DIFFERENTIAL POINTS : 
See Reel-bellied Woodpecker. 
REMARKS : 
Plate LXIY, Fig. 1, shows three eggs of the Hairy Woodpecker; they are of the common sizes 
and shapes. On account of the slight difference, except in size, between the nest under consideration 
and that of the Downy Woodpecker, it has not seemed necessary to figure but the one. 
In regard to the general habits of this species not much need be said. It is one of the most widply 
distributed species and is subject to innumerable local variations of plumage. Audubon encountered it 
wherever he went as did also Wilson. While not numerous in Ohio during the summer, yet a few are 
to be met with in every part of the State. It seldom associates with other birds, and always appears 
busy and dignified. It feeds chiefly upon insect food, much of which it procures by probing the crevices 
of the bark of trees, and by excavating into small cavities which contain eggs or larvae ; on this account it 
has been called the “ Sapsucker.” While this name is certainly misapplied, it is no more incorrect than 
the majority of common and scientific (?) names which are attached to objects in natural history. 
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