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of the head, spotted with white ; the crown of 

 the male, with a yellow patch. Nests, in a stump 

 or decayed tree ; eggs, four, creamy-white. 

 Hylatomus pileatus. The Pileated Woodpecker. 

 This beautiful woodpecker is seldom seen in 

 the settled portions of Canada, although it is 

 frequently met with in the interior. It is the 

 largest and most powerful of the woodpecker 

 family. General color of body, wings, and tail, 

 greenish-black ; a narrow white streak just above 

 the eye to the occiput ; crown of head, bright 

 red. Length, eighteen inches. Nests, in a hole 

 in a tree or stub ; eggs, five in number, pure white. 



RED-HEADED WOODPECKER. 



Melanerpes crythrocephalus. The Red-headed 



Woodpecker. 



This bird is one of our regular visitors. It 

 arrives here from the south about the middle 



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