. The birds of Washington : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . r a rotten log to pieces in pursuit of the grubs and wood-lj<iringants which it harbors. They are shy or contiding just in pro|)ortion to theamount of persecution which they have been called upon to endure. I havewaited half a tlay trying to get a specimen, and again I have sat mider ashower of chips orogled a busy pair inthe open at forty feel. The Log-cock has avariety of notes, andone will) learns themwill find tiie bird muilimore common than lumay iiavc supjioseilThe m
. The birds of Washington : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . r a rotten log to pieces in pursuit of the grubs and wood-lj<iringants which it harbors. They are shy or contiding just in pro|)ortion to theamount of persecution which they have been called upon to endure. I havewaited half a tlay trying to get a specimen, and again I have sat mider ashower of chips orogled a busy pair inthe open at forty feel. The Log-cock has avariety of notes, andone will) learns themwill find tiie bird muilimore common than lumay iiavc supjioseilThe most noteworllnof these is a liiglipiiclied stentorian is not e.\actl\laughter, all ho soukthing like it in lid lia lut lia lia h.;ha hii. .\t a distannthis call souufls metallic: but wiicn at clo-crange it is sent cchoini,thru the forest, it i^full and clear, ami it isthe most untamablywild soiuni anionj; bir^lnotes. In this connection Iwish to mention a mys-terious sound which I have several times .hh/v y) in the depths of ;.\ti:i) woom-ixKi-R :.\ m; THE LEWIS WOODPECKER. 441 tile western forest, hut tn wliuse aiiihurshi]) I lia\e nu Ilew unless it ])ro-ceeds from this l)inl. The note comes fn>ni well ii]) in the trees, and isrepeated sk)wly, after little intervals, and with ;i sort of funereal I venture to literate it, the letters are to he thought rather than said,—or better still, thought while whistled in a low key (si) pooIk(tigl - - -(si)poolk(ug) - - (si)poolk{ luj). Who will riddle nie this ni\ster\? The Pileated Woodpecker chisels out its nesting hole at an\ height indead timber, whether of fir, ])ine, s])ruce, or other. It nests regularK- in thisState, but the taking of its eggs is something of a feat; so, in default of much-coveted htck, we fall hack on Bendire: inim three to five eggs areusuallv laid to a set, but I ha\e seen it stated that the Pileated Woodpeckeroften laid six, and
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