BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH. These birds 



were always 

 observed in pairs, never alone or never more than two 

 together. They are exceedingly tame and will allow 

 one to approach close before they take to their rapid 

 flight. It is an interesting fact to note that at the 

 edge of the village where the holes of the Red-Headed 



Destruction to a Telegraph l'ole caused by 

 Brown-headed Nuthatches 



Woodpeckers in the telegraph poles cease those of 

 this Nuthatch begin. They bore holes in the poles 

 from a very small size, to ones two inches in depth, 

 and an inch in diameter. Some poles are almost 

 ruined by their work as may be seen by the photo- 



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