DOWNY WOODPECKER. 11 
The following tables show the food percentages of the stomachs 
examined: 
Percentages of food of 7 species of woodpeckers. 
| Percentage of 
4g stomach con- Percentage of different insects. 
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Downy Woodpecker (Dry- p 
tac Sy el Binerminieners 140 | 74 | 25 1} 23 24 16 3 4 1 3 
Hairy Woodpecker (Dryo- ’ a 
bates villosus)....--.---.- 82 | 68; 31 y 17 24 21 | Trace.; | De aacisnieiee 4 
Flicker (Colaptes auratus) .| 230 | 56 | 39 43 10 1 1 | Trace.' Trace. 1 
Red-headed Woodpecker | 
(Melanerpes erythroceph- ; 
1) i 101 | 50 | 47 3 11 31 1 5 Ine porter te 1 
Red-bellied Woodpecker i 
(Melanerpes carolinus)...| 22 | 26 , 74 | Trace. iL 10 4) Trace. | Trace. ...-.... Trace. 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 
(Sphyrapicus varius) ...-| 81 | 50 | 50 |.....---. 36 5 2 1 1/ 3 2 
Pileated Woodpecker ! 
(Ocophleus pileatus).-... 23 | 51: 49 |...----. 30 15 2 | Trace. 4 Trace. | Trace. 
Relative proportions of larval and adult beetles (Coleoptera) in stomachs of 7 species of 
woodpeckers. 
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Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) . 140 50 60 38 43 11 13 
Hairy Woodpecker (Dryobates villosus) ..-. 82 27 46 33 56 | 6 18 
Flicker (Colaptes awratus).....--..--------- 230 67 18 25 8 8 2 
Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes ery- | 
throcephalus) ..---..--------- 222-222 eee eee 101 BB Puistececros 1p eee ' BL sce. 
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes caro- | < 
ULB) ai cictareermiocs aisle saininiaiminiaiase ciel eRe eines 22 6 4 27 | 18 7 3 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus 
VATUUB) saseiga'aserats, sie gansta cpapers aes ate aeareigispanecciominse 81 15 1 19 1 5 | Trace. 
Pileated Woodpecker (Ceophteus pileatus) 23 4 112 17 52 2 
DOWNY WOODPECKER. 
(Dryobates pubescens.) 
This little woodpecker is the smallest, not only of the 7 species 
under consideration, but of all those mhabiting 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 
within two or three yards of one’s head, where our diminutive friend 
