N\ 'I 



1 mh-rparu white, >r wliiti-.li without Mack ntrrak* or upota, 

 r-.wn gray, a mldUIi tin^c on the 1.. ilv. 



i I.I.ILI. WOOIH-K sen ?. 

 lack. 

 *. Outer tail -fVal.'icni Imrrcd with hlu.-k. 



304. DOWNY \\ '..I.I-K-KKII 4 . 



6*. Outer' whito .... 398. ll\n:, KKRJ. 



S'.t.lA. SotTiiKKx HAIKY WOODPECKER 4 . 



392. Campephilus principal!* (/.inn.). IVORY-BILLED WOOD- 



I-K- kt.it. Ail. i . t'pjH-r part.-* xli'mini; Mack, a larife .-urli-l <-rert ; a white 

 !-tri|H' U'lrin* In-low the eye uinl, |>uiiitr down tin- wide of tin- iic.-k, nu-i-ts its 

 iVIInw in tin- iniiiillc nf tin 1 lun'k ; cinU "f tin- iinn-r priinurii-n urnl tin- i-ii'l 

 half or two thinU of tlio HfcotnlarirH wliitt 1 ; '>ut-r tnil-fcuthcm vt-ry i*hort, 

 .'I ami much xtilh-lic.1 ; lirixtlci* ovi-r the iiojttrils 



white; liill ivory white; uinli-r |>art.- fthiniiii,' Murk. .!</. 9 .- Similar, hut 

 w.th the crvst hliK-k. }.., LICINI; \V.. i i-oO; T.. 6'5<' 



Range. " Fnnnerly S.utli Atlantic uml (Julf Stati-. t'pun North ('amlina 

 to Texan; north in the Mi>si>.i|i|ii Valley to Mi.-soun. southern IH'uioi.-, u\\<\ 

 N>utln-ni Imlialia. Now re>trict'il {< the (lull' States anl the lower Mi-.Ui|.|.i 

 V alloy, where only locally ilistrihnt. .1 " A. <>. U.)- (Sec HaBbrouck, Auk, 

 viii, 1V1. pji. 174 !<;, with ma|>.) 



JV<, in the higher part of a tree. Eyy*, "1-31 x -8C" (Ridgw. 

 alo Maurice Thou, (.>..n\ A Kc-1 headinl Family. > 



The home of thi^ ina^niflcriit \V(HHl|.-ckT is in the alm<>>t limit- 

 less cypress fnn^ts of mir Miulhcrn i river valley >. Kvm 



there il i^ ( iinmi in luit f>\v liH-nlitii's. In Floritlu it is fuuml chiedy 



in the western part of the jK-ninsula, and doiiUless occurs in greatest 

 nnmticrs in the region U-twcrii the Suwan<><> River ami tin- (iulf. 



The Ivory-bill is a wild, shy bird. It d*..^ tmt remain long in onw 

 place, and daring the day rune's over an extended territory. It- i-a',1 

 is a high, rath>r nas^il. yn\>. yi/>-!/"}>, sniimling in the distance like tho 

 note of a jx-iiny trumpi-t. 



303. Dryobates villosus I.nti,.,. HAIKY W I-K. K.K. i See Fiir. 



I ' I'pptT purts hlack; a jw-arlet hum! on tho najK-; mi<lille of 



rx white; win/'leathcrs ami their coverts *i>ottc.l with white; midillv 



tail-feathers hlack, the .niter . a white strijic al>\e un.l another 



In-low the e\e; umli-r part* white. A-l. 9. Similar, hut without scarlet on 



the l.uck ' . "".o; |{., !_._.. 



ite.s, from the northern bordcraouth to North 

 Carolina. 



Wanhtngton, rare P. K. Sing Sing, rare P. R. Cambridge, uncommon 

 \V. V. 



3W, goncrally in a dead tree. Eyyi, four to nix, -95 x 



This species resembles the Downy Woodpecker in habits, but is less 

 frequently obeerreU out of the woods. Its notes are noticeably louder 



