

PILEATED WOODPECKER. 



LOG-COCK. BLACK WOODCOCK. 

 CeOPHLCEUS PILEA'rUS. 



Char. General color greenish black; wide stripe of white from the 

 bill down the sides of the neck ; chin, throat, and part of wing& white or 

 pale yellow. Male with scarlet crown, crest, and cheek patch. Female 

 with crest partly black and no scarlet on cheek. Length about 18 

 inches. 



JVesi. In a deep forest or the seclusion of a swampy grove ; excavated 

 in high trees, and lined only with fine chips. 



£^s. 4-6 ; snow white and glossy ; 1.25 X i.oo. 



This large and common Woodpecker, considerably resem- 

 bling the preceding species, is not unfrequent in well-timbered 

 forests from Mexico and Oregon to the remote regions of 

 Canada, as far as the 63d degree of north latitude ; and in all 

 the intermediate region he resides, breeds, and passes most of 

 the year, retiring in a desultory manner only into the Southern 

 States for a few months in the most inclement season from the 

 North and West. In Pennsylvania, however, he is seen as 

 a resident more or less throughout the whole year j and Mr. 



