CONTENTS, 



The Food of Woodpeckers. ByF.E.L. Beal 7 



Geueral remarks 7 



Table sliowing food percentages. 11 



Downy Woodpecker (Dryohates pithescens) 11 



Hairy Woodpecker (Dryohates vlllosus) 14 



Flicker {Colaptes auratus) 16 



Red-headed Woodpecker {MeJanerpes erythroceplialus) 20 



Eed-beliied AVoodpecker (J/eZaneyj^es carolinus) 25 



Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyi^apicus rarius) 28 



Great Pileated Woodpecker (Ceojj/Jccj/sj^i/eaius) 32 



Other Woodpeckers 33 



The Tongues of Woodpeckers. By F. A. Lucas 35 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Text figures. 



Fig. 1. Hairy Woodpecker (Dryohates rUlosus). 



2. Flicker (CoJaptes auratus). 



3. Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus). 



4. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius). 



Plates. 



Frontispiece. Pileated Woodpecker (Ceophloeus pUeatus). 

 Plate I. Tongues of North American Woodpeckers. 

 II. Tongues of North American Woodpeckers. 

 III. Tongues of North American Woodpeckers. 



