. A popular handbook of the birds of the United States and Canada . one is met in summer in northern Maine and NewBrunswick. AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER. BANDED-BACKED WOODPECKER. PiCOIDES AAIERICANUS. Char. Only three toes. Above, black, thickly spotted with whiteabout the head and neck; back barred with white; beneath, white;sides barred with black. Adult male with yellow patch on the about 9 inches. Nest. In a deep forest; an excavation in a dead tree. Eggs. 4- ?; cream white; X According to Richardson, this bird exists as a permanentresident in al
. A popular handbook of the birds of the United States and Canada . one is met in summer in northern Maine and NewBrunswick. AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER. BANDED-BACKED WOODPECKER. PiCOIDES AAIERICANUS. Char. Only three toes. Above, black, thickly spotted with whiteabout the head and neck; back barred with white; beneath, white;sides barred with black. Adult male with yellow patch on the about 9 inches. Nest. In a deep forest; an excavation in a dead tree. Eggs. 4- ?; cream white; X According to Richardson, this bird exists as a permanentresident in all the spruce-forests between Lake Superior andthe Arctic Sea, and is the most common Woodpecker northof Great Slave Lake. It resembles P. villosus in its habits,seeking its food, however, principally on decaying trees of thepine tribe, in which it frequently burrows holes large enoughto bury itself. This is an uncommon winter visitor as far south as northernNew England, though it has been taken in Massachusetts, andDr. Merriam has found a nest in the RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD. Trochilus colubris. Char. Above, metallic green; wings and tail brownish violet orbronzy; chin velvety black ; throat rich ruby, reflecting various huesfrom brownish black to bright crimson ; belly whitish. Female and youngwithout red on the throat, which is dull gray; tail-feathers barred withblack and tipped with white. Length 3 to 3^ inches. Nest. In an orchard or open woodland; placed on a horizontal branchor in a crotch; made of plant down firmly felted and covered exteriorlywith lichens. Eggs. 2- ?; white, with rosy tint when fresh ; X This wonderfully diminutive and brilliant bird is the onlyone of an American genus of more than a hundred species,which ventures beyond the Hmit of tropical climates. Itsapproaches towards the north are regulated by the advances ofthe season. Fed on the honeyed sweets of flowers, it is anexclusive attendant on the varied bounties of Flora. By
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