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  Were 
  the 
  facts, 
  which 
  we 
  have 
  endeavoured 
  to 
  arrange 
  in 
  a 
  

   comprehensive 
  form, 
  not 
  so 
  well 
  known 
  and 
  so 
  frequently 
  vouched 
  

   for, 
  a 
  doubt 
  in 
  some 
  people's 
  minds 
  might 
  easily 
  arise, 
  viz., 
  i 
  Are 
  

   not 
  many 
  of 
  these 
  holes 
  made 
  by 
  man 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  obtain 
  the 
  

   resinous 
  gum 
  from 
  the 
  pines 
  1 
  ' 
  But 
  the 
  answer 
  is 
  decidedly 
  ' 
  No,' 
  

   because 
  the 
  Woodpecker's 
  holes 
  are 
  oval, 
  those 
  of 
  an 
  auger 
  round. 
  

   Nesting-holes 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  day 
  are 
  sometimes 
  — 
  especially 
  during 
  

   late 
  years 
  — 
  occupied 
  by 
  Starlings, 
  even 
  far 
  up 
  among 
  the 
  old 
  

   woods, 
  a 
  considerable 
  distance 
  from 
  dwellings. 
  

  

  Woodpeckers, 
  however, 
  will, 
  we 
  believe, 
  occupy 
  and 
  extend 
  

   other 
  holes, 
  such 
  as 
  those 
  made 
  by 
  an 
  auger, 
  or 
  such 
  as 
  are 
  formed 
  

   by 
  decay 
  where 
  a 
  dead 
  branch 
  has 
  fallen 
  away, 
  and 
  we 
  know 
  also 
  

   that 
  Woodpeckers 
  will 
  endeavour 
  to 
  bore 
  into 
  pines 
  which 
  are 
  still 
  

   full 
  of 
  resin, 
  as 
  we 
  have 
  ourselves 
  seen. 
  The 
  holes 
  caused 
  by 
  decay 
  

   are 
  usually 
  different 
  in 
  appearance 
  from 
  those 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  birds, 
  

  

  Borings. 
  

  

  Woodpecker. 
  

  

  Old 
  Branch. 
  

  

  The 
  trunk 
  being 
  dead 
  or 
  dying 
  when 
  bored 
  ; 
  

   the 
  hole 
  being 
  oval. 
  

  

  The 
  trunk 
  being 
  live 
  wood 
  when 
  the 
  branch 
  died 
  

   and 
  fell 
  out 
  ; 
  the 
  hole 
  being 
  round, 
  as 
  a 
  rule, 
  

   but 
  may 
  be 
  oval. 
  

  

  Auger 
  Hole. 
  

  

  Woodpecker's 
  Hole. 
  

  

  however, 
  as 
  perhaps 
  the 
  woodcuts 
  in 
  the 
  text 
  may 
  better 
  explain 
  

   than 
  words, 
  the 
  bark 
  growing 
  again 
  round 
  the 
  orifice 
  where 
  a 
  dead 
  

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