. Principles of economic zoo?logy. Zoology, Economic. LAND BIRDS 299 to reach a long distance and to spear the larvae of insects, on which it delights to feed. The birds of this order are poor singers, but good drummers. Everyone has heard the tattoo of the woodpecker on the trunk of an old dead tree. The four to nine eggs are white, and the nest is placed in a hole high up in the tree away from enemies. The young are naked and are reared in the nest (altricial). There are 350 species distributed. Fig. 245.—The hairy woodpecker at breakfast. (Biological Survey, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture.) thr
. Principles of economic zoo?logy. Zoology, Economic. LAND BIRDS 299 to reach a long distance and to spear the larvae of insects, on which it delights to feed. The birds of this order are poor singers, but good drummers. Everyone has heard the tattoo of the woodpecker on the trunk of an old dead tree. The four to nine eggs are white, and the nest is placed in a hole high up in the tree away from enemies. The young are naked and are reared in the nest (altricial). There are 350 species distributed. Fig. 245.—The hairy woodpecker at breakfast. (Biological Survey, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture.) throughout the wooded districts of the world, except in Madagas- car and Australia. The North American species are not highly migratory, but are represented in the northern parts of their range throughout the year, since they feed largely on the eggs and larvae of boring insects, which they can find all the year. They are of great value. Two-thirds or more of the food of the downy and hairy woodpeckers consists of noxious 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 Daugherty, Lewis Sylvester, 1857-; Daugherty, L. S. , Mrs. , 1859-. Philadelphia, London, W. B. Saunders
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