WOODPECKERS. 
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notes only serve to show that these habits are like those of other woodpeckers 
of temperate climates. Thus Mr. A} r res writes of the golden-tailed woodpecker 
(Campothera chrysura ) : “ These woodpeckers are to be observed throughout Natal, 
wherever there is bush-land, singly or in pairs; their note is loud and harsh; they 
are very restless in their habits, constantly hunting for food as if they had never 
obtained a sufficiency. Ants and other insects appear to be their usual food, which 
GREY-HEADED AND WHITE-BACKED WOODPECKERS (§ nat. size). 
they search for and catch on the rough bark of trees. They also hammer away at 
dead boughs, from which they extract soft grubs, etc.; and their flight is heavy and 
dipping. This woodpecker makes a hole, for the purposes of incubation, in the 
trunk of a decayed tree, just large enough at the opening for the bird to enter, 
but becoming wider inside and reaching downwards to the depth of a foot or 
eighteen inches; it lays its eggs on the bare wood, without making any nest.” 
Several allied genera present no particular features. Such are Chrysoptilus 
of South America, with eight species; Chrysophlegma of India, Burma, and the 
