DIFFERENTIAL POINTS : 



See Red-bellied Woodpecker. 



REMARKS: 



Plate LXIV, Fig. 1, shows three eggs of the Hairy Woodpecker; they are of the common sizes 

 and shapes. On account of the slight difference, except in size, between the nest under consideration 

 and that of the Downy Woodpecker, it has not seemed necessary to figure but the one. 



In regard to the general habits of this species not much need be said. It is one of the most widely 

 distributed species and is subject to innumerable local variations of plumage. Audubon encountered it 

 wherever he went as did also Wilson. While not numerous in Ohio during the summer, yet a few are 

 to be met with in every part of the State. It seldom associates with other birds, and always appears 

 busy and dignified. It feeds chiefly upon insect food, much of which it procures by probing the crevices 

 of the bark of trees, and by excavating into small cavities which contain eggs or larvae; on this account it 

 has been called the " Sapsucker." While this name is certainly misapplied, it is no more incorrect than 

 the majority of common and scientific (?) names which are attached to objects in natural history. 



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