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PICID^E (Family Woodpeckers). Characters as for the Order. Food 

 habits vary widely : one genus feeds on larvae injurious to forest trees; one 

 on acorns; one largely on ants; another on sap of trees. All nest in tree- 

 holes, dug by themselves. 



California Res. Com- 

 mon. In mountains to 9000 

 feet or more. Most numerous 

 in Transition Zone, and in dead 

 or dying forest areas which 

 mean plentiful food supply. 

 Has been found nesting in river- 

 bottom timber nearly at sea- 

 level. 



Cabanis 

 Woodp 



ecKe 



Arizona Res. Common 

 in coniferous forest of Canadian 

 and Transition Zones of eastern 

 part of State and western New 

 Mexico; southward into Mex- 

 ico. Most abundant in areas 

 of dead or dying timber which 

 mean a generous supply of 

 food, easily secured. 



White-breasted WoodpecKer 



California Res. Com- 

 mon. West of the desert divide, 

 except the humid northwest 

 coast. Favors willow regions 

 (hence the name), where it 

 drills the usual nesting-hole in a 

 dead stub, often only a few feet 

 from the ground, but occurs 

 also in oaks. In winter some- 

 times strays eastward to desert 

 slopes. 



/^Willow VVoodpec* 



