admirably suited for sweeping insects out of their burrows. 
On the other hand, the flat breast involves a considerable 
diminution in the size and strength of the pectoral muscles, 
and the consequence is that the bird is comparatively weak 
upon the wing, and is quite incapable of flying for any 
great distance. 
Woodpeckers build no real nest, but merely make a 
rough bed for their eggs out of the bits of wood which they 
have chipped away in enlarging a hole in the trunk of a tree. 
The eggs are from five to eight in number, and are pure glossy 
white in colour, without any markings. 
Rag: 
Sa J x 
Ziyi 
