DOWNY WOODPECKER. 



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The following tables show the food percentages of the stomachs 

 examined : 



Percentages of food of 7 species of woodpeckers. 



Name of speciea. 



Downy Woodpecker {Dry- 



obatesvuiencens) 



Hairy Woodpecker (Dryo- 



bates villosus) 



Flicker (Colaptes auratus) . 

 Red-headed Woodpecker 



{Melmierpes crythroceph- 



o!m) 



Eed-bellied Woodpecker 



(Melanerpes carolinus) . - . 

 Tellow-bellied Sapsucker 



{Sphyrapicus varius) — 

 Pileated Woodpecker 



{Ceophltxus pileatus) 



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Percentage of 

 stomach con- 

 tents. 



66 



50 ^ 47 



26 ! 71 



1 

 60 I 50 



51 ' 40 



Percentage of different insects. 



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Trace. 

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5 

 Trace. 



1 

 Trace. 



P,S 



■gft 

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Trace, i Trace. 



1 



Trace. 



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 1 I 3 



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4 Trace. 



* ft 



Trace. 



Eelative proportions of larval and adult heelles (Coleoptera) in stomachs of 7 species of 



woodpeckers. 



DOV7NY WOODPECKER. 



{Dryobates pubescens.) 



This little woodpecker is the smallest, not only of the 7 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 

 withiu two or three yards of one's head, where our diminutive friend 



