. Ornithology and oölogy of New England [microform] : containing full descriptions of the birds of New England and adjoining states and provinces, arranged by a long-approved classification and nomenclature : together with a complete history of their habits, times of arrival and departure ... : with illustrations of many species of the birds and accurate figures of their eggs. Ornithology; Birds; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. 100 ORNITHOLOGY AND OOLOGY. I ! '!:â to breed in Mussachusctta ; but, as a general tiling, it is not found south of the northern border of this State. Verrill,
. Ornithology and oölogy of New England [microform] : containing full descriptions of the birds of New England and adjoining states and provinces, arranged by a long-approved classification and nomenclature : together with a complete history of their habits, times of arrival and departure ... : with illustrations of many species of the birds and accurate figures of their eggs. Ornithology; Birds; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. 100 ORNITHOLOGY AND OOLOGY. I ! '!:â to breed in Mussachusctta ; but, as a general tiling, it is not found south of the northern border of this State. Verrill, in his Catalogue of Maine birds, before referred to, says " it is a common resident, and breeds : " he also says it is *' most common in ; Tlie great size and strength of this bird enable â¢â¢ â jjierce into and tear apart the decaying trees in whiu -â â food is burrowing, with wonderful facility and case. I. at times, in passing through the forest, found huge trees that had died and fallen to the ground, with their bark stripped off, and large chips torn out, as if some animal had been at work on them; and I always sujjposed that a bear had been amusing himself, as those animals sometimes do, in this employment. One day I discovered the author of the demolition, and it proved to be tlie Tileated AVoodi)ecker. While seated in the woods near the settlement known as Wilson's Mills in Iklainc, I heard a largo animal, as I sup- posed, rooting and tearing into a dead tree a few rods off. I crept up near the sound, ho|)ing to get a shot at a bear, when I discovered this bird, which looked very much like a black hen, busily at work. He was searching for the borers and large black ants that liide beneath the bark; and so earnestly Avas he employed, that he permitted me to approach very near him. He would force his powerful bill, by repeated strokes, into the bark, in holes in a direct line with the grain, until he had marked out a patch, perhaps si
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