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HAIRY WOODPECKER. 



these birds has been already described under a former species, as 

 consisting of alternate risings and sinkings. The Hairy Wood- 

 peckers generally utter a loud tremulous scream as they set off and 

 when they alight. They are hard to kill, and like the Red-headed 

 Woodpecker hang by the claws, even of a single foot, as long as a 

 spark of life remains, before they drop. 



This species is common at Hudson^s bay; and has lately been 

 found in England. Dr. Latham examined a pair which were shot 

 near Halifax, in Yorkshire ; and on comparing the male with one 

 brought from North America, could perceive no difference, but in 

 a slight interrviption of the red that marked the hind head of the 

 former; a circumstance which I have frequently observed in our 

 own. The two females corresponded exactly. 



