. Sketches of South African bird-life. Birds. WOODPECKERS 51 Its tunnel usually runs straight into the bank for about two feet, then turns to the right or left and ends in a dome- shaped cavity about 6 inches in height. The bird usually chooses a point in the bank about a foot or 18 inches below. Fig. 23.—Kjiysna Woodpecker. the top, where the soil is moist from surface drainage and consequently easier to excavate. The Ground Woodpecker {Geocolaptes olivaceus) is olive- brown above, narrowly barred with white ; rump, throat and breast washed with crimson ; remainder of under-parts resembling t
. Sketches of South African bird-life. Birds. WOODPECKERS 51 Its tunnel usually runs straight into the bank for about two feet, then turns to the right or left and ends in a dome- shaped cavity about 6 inches in height. The bird usually chooses a point in the bank about a foot or 18 inches below. Fig. 23.—Kjiysna Woodpecker. the top, where the soil is moist from surface drainage and consequently easier to excavate. The Ground Woodpecker {Geocolaptes olivaceus) is olive- brown above, narrowly barred with white ; rump, throat and breast washed with crimson ; remainder of under-parts resembling the back. Length, about 11| Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Haagner, Alwin Karl, 1880-; Ivy, Robert Henry. Cape Town, T. M. Miller
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