. The birds of Ontario [microform] : being a list of birds observed in the Province of Ontario, with an account of their habits, distribution, nests, eggs, & Birds; Oiseaux. BIRDS OF on which it is said to feed. Dr. King, of River Falls, in his "Economic Relations of our Birds" exonerates it from this charge, and says that in the stomachs of thirty specimens which he examined he found in only six a small amount of material resemhling the inner bark of trees, and further adds : " no instance in which the hark of trees has been stripped ofll" by these birds has come un
. The birds of Ontario [microform] : being a list of birds observed in the Province of Ontario, with an account of their habits, distribution, nests, eggs, & Birds; Oiseaux. BIRDS OF on which it is said to feed. Dr. King, of River Falls, in his "Economic Relations of our Birds" exonerates it from this charge, and says that in the stomachs of thirty specimens which he examined he found in only six a small amount of material resemhling the inner bark of trees, and further adds : " no instance in which the hark of trees has been stripped ofll" by these birds has come under my observation, nor do I know of a single case in which their puncturings of the bark have been fatal or even appreciably injurious to the ; In Southern Ontario a few remain and raise their young, but the majority go farther north. Gknus CEOPHLCEUS Cabanis. 160. CEOPHLCEUS PILEATUS (Linn.). 405. Pileated Woodpecker. black ; the heiad, neck and \vinf,'s niiicli varied with white or pale yellowish ; l)ill dark ; iiialr scarlet crested, scarlet inoiistached : fnualc with the crest half black, half scarlet, antl no patches, Length, 15-iy ; wing, .S^-io ; tail, 6-7. Hab. l'\)rmerly, whole wooded region of North America : now rare or extirpated in the nic'ire thickly settled parts of the Eastern States. Nest, a hole in the trunk or limb of a tall tree. Kggs, 4 to (1 ; oval : white. This is one of the .grand old aborigines who retire before the advance of civilization. It used (so we are told) to be common near Hamilton, but seclusion among heavy timber is necessary for its existence, and such must now be sought for in regions more remote. It is not strictl\- a northern species, being foimd resident in suitable localities both north and south, but varies considerabh- in size according to latitude, the northern individuals, as usual in such cases, being the largest. Many spend the winter in the burnt tracts m Muskoka, and in spring disperse over the country to
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