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HAIRY WOODPECKER. 



with a list of white hair like feathers down the 

 middle : wings spotted with white : under parts 

 of the body entirely white : four middle tail-fea- 

 thers black ; the rest on each side marked ob- 

 liquely with white at the tip; the last but one 

 white, with a black base ; outer one wholly white : 

 legs and claws grey brown : female without the 

 red on the head. 



Inhabits Carolina, Virginia, Canada, and like- 

 wise the north of England, where it is not very 

 uncommon. Dr. Latham mentions having seen a 

 pair in the collection of the Duchess of Portland, 

 which were shot near Halifax in Yorkshire, and 

 which agreed in every respect with the American 

 ones : is also very common at Hudson's Bay, where 

 it is called Paupastaow. It is said to be very 

 destructive to apple-trees by pecking holes in 

 them. 



