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in this county. The nests are placed in burrows in banks near 
water. 
Order PICI. 
Family PICIDA. Woodpeckers. 
A large family of wide distribution. The food is varied, but 
with many species the principal item is wood-boring larvae, dug 
from trees in more or less rotten places. Other items of food are 
ae beetles and other insects, acorns and other nuts, fruits and 
seeds. 
164. CABANIS WOODPECKER. Dryobates villosus 
hyloscopus. 
Rather common residents of wooded localities throughout the 
county. 
165. WILLOW WOODPECKER. Dryobates pubescens 
turati. 
Rather rare residents of willow groves. This seems to be about 
the southern limit of this woodpecker. 
166. NUTTALL WOODPECKER. Dryobates nuttalli. 
Rather common residents in the foothills and lower mountains. 
167. WHITE-HEADED WOODPECKER. Xenopicus 
albolarvatus gravirostris. 
Rare residents of the higher mountains. 
168. RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER. Sphyrapicus varius 
daggeti. 
Occasional winter residents of the foothills and mountains. 
These woodpeckers drill numerous small holes in the bark of trees 
in the latter part of the winter and drink the sap that flows from 
the holes, hence the name. 
169. RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER. Sphyrapicus varius 
nuchalis. 
Rare winter residents in the foothills. 
170. CALIFORNIA WOODPECKER. Melanerpes 
formicivorus bairdii. 
Abundant residents in the mountains in oak timber and mixed 
oak and pine forests. This is the Woodpecker that drills small 
holes in the bark of trees and drives an acorn in each hole in the 
fall. This is done to store the acorns for the purpose of eating 
the acorn meat in the coming winter. 
171. LEWIS WOODPECKER. Asyndesmus lewisi. 
Rather common winter residents of the foothills and mountains. 
Frequently catches insects on the wing like a flycatcher. 
172. RED-SHAFTED FLICKER. Colaptes cafer collaris. 
Common residents of wooded localities in the coast region and 
foothills and summer residents in the mountains. Eats many ants, 
mostly picked up on the ground. 
Order MACROCHIRES. Goatsuckers, Swifts, Hummingbirds. 
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