446 Beyer, Allison and Kopman, Birds of Louisiana. \q^^^ 



great woodpecker is probably confined to the deep swampy forests of north- 

 ern Louisiana, where it is locally not uncommon. The following remarks, 

 quoted here, for convenient reference, from 'The Auk,' Vol. XVII, 1900, 

 pp. 97-99, are based upon observations made by Prof. Beyer in Franklin 

 Parish in 1899, "in an almost inaccessible swamp, which extends from the 

 most northern portion of Franklin Parish, between the Tensas River and 

 Bayou Ma9on, to Black River." 



"The borders of Big Lake — in the midst of a heavy cypress swamp, — 

 as well as the banks of some of the larger cross-bayous, are heavily tim- 

 bered with ash, oak, and elm. In some of such localities are the homes 

 of the Ivory-bill, and from them they do not appear to stray very far; in 

 fact, I was assured that the range of a pair of these birds does not extend 

 inore than a mile from their nest. 



"... .We could hear quite frequently the rather plaintive but loud cry 

 of the "Log-god" — for such the bird is called. . . .in that section of the 

 State. . . .They are certainly noisy, and by their oft-repeated cry we be- 

 came accustomed to locate them .... 



"But when Audubon states that they never build in dead or even dying 

 trees, he was certainly mistaken; for I took one pair, with one of their 

 progeny, from a nest situated in an old and nearly rotten white elm stump, 

 a little over forty feet from the ground .... We found and examined several 

 nests; but we noticed only one — about twenty-five feet from the ground 

 — in a linng over-cup oak (Quercus lyrata). 



" .... I believe only one brood is raised ; and the old birds continue to 

 feed and care for their young long after they are able to take care of them- 

 selves. It was then near the middle of July, and old and young birds were 

 still together; and the attention of the old ones was too entirely taken 

 up by the young to leave any opportunity of preparing for a second brood." 



176. Southern Hairy Woodpecker {Dryobates I'illosus auduboni). 

 A fairly common resident in all forested regions. It shows no particular 

 preference for one sort of timber over another, beyond shunning the most 

 extended pine forests. 



177. Downy Woodpecker {Dryobates piibescens). A common resident, 

 and well distributed, frequenting woodlands and orchards in practically 

 all parts of the State. At the latitude of the coast, both the Downy and 

 the Hairy Woodpecker begin nest-building in the first half of March. In 

 most cases, two broods are raised, one in April, and one in June. In the 

 Mississippi delta region, the Downy Woodpecker appears to prefer willow 

 stubs as nesting sites. The Hairy Woodpecker nests indifferently in most 

 of the common hardwoods. 



178. Red-cockaded Woodpecker {Dryobates bor-ealis). So far as we 

 have been able to discover, this species is restricted to pine regions, and 

 ordinarily it never enters the hardwood growths of such sections unless 

 mixed with pine. It is resident wherever occurring. It is highly charac- 

 teristic of the open long-leaf pine forests of the southern section of the State, 

 and extremely common and noisy there. The time of breeding corresponds 



