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tinct white line down wing. Female: similar 

 to the male but throat white and sometimes 

 crown black. 



Field-marks: Wide white stripe down the 

 wing. 



Size and Shape: Length 8.6 inches. 



Song: A clear, penetrating and sweet call, 

 repeated several times. Not unlike the call of 

 the Carolina Wren. I have never heard the 

 song during migration. 



Seasonal Abundance: In the spring stays 

 from April loth to only the end of the month. 

 Returns the end of September, leaving again 

 the last of October. 



Remarks: A very shy bird and hard to dis- 

 cover. Most likely to be found near apple or 

 other fruit trees. Can be readily told while 

 on the trunk of the tree from any other Wood- 

 pecker by the distinct white stripe down the 

 wing. The bird girdles fruit trees in search of 

 both the sap and the insects which feed upon 

 it. Few apple-trees do not show the Sapsucker's 

 visits. 



5. RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH 



Haunts : Woods or groups of trees. 



Description: Male: similar in general ap- 

 pearance to the White-breasted but smaller, 

 with a reddish breast and with a black line thru 

 the eye. Crown black. Female: similar, but 

 the black replaced by bluish-gray. 



Field-marks: Black (male) or blue-gray 

 (female) line thru eye. 



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