PILEATED WOODPECKER, OR LOG-COCK. 567 
The young are fledged and abroad about the middle of 
June. It is usually known by the name of the Large Log - 
coclc. This species appears to live almost wholly upon 
insects, and chiefly those that bore into the wood, 
which never fail in the country he inhabits ; nor is he 
ever known to taste of Indian corn, or any other sort of 
grain, or orchard fruits, though he has a fondness for 
grapes and other kinds of berries. 
This species is about 20 inches in length, and about 30 in alar di- 
mensions. The general color black, with a gloss of green. Fore 
part of the head black, the rest of the crest crimson, with some white 
at the base. A stripe of white proceeds, from a little below the eye, 
down each side of the neck, and along the back (where the two are 
about an inch apart), nearly to the rump. Tail black, tapering from 
the 2 exterior feathers, which are 3 inches shorter than the middle 
ones, the feathers concave below. Legs lead-color. Bill an inch 
broad at base, of the color and consistence of ivory, and channelled. 
The tongue also white. Iris vivid yellow, 
PILEATED WOODPECKER, or LOG-COCK. 
(Picus pileatus, L. Wilson, iv. p. 27. pi. 29. fig. 2. [male.]) 
Sp. Charact. — Brownish-black; crest red; chin, a stripe on either 
side of the neck, as well as the base of the quill-feathers, and un- 
der wing-coverts, white ; the bill black. — The mustachios of the 
male red ; in the female and young dusky. 
This large and common Woodpecker, considerably 
resembling the preceding species, is not unfrequent in 
well timbered forests, from Mexico to the remote regions 
of Canada, at least to the 50t,h degree of north latitude ; 
and in all the intermediate region he resides, breeds, and 
passes most of the year, retiring in a desultory manner 
only into the Southern States for a few months, in the 
most inclement season, from the north and west. In 
Pennsylvania, however, they are seen as residents more 
or less throughout the whole year ; and Mr. Hutchins 
