. Our native birds of song and beauty, being a complete history of all the songbirds, flycatchers, hummingbirds, swifts, goatsuckers, woodpeckers, kingfishers, trogons, cuckoos, and parrots, of North America . autiful species is one of our commonWoodpeckers. Without fear it visits the large post-oaks in my yard. This morningfour, evidently young ones, came in the large oak only a few feet from my house. Theyperched on the rough bark at the base of the tree, but before they commenced to climbupwards they carefully and inquisitively looked around. The strong and stiff tail-feathersserve in an ex
. Our native birds of song and beauty, being a complete history of all the songbirds, flycatchers, hummingbirds, swifts, goatsuckers, woodpeckers, kingfishers, trogons, cuckoos, and parrots, of North America . autiful species is one of our commonWoodpeckers. Without fear it visits the large post-oaks in my yard. This morningfour, evidently young ones, came in the large oak only a few feet from my house. Theyperched on the rough bark at the base of the tree, but before they commenced to climbupwards they carefully and inquisitively looked around. The strong and stiff tail-feathersserve in an excellent way as a support, and with a vigorous jerk they move forward on thetrunk. These beautiful birds with their powerful bills and their glowing red crests forma most interesting picture. They are not shy and can be easily observed. Their loudhammering sounds through the forest, but their call-notes are still louder. As soon asthe leader, probably the old male, took wing, it uttered its pecuhar and far-soundingcall-notes, a clear a~wick, a-wick, a-wick, and the three others folloAved immediately. * This locality has become famous all over the world through Longiellows beautiful poem Evangeline XXXVI. 1 SPHYRAPICUSVARIUS Baird. 2. COLAPTESAURATUS Vig. 3. MELANERPES CAROLINUS Ridgw. 4. MELANERPES ERYTHROCEPHALUS Sw. -WURMSPECHT-GOLDSPECHT-CAROLINASPECHT-ROTHKOPHSPECHT 5 MELANERPES FORMICIVORUS BAIRDIRid^ PILEATUS Cab. -HAUBENSPECHT -Yellow-bellied Flicker. Red-bellied Woodpecker.■Red-headed Woodpecker. California Woodpecker. Pileated Woodpecker. RED-HEADED WOODPECKER. 411 As nobody disturbed these birds, they became very confiding. Many of the largepost-oaks near my house were cut down in the fall. The trunks were used for fence-rails,and the tops remained on the ground. Underneath the bark of these large limbs innu-merable wood worms and other insects had begun their work, and the Pileated Wood-peckers were constantly at work. With pow
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