CONTENTS. 



Page. 



The Food of Woodpeckers. By F. E. L. Beal 7 



General remarks 7 



Table showing food percentages 11 



Downy Woodpecker (DryoJiates pul)escens) 11 



Hairy Woodpecker {Dryohatcs vilJosus) 14 



Flicker {Colapiea auralus) 16 



Eed-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes eryihrocei>halus) 20 



Eed-hellied Woodpecker (Melanejyes caroUiius) 25 



yellow-heilied Sapsucker (Sjjhyrapiciis rarius) 28 



Great Pileated Woodpecker {Ceophlwus pileatus) 32 



Other Woodpeckers 33 



The Tongues of Woodpeckers. By F. A. Lucas 35 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 

 Text figures. 



Fig. 1. Hairy Woodpecker (Dryohatcs rillosus). 



2. Flicker {Colapies atiral us). 



3. Eed-headed Woodpecker {Melanerpcs eryihrocepltalus). 

 i. yellow-bellied Sapsucker {Sphyrapicus varias). 



Plates. 



Frontispiece. Pileated Woodpecker (Ceophlceus pileattis). 

 Plate I. Tongues of North American Woodpeckers. 

 II. Tongues of North American Woodpeckers. 

 III. Tongues of North American Woodpeckers. 



