appendages that look like fat wf 
earthworms rather than Bes 
like wings. Their in- 
| ordinately 
long necks 
105 a. NORTHERN 
PILEATED Woop- 
PECKER. 
end in a giraffe- 
like head with 
“ After a few trials he 
aM feecced sae ht) Sw sightless eyes, 
teint : large ear-holes, 
and a grotesque bill in which the lower mandible pro- 
jects beyond the upper. They roll helplessly about, 
unable to squat on account of their round bodies, and 
unable to steady themselves with either their legs or 
wings; their chief means of support being the neck, 
which braces itself by the head as well as it may. 
If a finger be offered to their open mouths, they swal- 
low two inches of it, eagerly sucking on it with surprising 
strength. 
