22 . 
I thought some wandering hunter had killed him. 
Then my attention was again attracted by the 
blue jay who flew down to a little ifill and 
drank like a chicken. Then he flew up in a 
tree and after wiping his bill flew off well 
satisfied. They my woodpecker flew down to take 
a drink with a preparatory note to call atten¬ 
tion, and a few notes between drinks for the 
same purpose, and well he night for since I had 
seen him last he had changed the somber color 
of his bead for a bright red. It was dark in 
places yet, especially around the edges. Ke 
also drank like a chicken;insteading of working 
busily he spent his time sunning himself. He 
was rather wild. His head is very dark yet. 
Went on farther. As 1 left 1 heard another tree 
sparrow. I have solved a mystery. Many times 
I have heard a woodpecker give a note c ujrqueh- cufo 
cukj-cuV-quer cua, and other variations. Today I 
saw that it was a yellow hammer. mistake the 
bird was the red-bellied woodpecle r}. The 
flight is in long curves. I think that he will 
winter here. In a hole that 1 know of near his 
haunt I have heard him at a distance a good many 
times. He backed down a tree for some distance. 
Ke came quite close to me today though he is 
generally very wild. 
Next I saw a female downy woodpecker. It was 
a counterpart exactly in every respect but size} 
of the larger hairy woodpecker. The underparts 
are white, middle back white, wings black spotted, 
and barred with black band;around the crown white 
top of head black, and a stripe on the side black. 
The nape is red in the male bird, tail black, out¬ 
er tail feathers white not bar red with black, it 
went on the ground and hunted for insects and 
parasites on cow manure. It went up in a tree and 
then folded its wings and dropped head first to 
the ground about 30 feet distant. It hunted for 
