. The birds of Ontario; being a concise account of every species of bird known to have been found in Ontario, with a description of their nests and eggs, and instructions for collecting birds and preparing and preserving skins, also directions how to form a collection of eggs . insects, which it finds on theouter bark of the trees or catches on the wing. It has been accusedof doing serious injury to growing trees, l)y girdling them to get atthe inner bark, on which it is said to feed. Dr. King, of River Falls,in his Economic Relations of our Birds, exonerates it from thischarge, and says that
. The birds of Ontario; being a concise account of every species of bird known to have been found in Ontario, with a description of their nests and eggs, and instructions for collecting birds and preparing and preserving skins, also directions how to form a collection of eggs . insects, which it finds on theouter bark of the trees or catches on the wing. It has been accusedof doing serious injury to growing trees, l)y girdling them to get atthe inner bark, on which it is said to feed. Dr. King, of River Falls,in his Economic Relations of our Birds, exonerates it from thischarge, and says that in the stomachs of thirty specimens which heexamined, he found in only six a small amount of material resemblingthe inner bark of trees, and fur-ther adds : No instance in which thebark of trees has been stripped off has come under my observation,nor do I know of a single case in which their puncturings of thebark have been fatal, or even appreciably injurious to the tree. InSouthern Ontario a few remain and raise their young, but themajority go farther noith. This species occurs in Manitoba, and Dr. Coues says of it : Com-mon summer resident of wooded sections, plentiful at Pembina, whereit was breeding in June; again seen on the Moose River, notobserved farther Genus CEOPHLCEUS (ETT8 PILEATU8 (Lixx.). 17G. Pileated Woodpecker. (405) Black ; the head, neck and wings much varied with white or pale yellowish rbill, dark. Male:—Scarlet crested, scarlet moustached. Funale :—With thecrest half black, half scarlet, and no maxillary patches. Length, 15-19 ; wing,8^-10 ; tail, 6-7. Hab.—Formerly, whole wooded region of North America ; now rare orextirpated in the more thickly settled parts of the Eastern States. Nest, a hole in the trunk or limit of a tall tree. Eggs, four to six, oval, white. This is one of the grand okl aborigines who retire before theadvance of civilization. It used (so we are told) to be common nearHamilton, bnt seclusion among heavy ti
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