74 AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE OF MICHIGAN. 



175-3J)0-(42;}). Ceryle alcyoii (Lmn.)- *Beltkd Kingpishek. 



Very common; throughout the entire state; April to Sept.; '• Grand Traverse Co." 

 (Dr. M. L. Leach); "Mackinac Island" (S. E. White); "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); 

 •'occasionally in mild winters in Monroe Co." (Jerome Trombley); "common all through 



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Syndactyle foot of Kingfisher. 



the Upper Peninsula" (L. W. Watkins); ''common at Iron Mountain '' (E. E. Brewster); 

 breeds; nests, in a hole four to eight feet long in banks; |" nests sometimes in hollow 

 trees'" (Dr. W. C. Brownell); nests along the banks of the Red Ce:Iar River on the 

 college grounds; eggs six to eight, white. 



Order PTCI. Woodpeckers. 



Climbing birds, with chisel like ])ills and barbed tongues. 



Family PICID^-E. Woodpeckers. 



Peck holes in wood in search of insects; food insects, fruit and grain; very benefi- 

 cial; nest in holes formed in trees; eggs snow white. 



Genus DRYO BATES Boie. 



17(>-J59»*5-(4:;5;{). Dryobates viliosus (Linn.). * The Hairy Woodpkcker. 



Very common; throughout the state; found at all seasons; "Grand Traverse Co." 

 (M. L. Leach); ''Mackinac Island" (S. E. White); ''Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); 

 "common at Iron Mountain" (E. E. Brewster); breeds in all parts of the state, but 

 more common north; male aids in incubation; eggs four to five, clear white; eats borers 

 and other insects. I have made a close study of this and the following species, and I 

 feel certain that they are of great economic value to the pomologist. The bands used 

 in destroying coddling moth pupa^ are often fairly riddled by these birds in quest of the 

 insects which the bands conceal. 



Downy Woodpecker, natural size. 



177 .*>1)4 (440). Uryobates pubescens Linw. * Downy Woodpecker. 



Very common; throughout the state; abundant at all seasons; -'Grand Traverse 

 county " (M. L. Leach); " Mackinac Island " (S. E. White); " c(jmmon at Iron Mountain " 

 (E. E. Brewster); "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); nests in June, more abundantly 



