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OHIO EXPERIMENT STATION. 



'The measurements obtained from four nests are herewith given : 



The parent bird re under ordinary-circumstances easily dislodged from -the nest, 

 but occasionally is quite obstinate in this particular. The Red-headed Woodpecker 

 sometimes'attacks other birds which approach too closely its nesting place. On one 

 occasion three of these Woodpeckers were observed to utterly rout a Red -tailed 

 Hawk. 



SUBGENUS CENTURUS SWAINSOX. 



RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, REDUCED. 



81, Melanerpes carolinus (LINN.). 

 Redeemed Woodpecker. 



A tolerably common resident, but most regularly observed during fall and win- 

 ter; frequenting then more open woodland than during the breeding season. It is 



