Northern three-toed woodpecker. 41 
holes formed in pine trees, four or five eggs 
Prerisol +i ant " hlteness ; its voice and habits are 
Its (nnl * 16 S - ame as fhose of the spotted woodpeckers, 
and ‘fmsists of insects and their larva;, and eggs, 
1>V iniii' 1 ,- seeds and berries. It is easily decoyed 
Thi ttI1,R . lts y oice - 
Nortb S A SpeCieS ’ S '“"linently distinguished among the 
only il, „ mcr ! can an< l European woodpeckers, by having 
hesfde . ®v t°? S ’ the !nuer hind toe being wanting, 
b °hig r2art,M ^ ° tL ? r str ’ k ^S Peculiarities, its bill 
covered „ , a y hioad, and flattened, and its tarsi 
moreover ' ' 4 eat ','‘ ls hell their length : the tongue is, 
point , v hi .R 0t cyhodrical, hut fiat and serrated at the 
in the threL tj° ' OMnat ' on " e have, however, observed 
American P : lur °P e f n spotted woodpeckers, and in the 
In all these lCUS vMosus, pubescens, and querulus. 
Projecting ^§? C !j S tbe tongue is flat, with the margins 
convex- I,,, ac ., slde f n d serrated backwards, plain above, 
Linne H a h ’ and acutc at the tip. 1 
this no,,l,.::.‘ S r m ’, aild other anterior writers, confounded 
three-toed 'V ",'th a tropical species, the southern 
which inhnliiKtt^k**’ P , ic “ s Wululatus of Vieillot, 
America i * ' ’ ulaua > an d, though very rarely, Central 
It is the so, tb? Vt ‘ r S ° - far north as the United States. 
u s the descrintion S|) 'j ':' os "} which Brisson has given 
It is nevmbei ’ while Linne described the present, 
view when he 77* P roba ld® that, he had the other in 
crown was vell,^.' VeS ’, t ’ at ' n European specimens the 
us he states; from Viol ‘o Amc ' ican red, though, 
Was corrected by I abim'' V^ 1 '/ I lie lattor mistake 
Consider the southern ■ ’ " llow f v c>’, continued to 
f iiick lie was mistaken, since Xv *“"•? , va # 1 7> in 
hut as he had no opport’uuitv of Y ^ 4,stl “ c * ; 
uotto he censured, especially^ " ea,n S' s Pcc;mens, he is 
naturalists to the su | ect ThT ■! hes f antl ° n 
establish;,. . +i * ;l the merit of firmly 
V eil ot B W ° TT is > believe, due to 
is always toL r S f ? VCral , otber “'ai, K> the northern bird 
from Ts S011 tbe '"T v f T ry state ot ' Plumage 
southern analogue, by that curious character 
