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BIRDS OF PENNSYLVANIA 
Pileated Woodpecker (Ceophloeus pileatus), Adults, Two Males and 
Female. 
Contents. —Filled, with the fragments of the Palmetto-ants ( Camponotus esurient). 
One pupa of White ant ( Ter met). 
Red-bellied Woodpecker ( Melanerpes carolinus.) 
Contents from eight adults of both sexes. Red seeds (undigested) of two species 
of the Palmetto. No animal matter could be distinguished. 
Red-bellied Woodpecker ( Melanerpes carolinus ), Adult Male. 
Contents. —Numerous joints of a small diplopodous myriopod, probably ,Zulus. 
One Palmetto ant ( Camponotus esuriens). Fragments of a tree-cricket ( Orocharis 
saltator.) 
Red-bellied Woodpecker ( Melanerpes carolinus ), Adult Male. 
Contents. —Berries and seeds of the Palmetto. Fragments, consisting ot three legs 
and part of a cricket ( Nemobius). 
Hairy Woodpecker (Dryobates villosus audubonii ), Adult Male. 
Contents. —Palmetto fibers, and mixed with them traces of a Cerambycid larva. 
Digested fragments of a neuropterous insect, probably a small Libellulid. 
Hairy Woodpecker (Dryobates villosus audubonii ), Adult Male. 
Contents .—Fragments of an elytron of Trogosita , a beetle common under bark. 
Fragments of ants. Fragments of Julus. 
ORDER MACROCHIRES. GOATSUCKERS AND SWIFTS. 
Suborder CAPRIMULGI. Goatsuckers. 
Family CAPRIMULGID.®. Goatsuckers. 
THE WHIP-POOR-WILL AND NIGHTHAWK. 
The name of “Goatsucker” given to members of this family originated from a 
silly notion that the European species sucked the teats of goats. It is misleading 
and should be abolished. Two species of this family are found in Pennsylvania as 
common summer residents. Head large, broad and flattened ; eyes large; neck 
short; plumage, especially in Whip-poor-will, soft and owl-like; flight noiseless; 
bill very small; gape of great extent, reaching below eyes, and furnished with 
bristles. Toes four, anterior ones connected by a moveable skin ; inner edge of mid¬ 
dle claw pectinated (comb-like). Tarsi short and more orless feathered ; feet small. 
These birds do not perch as many other birds do, but sit lengthwise of limbs, fence 
rails, etc., and crouch on the ground. Tail forked or rounded. • 
