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at work in this cavity. Having* heard the bird working*, I approached the 
tree cautiously, and stood back of a neig*hboring* tree, whose thick branches, 
with their abundant covering* of “long* moss” {Tillandsia usneoides), en- 
tirely concealed my person from this woodchopper’s keen eye. I watched, 
and soon saw its larg*e bill clasping* a chip appear at the opening* of the 
cavity, in another instant the head and neck were protruded, and after 
taking a quick survey of all surroundings, as if to assure herself that no 
enemy was a witness to her industry and vigilance, the chip was dropped 
down and the bird resumed her digging. After she had thus reaq^- 
peared several times with pieces of wood, and always manifested the same 
caution before dropping the chips, I, when she again came in view, made 
a slight noise, but did not show myself, when immediately she dropped 
back into the cavity and did not again continue her labors or show her- 
self, although I remained quiet for several minutes. As the dinner horn 
had sounded some time before, I deemed it more important to attend to 
the wants of the inner man than to continue to wait for the bird to re- 
new her work, and picking up a piece of shell rock I threw it against the 
limb, when she flew out uttering a shrill cry. 
These birds feed largely on beetles and their larvae, which are so 
abundant in dead trees. Wild grapes, berries and acorns are also some- 
times eaten. ^ 
The following list shows most of the counties in this state wdiere the 
Pileated Woodpecker is frequently met with : 
County. 
Observers. 
Remarks. 
Allegheny 
Dr. T. Z. Hazzard 
Rare; formerly quite plentiful. 
Beaver 
Dr. G. A. Scroggs 
Breeds; resident. 
Bedford 
J. L. McGregor, 
Is found in some sections; resident. 
Berks 
D. F. Keller 
Very rare 
Crawford 
H. C. Kirkpatrick 
Seen in winter; probably breeds. 
Clinton 
Dr. Van Fleet, 
Resident. 
Clearfield 
Dr. Van Fleet, 
Resident. 
Cameron, 
M. M. Larrabee 
Resident; tolerably common. 
Chester, 
B. H. Warren,* 
Straggler; one taken about twelve years ago. 
Clarion, 
W. Shanafelt 
Resident; not common. 
Columbia 
Dr A. B. MacCrea 
Resident. 
Dauphin, 
W. W. Stoey 
Resident. 
Erie 
Geo. B. Sennett 
Resident: few are found about Jjake Pleasant 
Fayette 
B. H. Warren 
Saw one in December, 1889. 
Fulton 
Hon. W. S. Alexander 
Resident. 
Luzerne, 
D. J. Linskill, 
Resident. 
Lycoming 
August Kock 
Resident. 
Lackawanna 
G. P. Friant 
Resident; quite common; increasing. 
McKean 
J. A. Teulon 
Resident. 
Mercer, 
S S. Overmoyer, 
Breeds. 
Mifflin 
B. H. Warren 
Resident. 
Northumberland, . . 
Dr. Van Fleet 
Resident. 
Perry 
H. J. Roddy 
Resident. 
Susquehanna, . . . 
S. S. Thomas 
Rare. 
Sullivan 
Otto Behr, 
Resident. 
Somerset 
Dr. H. D. Moore 
Resident. 
Schuylkill, 
M. M. MacMillan 
Resident. 
Union, 
Dr. Van Fleet, 
Resident. 
Venango, 
J. R. Robertson 
Rare. 
Warren 
H. Jj. Greenlund 
Rare. 
Wayne 
N. F. Underwood 
Breeds. 
Washington, .... 
.James S. Nease 
Resident. 
Do. .... 
M. Compton, 
Rare; probably breeds. 
Do. .... 
W. T. Warrick 
Rare; probably breeds. 
Westmoreland, . . . 
Chas. H. Townsend 
Occasionally seen in heavy timbered localities 
* Pileated Woodpeckers have also been seen or heard by the writer, during the past two years, in the 
counties of Armstrong, Blair, Cambria, Centre, Elk, .Jefferson, Forest and Potter: in some parts of Cen- 
tre. Elk. Forest and Potter this bird is often seen. 
