64 FOOD OF WOODPECKERS OF UNITED STATES. 



The golden-fronted woodpecker (Centurus aurifrons) shows a 

 decided taste for grasshoppers, which make up half of its animal food. 

 Its vegetable diet is composed almost entirely of small fruits or berries. 



The one stomach of the Gila woodpecker (Centurus uropygiatis) 

 was largely rilled with beetles of the May-beetle family, with a few 

 bones of a lizard. The vegetable part was mere refuse. 



The gilded nicker (Colaptes ckrysoides) shares the characteristic 

 fondness of the genus for ants, which constitute three-fourths of the 

 whole food. The vegetable part was mostly mast. 



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