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tree below it. On the upper side of this partition the seven 

 young " nickers," or " high holes," as they call them in New Eng- 

 land, had been hatched. 



Fig. 68. Pterylosis of Harris's Woodpecker. 



Left lateral view of a plucked specimen of Harris's woodpecker (Z>. v. harrisii) ; adult male ; <f, upper 

 part of the " inferior space " (Apt. mesogastr&i ; /.', the uropygial gland of the left side ; I, its exter- 

 nal papilla with opening at its summit, which is also " tufted." 



On May 31, 189(3, I vertically divided this nest directly through 

 its median plane, and placing it in a favorable position for light, 

 and allowing six of these young birds to settle down in normal 



