. Birds of Washington and vicinity . lawns and spring he is a persistent drummer, and beats hisrolling tattoo on a dead limb or a tin roof with equalenergy and satisfaction to himself. He frequentlycalls out peek, peek, and gives besides a harsh trillwhich he probably intends for a song. When nestingbegins he is much more sedate and we hear only aquiet tap, tap, tapping on the trees as he goes aboutin search of food. He is a sociable fellow, and inautumn often joins the cheery group of Chickadees,Tufted Tits, and Nuthatches which roam our woodsthrough the winter. Mr. Chapman asks: W
. Birds of Washington and vicinity . lawns and spring he is a persistent drummer, and beats hisrolling tattoo on a dead limb or a tin roof with equalenergy and satisfaction to himself. He frequentlycalls out peek, peek, and gives besides a harsh trillwhich he probably intends for a song. When nestingbegins he is much more sedate and we hear only aquiet tap, tap, tapping on the trees as he goes aboutin search of food. He is a sociable fellow, and inautumn often joins the cheery group of Chickadees,Tufted Tits, and Nuthatches which roam our woodsthrough the winter. Mr. Chapman asks: Who canestimate the enormous numbers of insects eggs andlarvae which these patient explorers of twig and trunkdestroy? Hairy Woodpecker: Dryobates villosas. The Hairy Woodpecker is like the Downy exceptthat the outer tail-feathers are not barred with black,and he is much larger, being nearly ten inches seldom nests here, but is not uncommon in springand autumn and is sometimes found in winter. RED-HE* / DED WOOD PEL %KER 123. RED-HEADED WOODPECKER. Red-headed Woodpecker: Melanerpes erythrocephalus. Length 9J/2 inches. Head, neck and upper breast back, wings and tail back, under parts, and a broad stripe across thewings, white. Young, gray where adults are red. An uncommon summer and rare winter resident. In Birds in the Bush/ Bradford Torrey writes ofthe Red-headed Woodpecker: This showy bird has 124 RED-HEADED WOODPECKER for a good many years been ver)\rare in Massachu-setts; and therefore when, during the freshness of myornithological researches, I went to Washington for amonths visit, it was one of the things whiJi I hadespecially in mind, to make his acquaintance. hcS Ilooked for him without success till, at the end of afortnight, I made a pilgrimage to Mount , after visiting the grave and going over thehouse, as every visitor does, I sauntered about thegrounds, thinking of the great man who used to dothe same so many y
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