. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. ockor. Wiiodpouker kind.). ted Woodjyecker. icates their hiibits, aiv 3rs i)t' the globe except fj;rul)s, whicli they dig rk. For tiiis purpose )tcJ. The bill is long, of .110 feet and legs is 1 tree firmly with the lis wliole body against the Woodpeckers is . to thrust the tongue any insects tiiut may connected with two ax the juncture of the NATUIIAI. U18T0RY. S03 upper niandilile with the skull. From thence they Hwcep round the buck of the head, and passing under the h-wer mandible, enable the tongue to be
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. ockor. Wiiodpouker kind.). ted Woodjyecker. icates their hiibits, aiv 3rs i)t' the globe except fj;rul)s, whicli they dig rk. For tiiis purpose )tcJ. The bill is long, of .110 feet and legs is 1 tree firmly with the lis wliole body against the Woodpeckers is . to thrust the tongue any insects tiiut may connected with two ax the juncture of the NATUIIAI. U18T0RY. S03 upper niandilile with the skull. From thence they Hwcep round the buck of the head, and passing under the h-wer mandible, enable the tongue to be thrust out a conHideralile distance. The ti|) of the tongin' is sharp, anil barl)ed willi several filaments, and more (irndy to secure the prey, a kind ol gummy secretion causes thosi; insects to adhere, tluit wmild be too Hmall to be impaled. It appears to be an eiTonoous opinion that these birds injure trees. Their oidy object in peeking away the wood and bark, is to get at the in,sects which they know are hidden within. Now insects seldom or never bore into healthy wood, but a decayed briuich or stump is always full of them, as is well known' to the entcjmologist. So the winged entomologist, when lu' perceives a decayed branch, or finds an unsouuil spot in till' trunk, inunediately sets to work industriously, and is re\\«idc<l by finding plenty of insects, which he draws out and deiuolialios, with more benefit to himself and possibly more good to oth 'i"s than many human entomologists can Altliough the Woodpecker Joes not scoop away sound trees, yet it is because it has no motive for doing soânot that the power is wanting. Wilson had an Ivory-billed Wood- pecker in his jjos-scssion, which ])cckcd away lath and plaster in its eft'orts to escai)e. and utterly ruined a mahogany table to which it wius fiustened. The (-JiiKAT Si'OTTKD WooDi'Kt'KER is an inhabitant of Eng- land, but is seldom seen. Largo woods aro its favourite haunts. Like all its tribe, it f
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