. Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history. Zoology; Zoology. THE RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER. 417 Dr. Brewer says : '' This bird was met with in the overland expedition in flocks, on the banks of the Saskatchewan, in May. Its manners at the period of the year were strikingly contrasted with those of the resident Woodpeckers, for instead of flitting in a solitary way fioni tree to tree, and assiduonsly boring for insects, it flew about in crowded flocks in a rest- less manner, and kept up a continual ; The Hairy Woodpecker {Picus villosu
. Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history. Zoology; Zoology. THE RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER. 417 Dr. Brewer says : '' This bird was met with in the overland expedition in flocks, on the banks of the Saskatchewan, in May. Its manners at the period of the year were strikingly contrasted with those of the resident Woodpeckers, for instead of flitting in a solitary way fioni tree to tree, and assiduonsly boring for insects, it flew about in crowded flocks in a rest- less manner, and kept up a continual ; The Hairy Woodpecker {Picus villosus) is another of our resident birds, and is also an orchard visitor. In May he retires to breed, and is not seen until the autumn months. Some- times, however, he remains and breeds in the orchard. Exceptions of this kind seem to occur with other species. This species is connuon at Hudson's Bay, and southwards to Georgia. Its voice is a shrill cry, strong and tremulous. It also has a single note or e7iuc7i, which it often repeats in an eager manner, as it hops about and pei'forms its usual work of digging into the bark of trees. Its plumage is soft, loose, and unwebbed ; hence the name. A great mass of hairs surround the nostrils, which suggest their use as a x>i'otecting barrier when the head is protruded into the decayed wood it so frequently digs into for insect food. Lewis' Woodpecker {Melanerpes torquatus) is a singularly marked and elegant bird. Its size is considerably more than the preceding, and it has a more compact and pleasing ^' t^iSS>&'4''. THE Tl JGE TOED WOODPECKER—Pdttwi^ ^nf/at^V^ plumage. It was named by Wilson in honor of the memory of Captain Lewis, who with General Clark made the first notable excursion into the then unex]ilored countries of the Yellowstone region. This bird is one of several that have the habit of lading acorns in the holes purposely pecked for them in decayed trees. The Red-bellied Woodpecker {Cerdurus caroUnus), says Wilson,
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