THE IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER. 
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11. STRIX V1RGINIANA . — THE GREAT HORNED OWL. 
AUDUBON, PLATE LXI. MALE AND FEMALE. 
We recommend to our readers Audubon’s admirable 
5l; cijuiit of the natural history of this species. 
'2. FICUS PBINCIPALIS . — THE IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER. 
AUDUBON, PLATE LXVI. MALE AND FEMALE. 
‘‘ I have always,” says Audubon, “ imagined, that in the 
H'lmage of the beautiful ivory-hilled woodpecker, there 
'* Something very closely allied to the style of colouring 
the great Vandyke. The broad extent of its dark 
Jrossy body and tail, the large and well-defined white 
Srkings of its wings, neck, and bill, relieved by the 
carmine of the pendent crest of the male, and the 
“ r Uliant yellow of its eye, have never failed to remind 
of some of the boldest and noblest productions of 
! J: »t inimitable artist’s pencil. So strongly, indeed, 
5 4 »e these thoughts become ingrafted in my mind, as 
{ .gradually obtained a more intimate acquaintance 
/"h the ivory-billed woodpecker, that whenever I 
, llv e observed one of these birds flying from one tree 
p Another, I have mentally exclaimed, “ There goes a 
, il »dyke ! ” This notion may seem strange, perhaps 
.'‘'herons, to you, good reader, but I relate it as a fact, 
Hl '<l whether or not it. may be found in accordance 
j kh your own ideas, after you have inspected the plate 
'* "liich is represented this great chieftain of the 
,[><lpecker tribe, is perhaps of little consequence.” 
-The natural history of this bird, given by Audubon, 
'hi be read with delight by readers of every description. 
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