. The bird book, illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds, also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . Red-headed Woodpecker WOODPECKERS ■iOTa. California Woodpecker. Melanerpes formicivorus bairdi. Range.—California and Oregon. This bird differs from tlie last in having few-er white stripes in the black breast band. Insuitable localities, this is the most abundant ofWoodpeckers on the Pacific coast. They havenone of the bad habits of the Red-heads, appearto be sociable among their kind, and are notafraid of mankind. It nests indifferently in a
. The bird book, illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds, also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . Red-headed Woodpecker WOODPECKERS ■iOTa. California Woodpecker. Melanerpes formicivorus bairdi. Range.—California and Oregon. This bird differs from tlie last in having few-er white stripes in the black breast band. Insuitable localities, this is the most abundant ofWoodpeckers on the Pacific coast. They havenone of the bad habits of the Red-heads, appearto be sociable among their kind, and are notafraid of mankind. It nests indifferently in allkinds of trees at any height from the ground,laying from three to seven eggs. Size This species has the habit of storing foodfor future use developed to a greater extentthan any other of the family. They sometimescompletely honeycomb the exterior surface ofdecayed trees, with holes designed to holdacorns. 407b. Narrow-fronted Woodpecker. Melanerpes formicivorus angustifrons. Red-bellieil Wooappcke; Range.—Southern Lower California. This variety differs from the others in being slightly smaller and in havingthe white band on the forehead narrower. Its nesting habits are the same, butthe eggs average smaller. Size .95 x .75. iOS. Lewiss Woodpecker. .Isyiulesmus lewisi. Range.—Western United States from the Rockies to the Pacific coast; fromBritish Columbia south to Mexico. A very oddly colored species. 11 Inches in length hav-ing a dark red face, streaked red and white underparts, a gray breast band, and glossy greenish bladeupperparts. They are not uncommon in the greaterpart of their range, can not be called shy birds, andnest in all kinds of trees at heights varying from six toone hundred feet from the ground, the five to nine whiteeggs measuring x .80, and being laid during Mayor June, AVhite 109. Red-bellied Woodpecker. Centunis caniliiuis. Range.—United States east of the Plains, breeding from -the Gulf States northin nearly all parts of th
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