270 



GLEANINGS FROM NATURE. 



of a better locality, it chips a hole in a fence stake, 

 telegraph pole, church steeple, or cornice about the 

 roofs of dwellings. The eggs are four to six in number, 



Fig. 76-Red-headed Woodpecker. (After Beal.) 



elliptical in form, pure translucent white, and measure 

 1 x .8 inches. 



In northern and central Indiana the red-head is 

 usually a summer resident, arriving from the south 



