HAIRY WOODPECKER. 37 



and the white below is tinged with brownish. The manner of 

 flight of these birds has been already described, under a former 

 species, as consisting of alternate risings and sinkings. The 

 Hairy Woodpeckers generally utter a loud tremulous scream, 

 as they set off, and when they alight. They are hard to kill, 

 and, like the Red-headed Woodpecker, hang by the claws, even 

 of a single foot, as long as a spark of life remains, before they 

 drop. 



This species is common at Hudson's Bay; and has lately been 

 found in England. Dr. Latham examined a pair, which were 

 shot near Halifax, in Yorkshire; and on comparing the male 

 with one brought from North America, could perceive no dif- 

 ference, but in a slight interruption of the red that marked the 

 hind-head of the former; a circumstance which I have frequently 

 observed in our own. The two females corresponded exactly. 



