BIRD LIFE IN WASHINGTON 
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loud that we may sometimes slip up uear 
enough to touch him. 
Although this beautiful bird still has a 
wide range over the United States, it is 
growing scarcer every year. He is an easy 
mark for the self-named sportsman. But 
we wonder why any one should wish to 
kill him; he is of no value dead and the 
trees need him alive. He spends many 
hours every day searching the bark for 
insects. 
