JANUARY 



147 



The barn owl, the cat owl, the barred owl (hoot owl), 

 the great horned owl, are 

 also residents, and the snowy 

 owl, while breeding further 

 north, is sometimes seen here 

 in the winter. 



Woodpecker. 



Fads : 



All of the woodpeckers are 

 climbers, and have, in conse- 

 quence, two of their toes in 

 front and one or two behind. 



The bill is a long, strong 

 chisel, well adapted for bor- 

 ing into trees, which it does 

 to make its nest. The tongue 

 is long and remarkably ex- 

 tensile. By means of this, 

 it catches the insects which 

 hide themselves under the 

 bark of trees. 



They are mostly resident 

 birds feeding, as they do, on 

 dormant insects which are 

 always abundant. 



3fethods : 



These have been suflB.- 

 ciently indicated in the ac- 

 count of the Crow. 



If there is time, it would 

 be well for the children of 



Woodpecker's bill and tong'ue. 



Red-headed Woodpecker. 



