of pure fresh water. So long as a supply of living 

 ants is to be procured the best way of feeding these 

 birds is to put a shovelfull of the ants'-hill into their 

 cage ; but they may gradually be " trained off " till 

 they will feed readily on chopped meat, raisins, carrots, 

 nuts, and soft fruit. All the Woodpeckers that 1 have 

 kept in captivity invariably roosted at night by clinging 

 upright to a bough or to the bars of their abode. 



