38 



OUR SOUTHERN BIRDS 



scared domestic pullet, which cry has given this 

 bird in the mountains the name of Wood-hen. 

 It is also known as Logcock and Cock-of-the- 



Woods. 



In some ways it 

 resembles the common 

 Flicker; it has a simi- 

 lar long, strong, barbed 

 tongue, and when two 

 individuals of the spe- 

 cies meet they utter a 

 Flicker - like conversa- 

 tional note of "wi- 

 chew" or "wiek-y-up." 

 The food of this 

 handsome Woodpecker 

 consists mainly of 

 grubs, wood-boring 

 beetles, and ants that 

 make their homes in 

 dead w r ood. To obtain 

 a meal he chips aw T ay 

 on log or tree with sur- 

 prising skill and force, flinging good-sized chips 

 and splinters in every direction. But he does 

 not confine himself to dead or rotten trees for 

 woodcutters' work; he is quite likely to exca- 

 vate a hole for a sleeping-chamber in the hard 

 wood of a living tree. 



PILEATED WOODPECKER 

 Length 17 inches 



