HAIRY WOODPECKER 



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glass lie cried: "Well, now, don't that beat you 

 — I saw him catch a worm!" For some time 

 he continued watching the woodpecker's progress 

 from one ripening ear to another, studying the 

 preliminary tap- tap 

 which, like a doctor's 

 stethoscope, locates a 

 cavity, and the final ac- 

 curate drive in upon the 

 worm which eats the 

 milky grains. By the 

 time Downy flew out of 

 the field with a joyous 

 thanksong of i ' peenk- 

 peenk-peenk, " the gun 

 was forg-otten, the man 

 convinced; and I think 

 there is one farmer 

 who will never again be 

 so foolish as to make 

 war on one of his ablest 

 helpers. 



Like all Woodpeck- 

 ers, Downy is fond of showing his mate what a 

 fine drummer he is; and indeed the amount of 

 resonance the little fellow can bring out of a 

 dead tree is enough to make anybody wonder. 



The Hairy Woodpecker (nine inches) is 

 larger than Downy, and shyer, keeping to the 



HAIRY WOODPECKER 

 Length 9 inches 



