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WOODPECKERS. 



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tlian the Downy's, and when one is familiar with both there is no diffi- 

 culty in di.stingui.-liiiig the two by their voices. 



In siH.-aking of the difTerenco wliich exists between the rolling tattoo 

 of s<^»ine WoodjM'ckors Mr. Hrewster says: "Thus, P. pubescens has a 

 long, unbroken roll, P. vi/losns a shorter and louder one with a greater 

 iritiTvai U'tween each stroke ; while *S. rariiis, coiuniencing with a short 

 roil, ends very criiiiliatically with five or six distinct disconnected tai)s. 

 In tills latter sjtccies I <iin convinced it is literally a call of recognition, 

 as I have repeatedly seen the bird, after producing it, listen a moment 

 when it woidd he answered from a distance, and its mate would shortly 

 api)ear and join it" (Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist., xi, 1875, p. 144). 



393b. D. V. audubonii (Sicttins.). Suithkun IIaiuv Woodpeckku. 

 — Si i.ilar to tliu jin'oediny:, l)Ut siuiillcr, mid with >;oiiicwliat loss wliitc in the 

 pluma-_'e. L.. S-IO; W., 4-r)0; T., 2-SO ; H., MT). 



////////#.— South AtlaiUic and Ciulf States north to South Carolina. 



This is simply a small southern race of the preceding species. It 

 resembles the northern form in habits, but is much more common, be- 

 ing nearly as numerous as the Downy Woodpecker. 



In til*' northwestern United States and adjoining I>ritish provinces 

 the Hairy Woodpecker reaches its maximum size, and is known as the 

 X(»rthern Hairy Woodpecker (/>. v. lencomelns), a form which may 

 occur within our limits. 



J>il4. Dryobates pubescens ( Litii,?i. "Downy Woodi'eckku. Ail. 

 i. — Lpi«;r j>arts hhick, a srarlil hand on the na]K! ; middle of the l)ai'k 

 white; winif-ffatliers ami their coverts spotted with wliite ; middle tail- 

 A-athen* black, the outer ones wiiite, hnrred irith blacl' ; a white stripe above 

 and anotlicr l)elow the eye ; under parts white. ./(/. 9 . — Similar, but witli- 

 out K-arlet on tin; nape. L., tis:] ; W., .S-TO ; T.. 2-53 ; B., -08. 



AV/z/ar/tx— The Downy c.id Hairy Woodpeckei-s ditfer in coloration oidy 

 in tin- marking's of tlie outer tail-feathers, wliich arc white. V)urred with black 

 in the foniitr, and white irithoiit liars in the latter; the ditlerenec in size be- 

 tween the two. liowever, is always diagnostic. 



Itnnir. — E.istern Nortli America, from Labrador to Florida; resident 

 throu;.dioiit its range. 



\Va>hinirton, common P. W. Sing Sing, common V. IJ. Cambridge, com- 

 mon I*. R, 



Xiid. i.'enerally in a dea<l tree. /;';■///>•. four to six, 'T") x ''"lO. 



Wf>odland. orchards, and the shade trees of lawtis are alike fre- 

 <iuenlcd by this, the smallest and most familiar of our Woodpeckers. 

 Sunetinies lie tells of his jiresence by an industrious tnp, tap — tapping 

 as he patiently digs out the grid)s and larva* which form his bill of 

 fare. Again he hails us with a businesslike pi'ck, pi'i'k—a note ciosely 

 resembling the souiul produced by a nuirble (juarrier's chisel, and v. hich 



