THE WOODPECKERS 



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some other bird's nest as the receptacle for its eggs. The parent bird was captured 

 on the eggs, so that there can be no mistake about the fact." 



The gray-headed woodpecker (G. canus) ranges over the greater 



part of Europe, but does not visit the British Islands, and it also 

 Wood- 

 pecker occurs in Siberia, Northern China, and the island of Yezo. Its habits 



are similar to those of the green woodpecker, which it also greatly 

 resembles in size and color, being about twelve inches in length. The under sur- 



GRAY-HEADED AND WHITE-BACKED WOODPECKERS. 

 (Two-fifths natural size.) 



face of the body, however, is perfectly uniform, without any crescentic marking as 

 in most of the green woodpeckers; and the moustache streak is black both in the 

 male and female, the male usually having a red moustache. The nape is always 

 gray, but the male has a red head and the female a gray one. 



