WOODPECKERS 



(393) Dryobates villosus vil= 



loSUS (Linn.) (Gr., a tree, walker 

 (if climber; Lat., hairj')- 



HAIRY WOODPECKER. Plum- 

 age as shown. The cf has a red 

 spot on the nape; the 9 has none. 

 Notice that the outer tail feathers 

 are pure white, unspotted. L., 9.50; 

 VV., 4.7s; T., 3.50; B., 1. 12. 



Range — Resident from Me., Mich., 

 and Col., south to Va. and Mo. 



(393a) NORTHERN HAIRY 

 WOODPECKER (D. v. leucomelas), 

 resident in Canada, is larger. 



(393b) SOUTHERN HAIRY 

 WOODPECKER (D. v. auduboni), 

 resident in the South Atlantic and 

 Gulf States, is smaller and has less 

 white on the wing coverts. 



(3q3g) NEWFOUNDLAND 

 WOODPECKER (D. v. terra:novs) 

 is found in Newfoundland. 



bills are ivory-white in color, very large, chisel-shaped at 

 the end and capable of hammering to the heart of living 

 trees. In their search for insects and larvae, they often strip 

 off large sections of bark from big trees. They are so large, 

 so strong and so determined in their hunting that they might 

 do considerable more damage than good to our forests but 

 for the fact that there are so very few of them left. They 

 are now very rare, even in the Gulf States, where they were 

 formerly abundant. Without doubt they will shortly be 

 confined to that last stronghold of the Carolina Paroquet, 

 Florida. 



HAIRY WOODPECKERS are so nearly like the smaller 

 DOWNY WOODPECKERS in habits as weU as plumage 

 that the two may well be considered together. The two 

 species can readily be distinguished, for, besides the con- 

 siderable difference in size, the Downy has dusky spots on 

 the white outer tail feathers, while those of the Hairy are 

 immaculate. A good observer can also distinguish between 

 the two species by the slight differences between their respec- 



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