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PICUS VILLOSUS. 
the chips with his bill, and scraping' them out with hi^ 
feet. They also not unfrequently choose the orchai 
for breeding in, and even an old stake of the 
which they excavate for this purpose. The feinah 
lays five white eggs, and hatches in June. This sp<'‘''‘’j 
is more numerous than the last in Pennsylvania, 
more domestic; frequently approaching the farm-ho'"’ 
and skirts of the tou n. In Philadelphia I have iua"J. 
times observed them examining old ragged trunk'’/’ 
the willow and poplar while people were j)a.s6”'j 
immediately below. Their cry is strong, shrill, 
tremulous ; they have also a single note or chuck, wh*'-’ 
they often repeat, in an eager manner, as they k**! 
about, and dig into the crevices of the tree. Th‘’{ 
inhabit the continent from Hudson’s Bay to Carol'® 
and Georgia. 
The hairy woodpecker is nine inches long, and fift‘’'’_ 
in extent ; crown, black ; line over and under the 
white ; the eye is placed in a black line, that ividens * 
it descends to the back ; hind head, scarlet, sonieti'’’ 
intermixed with black ; nostrils hid under remarUao'jj 
thick, bushy, recumbent hairs or bristles ; under the i® 
are certain long hairs thrown forward and upn o''^' 
bill, a bluish horn colour, grooved, wedged at the e",! 
straight, and about an inch and a quarter tong ; touck*'* 
of black, proceeding from the lon er mandible, cud k' , 
broad black strip that joins the black on the shouldf’"' 
back, black, divided by a broad lateral strip of n'k’ 
the feathers composing which are loose and unwebk*’ J 
resembling hairs, whence its name; rump and should®'^ 
of the wing, black ; wings, black, tipped and 
with white, three rows of spots being visible on/^, 
secondaries, and five on the primaries^ greater ” 
coverts also spotted with white ; tail, as in the 
cuneiform, consisting of ten strong-shafted and pu’!' ||y 
feathers, the four middle ones black, the next 
white, the two exterior ones white, tinged at the 
with a brownish burnt colour ; tail-coverts, bk" 
whole lower side, pure white; leg's, feet, and 
light blue, the latter remarkahly large and strong; i®* 
