No. 3.] 



Reprints and Miscellaneous Notes. 



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Relative proportions of larval and adult beetles [Coleoptera) 

 in stomachs of seven species of woodpeckers. 





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Peecentage 



OF whole 

 NUMBER. 



Percentagr 



of stomach 



contents, 



Name of species. 



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a\ Number c 

 ° larval Cole 













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Downy Woodpecker (Dryo- 



bates pubescens) . 



140 



SO 



38 



43 



II 



13 



Hairy Woodpecker {Dryo- 

 bates villosus) , 



82 



27 



46 



33 



56 



6 



18 



Flicker {^Colaptes auratus) 



230 



67 



18 



25 



8 



8 



2 



Red-headed Woodpecker 

 {Melanerpes erythroce- 

 phalus) . < . . 



lOI 



83 





82 





31 





Red-bellied Woodpecker 



[Melanerpes carolinus) , 



22 



6 



4 



27 



18 



7 



3 



Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 

 {Sphyrapicus variiis) 



81 



15 



I 



19 



I 



5 



Trace. 



Pileated Woodpecker {Ceo- 

 phlceus pileatus) , 



23 



4 



12 



17 



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DOWNY WOODPECKER. 



{Dryodates pubescens.) 



This little woodpecker is the smallest, not only of the seven species 

 under consideration, but of all those inhabiting the United States. 

 He is also one of the most familiar, being no stranger to the shade 

 trees about houses and parks, while his fondness for orchards is well 

 known. He is so quiet and unobtrusive that the first notice one 

 has of his presence may be a gentle tapping or scratching on the 

 limb of a tree within two or three yards of one's head, where our 

 diminutive friend has discovered a decayed spot inhabited by wood- 

 boring larvae or a colony of ants. 



One hundred and forty stomachs of the Downy Woodpecker have 

 been examined. They were collected during every month in the year 

 and in 21 States, the District of Columbia, Ontario, and New Brunswick. 

 A few of the western sub-species {Dryobates pubescens gairdneri) 

 from British Columbia, have been included. The stomachs contained 



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