mi: /:/:/< /;/:/. um> UOODT. 





Dr. Brewer says: "This bird wa> m-i \\iili in ill.- <>\<Tl:ni<l expedition in flocks, <>u tlj,- 

 hunks of the Saskatchewan, in " l:-, manners at the |-ii>d of the year were strikingly 

 contrasted with those i>f tin- resident \\'.M1|..., k.-i-. f.-i instead of tlittiiuc i" a solitary way 

 from tree to tree, and a.s-jduou*l\ INU-MII.' f..r in--ct>, it Hew aU>ut in cmuded il<>ck-< in a rest- 

 leas manner, and kept up a continual < liait.-riug." 



Tin: II A IKY WOODPECKER (Picus rilloxus) is another of oar resident birds, and is also an 

 orchard visitor. In May In- ivtiivs to l>nt-d, and is not MITI until tin- autumn month*. 

 tim, however, he reniuins and l>rcils in tin- or.-har-l. Kxreptimis (f tins kind *>i-u\ t<> O,-,MII 

 ith other sjxjcies. Tliis species is common at Hud-on'^ Ikiy, and southwardH to Georgia. Ito 

 voice is a shrill cry, strong and tremulous. It also has a sin-1.- noti- <>r <-/nn-k, which it <.fi. n 

 repeats in an eager manner, as it hops about and performs its usual work of dicing ''"'" the 

 bark of trees. Its plumage is soft, loose, and un webbed ; hence the name. A great mass of 

 hairs surround the nostrils, which suggest their use as a protecting barrier when the head is 

 protruded into the decayed wood it so frequently digs into for insTt food. 



LEWIS' WOODPECKER (Melanrrpe* torqua/us) is a singularly marked and elegant bird. 

 Its size is considerably more than tin- pit-redim;, and it has a mor>- compact and pleasing 



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plumage. It was named l>y Wilson in honor of the memory of Captain Lewis, who with 

 General Clark made the first notable excursion into the then unexplored countries of the 

 Yellowstone region. This bird is one of several that have the habit of hiding acorns in tin- 

 holes purposely pecked for them in decayed trees. 



THE RED-BELLIED WOODI-K K> i: (Cenlunt* carolinu*), says Wilson, has all the restless 

 and noisy habits so cham<-tTi-tic of i:^ tribe. It is more shy and li-ss dom.-stic than the Red- 

 headed or any of the spotted Woodpeckers. It is also more solitary. It prefers the largest 

 high timbered woods, and tallest decayed trees of the forest seldom app-arin^ near the ground. 



on the fences, or in orchards. Its voice is hoarser than any of the others, and its usual note, 

 voi. a-n. 



