DOWNY WOODPECKER. 



11 



The following tables show the food percentages of the stomachs 

 examined : 



Percentages of food of 7 species of woodpeckers. 





i 



a 

 1 



1 

 1 



Percentage of 

 stomach con- 

 tents. 



Percentage of different insects. 



Name of species. 



a 



1 

 ^ 



r 



=8 



h 



St 

 w 



1 



& 



1 



ft 



! 



h 



ft 



■s 



o 



i 



1 



ft 

 P 



r 



Downy Woodpecker (Dry- 



obates puhegcen s) 



Hairy Woodpecker (Bryo- 



140 



82 

 230 



101 

 22 

 81 

 23 



74 



68 

 56 



'in 



25 



31 

 39 



47 



1 

 1 



5 



3 

 Trace. 







23 



17 

 43 



11 

 11 



30 



24 



24 

 10 



31 

 10 

 5 

 15 



16 

 21 



1 



3 



Trace. 



1 



5 

 Trace. 



1 

 Trace. 



4j 1 



Trace. Trace. 



1 



1 



3 



Flicker {Colaptes auratus) . 

 Redheaded Woodpecker 



(Melanerpes erythroceph- 



all's) 



1 

 1 



Red-bellied Woodpecker 

 (Melanerpes carolinus) . . . 



Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 

 (Sphyrapicus varius) 



Pileated Woodpecker 

 ( Oeophlaeus pileatus) 



26 

 50 

 51 



74 

 49 



Trace. 



1 

 4 



3 

 Trace. 



Trace. 



2 



Trace. 



Relative proportion 



s of larval and adult beetles (Coleoptera) in stomachs of 7 species of 

 woodpeckers. 



Name of species. 



H 







=5^ 









a.S 



r^ 



140 



82 



230 



101 



22 



81 



23 



£ cs S 



Percentage of ^.^fTM^'f^ "^ 

 whole number. ^**"?1^V'^ 

 tents. 



Adult. I Larvae. I Adult. Larvfe 



Downy Woodpecker ( Dryobates pubescens) . 



Hairy Woodpecker {Dryobates villosus) 



Flicker ( Colaptes auratus) 



Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes ery- 

 throcephalus) 



Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes caro- 

 linus) 



Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus 

 varius) 



Pileated Woodpecker (Ceopfiloeus pileatus). 



38 43 



33 56 



25 8 



Trace. 

 1 



DO'WNY -WOODPECKER. 



{Dryobates puhescens.) 



This little woodpecker is the smallest, not only of the 7 species 

 under consideration, but of all those inhabiting the United States. He 

 is also one of the most familiar, being no stranger to the shade trees 

 about houses and parks, while his fondness for orchards is well known. 

 He is so quiet and unobtrusive that the first notice one has of his 

 presence may be a gentle tapping or scratching on the limb of a tree 

 within two or three yards of one's head, where our diminutive friend 



