HAIRY WOODPECKER. 
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and the white below is tinged with brownish. The manner of 
flight of these birds has been already described, under a former 
species, as consisting of alternate risings and sinkings. The 
Hairy Woodpeckers generally utter a loud tremulous scream, 
as they set off, and when they alight. They are hard to kill, 
and, like the Red-headed Woodpecker, hang by the claws, even 
of a single foot, as long as a spark of life remain, s, before they 
drop. 
This species is common at Hudson’s Bay; and has lately been 
found in England. Dr. Latham examined a pair, which were 
shot near Halifax, in Yorkshire; and on comparing the male 
with one brought from North America, could perceive no dif- 
ference, but in a slight interruption of the red that marked the 
hind-head of the former; a circumstance which I have frequently 
observed in our own. The two females corresponded exactly, 
