i62 BIRD PARADISE 



never have known him to show any marked traits 

 of virtue. If he deals in them at all he does it 

 largely out of sight. His place In the economy 

 of life is a little difficult to discover, and the 

 same is true of some individuals of the homo 

 genus. 



My woodpecker friends are now visiting me 

 daily. Several species are represented and all 

 seem glad to get back to the autumn round of 

 pastimes. Only the smaller birds winter at the 

 North. The larger ones, the ones best able, ap- 

 parently, to endure the rigor of the climate, all 

 hie away to the South. Flicker and redhead, 

 the two birds that I should choose as just the 

 ones to remain at the North, are among the 

 earliest of our fall birds to migrate. Either of 

 these birds would seem to be the ideal one to 

 meet bravely the snow and cold. The large gray 

 woodpecker, just a little smaller than the red- 

 head, is a stirring, vigorous fellow, but he has 

 no inclination to stem the tides of one of our 

 Northern winters. Sapsucker, nuthatch, chick- 

 adee and one or two other species — ^little fellows 

 all of them — stay with us and not only stay but 

 really seem to enjoy keenly our coldest weather. 



