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PILEATED WOODPECKER 



Phlceotomus pileatus pileatus 



Next to the nearly extinct Ivory-bill this is the largest of our 

 Woodpeckers. (L. 17.) Both sexes have a flaming red crest 

 (reaching the^ orehead in the male) the remainder o£ the plumage 

 being black, with the throat, a stripe from the bill down the 

 sides o£ the neck, and the basal half of the wing-feathers white; 

 bill horn-color. 



Range. Southeastern and Gulf States, north to North Caro- 

 lina. The Northern Pileated Woodpecker (P. p. abielicold) is 

 found thence northward into Canada and west to the Pacific. 

 It is a larger bird, with the white areas larger. 



In the south the Pileated is by no means rare and seems 

 not averse to the presence of man; but in the north he 

 retires to the wilder forested areas and we are apt to see 

 him only when we go a-camping. And he is well worth 

 seeing with his naming crest and powerful bill which, 

 used either as a chisel or drum-stick, produces impres- 

 sive results. Strangely enough the Pileated's notes 

 resemble those of the Flicker but are louder. 



The nest is usually well up; the 3-5 white eggs are laid 

 in April in the south, in May in the north. 



X RED-HEADED WOODPECKER 



Melanerpes erythrocephalus. Case 3, Figs. 21, 22; Case 6, 

 Fig- 43 



Adults of both sexes have the whole head red; young, during 

 their first winter, have the head grayish brown, and a black band 

 across the white wing-feathers. L. 9$. 



Range. Eastern United States, west to Rockies; local east of 

 the Alleghanies and north of Pennsylvania. 



Washington, rather common S. R., rare W. V. Ossining, rare 

 P. R., common in fall, Aug. 27-Oct. 12. Cambridge, irregular 

 at all seasons; sometimes common in fall. N. Ohio, common 

 S. R., Apl. 20-Sept. 25; occasionally winters. Glen Ellyn, 

 common S. R., Feb. io-Nov. 6; a few winter. SE. Minn., 

 common S. R., Apl. 4-Sept. 17; rare in winter. 



Adding to the normal habits of a Woodpecker marked 

 skill as a flycatcher, the Red-head stops his grub-hunting 



