:< KJ 



sometimes is prolonged into a rattling call. Like th> T Woodpeckers, 

 in the spring be beat* A rolling tattoo on a resonant limb, sounding a 

 reveille which i- u credit to so small a drummrr. 



The ii .-"H-inhle W.xMlpecker, and when tho gay summer 



- have returned t<> their southern homes and the wind whir-tics 

 drearily through the leafless trees, he joins the Chickadees and Nut- 

 hatches, and during the winter they are inse]arable companions. IVr- 

 haps they share with him tlu> snug quarters in come old trunk which 

 he has hollowed out fur a winter home. 



395. Dryobates boreali* . I'ifill. >. HKI> < < KAMED WOODPECKER. 

 Ad. 4.- Cp-wn Mm k. n ftnnll tuft ,,f ,,-nrt.t f> nth, r* on either nidt of thuback 

 of tkt ktad ; back barred with black and white; wings *| Kitted with black 

 and white; middle tail-feathers black, outer oneti with broken black ban; car 

 region white, separated from the white thmat by a black stripe running from 

 the l-ill to the shoulder; nidc* and iin.lcr Uil-coverU spotted and streaked 

 with black; rwrt of the under parts white. Ad. 9 .Similar, but without 

 scarlet on the head. L., 8-40 ; W., 4-65 ; T., 8-10 ; B., -80. 



Kangt. Southcni t'nite<l Sute, westward to Indian Territory, and north- 

 ward to Tennewee and Virginia. 



. in the higher part of a pine tree. Egg*, four to six, '91 x <. 



This species is a common inhabitant of the " piny woods." It pre- 

 fers the higher branches of the trees, and frequently hangs head down- 

 ward while feeding on a cone at the extremity of brunch. Its call- 

 note suggests the yank, yunk. of the White-allied Nuthatch, but is 

 louder, hoarser, and not so distinctly enunciated. 



40O. Plcoidea arcticua i.sv<n'/->. . AK. n.- THRKK-TOED WOOD- 



PKC-KKK. (Sec Fig. 87,6.) Ad. & . Toe three. t\\<> in front; middle of the 



vp.wn with a bright rniitfe-yellow imt4-li ; r>t ->f tlie iipjKT j>arta hining 



\. ing- feathers siKitti-*! with white; middle tail-tVathen* black, outer 



one* white, evopt ut the tiit-e ; a white line !'n>m the nwtril paoses below the 



I.-.* barred with blaek and white; rot \' the under parU white. Ad. 



9. Similar, but without orange-yellow on the crown. L., 9'50; W., 5-10; 



T.,8-40; B. fn>in N 



Rangt. Northern North Ameri.-a. H<>utli t" the northern United States. 



AW<, within ten feet of the ground. /.;/;/*, four to six, 1-05 x -78. 



"It is a restless, active bird, spending its time generally on th 

 topmost branches of the tallest trees, without, however, confining itself 

 to pines. Although it can not be called .shy. its habitual restlewneas 

 renders it difficult of approach. Its movements resemble those of the 

 Ked-cockaded Woodpecker, but it is still more petulant than that 

 bin!. . . . Its cries also somewhat resemble those of the sj>ecies above 

 mentioned, but are louder and more shrill, like those of some small 

 quadruped suffering great pain. . . . 



" IU flight is rapid, gliding, and deeply undulating. . . . Now and 



