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Table showing food percentages..........-----.----------- +2222 222s eee eee 11 
Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) ......------ --+--+2--------------- 1 
Hairy Woodpecker (Dryobates villosus).....-...-...------ 2-2-2202 eee eee eee 14 
Plicker:(Coba ples: GUnQeis)) ccicc aie spose 8 oth ci, dsynyn yo sa nencren ees mieie ioe Socials Sa 16 
Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)......-.-.----------+- 20 
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)....-.-..-.- Lue ae pon ear ae 25 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) ....--2+22 22200 -222eee eee eee 28 
Great Pileated Woodpecker ( Ceophlaus pileatus)........----------------+--- 32 
Other Woodpeckers isesccmccsnin denis eas eee pee Mem cee eee ei 33 
The Tongues of Woodpeckers. By FP. A. Lucas..-....-.--.-----+--+- +--+ ------ 35 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Text figures. 
Fig. 1. Hairy Woodpecker (Dryobates villosus). 
2. Flicker (Colaptes auratus). 
3. Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus). 
4. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Spkyrapicus varius). 
Plates. 
Frontispiece. Pileated Woodpecker (Ceophleus pileatus). 
Plate I. Tongues of North American Woodpeckers. 
Il. Tongues of North American Woodpeckers. 
III. Tongues of North American Woodpeckers. 
