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visitor to our lunch-counters, particularly if we supply 

 them with suet. His sharp peek, peek, running at times 

 into a diminishing string of peeks, and his rolling tatoo, as 

 he pounds a limb with amazing rapidity, are prominent 

 parts of every-day bird language, the tatoo being a 'song' 

 of the breeding season. 



Four to six white eggs are laid in a hole, usually in a dead 

 tree, the first week in May. The Southern Downy nests 

 in April. 



RED-COCKADED WOODPECKER 



Dryobales borealis 



Between the Downy and Hairy in size (L. 8J) with a general 

 resemblance to both, but the male with a small tuft of red 

 feathers on each side of the back of the head. 

 _ Range. Southeastern States north to North Carolina. 



An inhabitant of the pine woods, who utters a coarse 

 yank-yank note and may at times be seen feeding from the 

 terminal tufts of pine 'needles' in the higher branches.' 

 The nest is usually in a living pine; the 2-5 white eggs 

 are laid in April. 



ARCTIC THREE-TOED WOODPECKER 

 Picoides arcticus 



Two toes in front and one behind, a solid black back and an 

 orange-yellow crown in the male distinguish this from all our 

 other Woodpeckers. Size of the Hairy, L. oj. ' 



Range. Canada, and northern parts of our border states, rarely 

 south in winter, as far as Nebraska and Ohio. 



Cambridge, one record. N. Ohio, rare W. V. SE. Minn., rare. 



An inhabitant of the spruce and balsam forests of our 

 northern states, occasionally straggling southward in 

 winter. Nests in May. 



